50 BMG Recipe

[martiy]

New to 50's, but not new to reloading and all of my books do not have any data on reloading the 50BMG. Any tried and trued recipe's out there?

 

[colt45cz75]

I'm using IVI brass with a CCI primer 225 grs of H50BMG and a Winchester Ball bullet out of my HS50.

 

[sunray]

There's .50 BMG data on Hodgdon's site. And Reloader's Nest. Mostly Hodgdon powders there.

 

[Kevan]

My 50 pet load was any 750 gr bullet over 220 gr. US869 in LC brass.
If you are interested in good accuracy stay away from military surplus "pulls" for reloading.

 

[valtro12]

I'm using IVI brass with a CCI primer 225 grs of H50BMG and a Winchester Ball bullet out of my HS50.

I have also used this exact load(with a 650 grain bullet) the velocity averaged a little over 2700.

Regarding US869, I've found that I get up to 100fps spread in my velocities so this might not be the best powder for accuracy.