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On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:10:17 -0400, Someone
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On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:53:41 -0400, Someone
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Gun #32 is on it's way to my dealer. A stainless S&W .500 magnum. I
ordered the 6.5" barrel.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/w...layErrorView_Y
How does that compare to the desert eagle .50
(Yeah I know I could just google something up)

I have both and will be shooting them early next week. I'll let you know.

The .50AE is a much smaller cartridge. 300 grain vs 440 in the magnum.
The load some a lot heavier than that. I was looking at this a bit
earlier. I saw 500gr commercially and ballistic reports for 700gr.
That is up in the BMG category.
It looks like you may pay $2 a round for commercial ammo but you can
reload for 30 cents or so depending on what bullets you buy and how
many you get in a box. The real price break at Natchez seems to be 500
for a 320gr and it goes up from there.
700 grain would be slow for sure - maybe even subsonic. 440 seems to be
the most common. I may take up reloading when I retire. I should start
saving brass now...