50 GI
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50 GI
Anyone fooled with an 1911 chambered for 50 GI or even a Glock for that matter ?
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Re: 50 GI
They’ve been out I think over 10 years . I remmember reading about them awhile back in G&A or ST .
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- CowboyTutt
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Re: 50 GI
I never understood the purpose of that cartridge. -Tutt
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Re: 50 GI
Buy some stronger springs for your 1911, Wolff makes them as we all know, and load it hot. Better penetration. I have no need to mess with my 1911. It works. When MoPawr is needed (tweak to the Dodge drivers) there are always revolvers in .357 or .44 Magnum.
Sounds like a solution without a problem that needs to be solved.
Sounds like a solution without a problem that needs to be solved.
D. Brian Casady
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Re: 50 GI
I would be soooooo anal about policing my brass for that ! I am already half way there for my more common stuff ! But it is kewl stuff
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Re: 50 GI
Yup, yup and more yup. My solution was a 10mm Kimber Eclipse 1911 from years ago, legal even in Commiefornia at the time (I think it still might be today?) Bought 22 lb Wolff springs and lots of nickel plated Double Tap ammo so I could use the cases for handloading after I shot them. Esmerelda O'Sheehan hand made the grips for me herself back then out of stabilized buckeye burl.Buy some stronger springs for your 1911, Wolff makes them as we all know, and load it hot. Better penetration. I have no need to mess with my 1911. It works. When MoPawr is needed (tweak to the Dodge drivers) there are always revolvers in .357 or .44 Magnum.
Sounds like a solution without a problem that needs to be solved.
The 50 cartridge is not ballistically worth the cost of the conversion on the modified 1911 platform IMHO. -Tutt
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Re: 50 GI
The 460 Rowland conversions are a much more interesting handgun to me, but are so long with the muzzle break on the 1911 platform. Probably too long except for hunting and carried on a big holster on your chest or heavy duty belt. Really I came to the conclusion that the 10mm or 45 ACP +P in the 1911 is as good as it gets for relatively easy carry on a 1911 platform with a 5 inch barrel. If you need more firepower than that, a double action revolver is the way to go as previously stated. Perhaps a Desert Eagle but they are huge too.
Just my humble opinion, that's all. -Tutt
Just my humble opinion, that's all. -Tutt
"It ain't dead! As long as there's ONE COWBOY taking care of ONE COW, it ain't dead!!!" (the Cowboy Way)
-Monte Walsh (Selleck version)
"These battered wings still kick up dust." -Peter Gabriel
-Monte Walsh (Selleck version)
"These battered wings still kick up dust." -Peter Gabriel
Re: 50 GI
I have a 10mm in addition to my .45 ACP. The 10mm in a 1911 platform is accurate. Reloaded to near max levels, it has a pretty strong kick. Not terrible, not uncontrollable. Just pretty strong. .44 Mag , .480, .475, .454, and a couple of others have a stronger kick.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Re: 50 GI
I've got the 10mm in a 6" 1911 and like you I was surprised that it had a less jump when fired .piller wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:53 pm I have a 10mm in addition to my .45 ACP. The 10mm in a 1911 platform is accurate. Reloaded to near max levels, it has a pretty strong kick. Not terrible, not uncontrollable. Just pretty strong. .44 Mag , .480, .475, .454, and a couple of others have a stronger kick.
I revolvers I had a couple of the Ruger 480's and a S&W 460 as well as several 44's and still have several 44's . The 480 I didn't think to bad recoil wise but that Smith in 460 took some real getting used to .
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Re: 50 GI
Ha ! I do that now with all the others !
I shoot a clip and pick up the brass . Makes no difference if it's 45 ACP , 10mm or 9 Hoodrat .
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