.50AE vs. body armor

[Das Rabble Rouser]

HelloJohnnyBlade

So a .50 AE isn't going to affect common body armor that well when you shoot it through a DEagle at 10 feet?

If you're wearing soft armor and it stops the bullet then enjoy your internal bleeding. smile  

[Valkyrie Hatter]

Not that the answers actually matter because I hate the pistols that fire .50 AE except the Grizzly LAR and we all know the fifty Grizzly is a rarity.  

[Recon_Ninja_985]

so a .50ae will be stopped
but...
I dont think a soft vest is going to stop a .454, .460, .500 or similar cartridge

im positive a 10mm will penetrate also
maybe even .357mag

far as handgun rounds go  

[Private Sanders]

I agree in that a .50AE round fired from a DEagle will likely be stopped. I must add, however, that anyone who actually advocates using a DEagle in a combat situation should be shot.  

[Recon_Ninja_985]

Jackie Flores

I agree in that a .50AE round fired from a DEagle will likely be stopped. I must add, however, that anyone who actually advocates using a DEagle in a combat situation should be shot.

only Deagle I would consider using would be the .357

only if it feeds properly, some of them arent so great and others work ok

I would take a .10mm glock or .357 revolver over a deagle any day though  

[Private Sanders]

Recon_Ninja_985

Jackie Flores

I agree in that a .50AE round fired from a DEagle will likely be stopped. I must add, however, that anyone who actually advocates using a DEagle in a combat situation should be shot.

only Deagle I would consider using would be the .357

only if it feeds properly, some of them arent so great and others work ok

I would take a .10mm glock or .357 revolver over a deagle any day though

I wouldn't want a DEagle even if it didn't jam every couple rounds. It's just too massive.  

[Fresnel]

Recon_Ninja_985

so a .50ae will be stopped
but...
I dont think a soft vest is going to stop a .454, .460, .500 or similar cartridge

im positive a 10mm will penetrate also
maybe even .357mag

far as handgun rounds go

Actually, no. Not sure about the first three, though.  

[Fresnel]

Jackie Flores

Recon_Ninja_985

Jackie Flores

I agree in that a .50AE round fired from a DEagle will likely be stopped. I must add, however, that anyone who actually advocates using a DEagle in a combat situation should be shot.

only Deagle I would consider using would be the .357

only if it feeds properly, some of them arent so great and others work ok

I would take a .10mm glock or .357 revolver over a deagle any day though

I wouldn't want a DEagle even if it didn't jam every couple rounds. It's just too massive.

NEEDS BE BIGGER.  

[Private Sanders]

Fresnel

Jackie Flores

Recon_Ninja_985

Jackie Flores

I agree in that a .50AE round fired from a DEagle will likely be stopped. I must add, however, that anyone who actually advocates using a DEagle in a combat situation should be shot.

only Deagle I would consider using would be the .357

only if it feeds properly, some of them arent so great and others work ok

I would take a .10mm glock or .357 revolver over a deagle any day though

I wouldn't want a DEagle even if it didn't jam every couple rounds. It's just too massive.

NEEDS BE BIGGER.

I meant calibre wise. I don't see the point of huge calibre handguns.  

[Valkyrie Hatter]

There would be a huge point to a .50AE if there was a versitility of the types of ammunition. If they'd make armor piercing tips.

The point of the .50 AE was to combine two common cartridges .45 and 9mm.

.45 ACP has a nasty tendency to drop at a range.

9mm has the tendency to "bounce" or ricochet off targets.

So put them together you have a cartridge that can travel as far as a 9mm and have the penetration and stopping power of a .45 at point blank.

There's your point. The only problem is...It's really ******** expensive and all tips have to be custom made.  

[Fresnel]

HelloJohnnyBlade

There would be a huge point to a .50AE if there was a versitility of the types of ammunition. If they'd make armor piercing tips.

The point of the .50 AE was to combine two common cartridges .45 and 9mm.

.45 ACP has a nasty tendency to drop at a range.

9mm has the tendency to "bounce" or ricochet off targets.

So put them together you have a cartridge that can travel as far as a 9mm and have the penetration and stopping power of a .45 at point blank.

There's your point. The only problem is...It's really ******** expensive and all tips have to be custom made.

And you can't use lead. Lead ******** up the gas system.  

[Valkyrie Hatter]

Fresnel

HelloJohnnyBlade

There would be a huge point to a .50AE if there was a versitility of the types of ammunition. If they'd make armor piercing tips.

The point of the .50 AE was to combine two common cartridges .45 and 9mm.

.45 ACP has a nasty tendency to drop at a range.

9mm has the tendency to "bounce" or ricochet off targets.

So put them together you have a cartridge that can travel as far as a 9mm and have the penetration and stopping power of a .45 at point blank.

There's your point. The only problem is...It's really ******** expensive and all tips have to be custom made.

And you can't use lead. Lead ******** up the gas system.

Only in a DEagle. It's why I'd stick with a Grizzly LAR.

Really now there are only 3 semi automatic handguns I know of that shoot .50AE and the only one worth while is a Grizzly.

How hard can it be to take the HK mk 23 and apply that design to suit .50AE?