50 caliber bullets.Īlexander Arms will sell you. 50 Beowulf is a reloader’s delight because of its case design and the ready availability of. 50s with brass or lead solids or FMJ if you prefer. We shot hollow points, but you can have your.

The 5.56 looks as sleek and racy as a cheetah while the. The photo below also illustrates the other obvious difference between the 5.56 and the. 50 Beowulf cartridge features a rebated rim - the rim is narrower than the case. Like a good facelift, there’s a visible but not a dramatic difference.Īs noted, the straight-sided.

While the bolt carrier, firing pin and little bits seem familiar, the bolt face is sized for the 7.63×39, which has a larger rim than the 5.56. Removing the bolt carrier group (BCG) for a look-see, there’s another apparent difference. The ejection port is larger, of course, and there’s a forward assist. Finally, there’s no dust cover on the receiver port door, which I hardly missed. 50 is closer to that of a 20 gauge than it is to a 5.56, but it’s not really shotgun-sized. In fact, at first glance the Beowulf looks like any other AR-15, save for a heavy barrel that looks like it was borrowed from a shotgun and a shoebox size tank-style muzzle brake pinned (in Massachusetts) to the muzzle. The family resemblance between the Beowulf carbine and your basic AR-15 is obvious. 50 AE pistol round and a Russian carbine cartridge, but he did, and the result is the. Alexander to consider the unlikely union of an Israeli. I don’t know what satanic forces inspired Mr. 50 Beowulf’s rebated rim matches the rim of the common 7.62×39 commie cartridge. 50 Action Express, a large pistol cartridge that’s the source of the Desert Eagle’s legendary power and even more legendary recoil. 50 caliber cartridge is merely another step in the evolution of the exceptionally flexible Eugene Stoner design. 22 LR, handgun calibers such as the 9mm and 45 ACP, and, for all I know, would make a great base for a phased plasma rifle in the 40 megawatt range.

338 Federal, 7mm-08 Remington, the little. I also hear tell that it’s a fine platform for traditional rounds such as the. It’s been exploited by creative designers to chamber more and more specialty cartridges such as the 6.5 Grendel (co-created by the aforementioned Bill Alexander), 300 AAC Blackout, 6.5 Creedmoor, 224 Valkyrie, and 6.8 Remington SPC. We’ve all known for some time now that the AR-15 upper receiver is as adaptable as bacteria. 50 Beowulf upper receiver, Stag Arms lower receiver assembly, and a lady friend, while Greg and I brought a complement of lowers ranging from basic to upscale. To put Alexander Arms’ claims to the test, I joined TTAG commenter Greg in Allston and his pal Dave for an afternoon of blazing away with this interesting and capable cartridge. The icing on the cake is Alexander Arms’ contention that its complete Beowulf Overmatch upper assembly will mate perfectly and shoot properly on all the milspec 5.56 lowers that you might have laying around in your garage or closet, and that you won’t need to modify a damn thing, including the seemingly wimpy 5.56 recoil buffer. That’s good news for anyone who might find himself confronted by a savage Silverado.

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