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To all members:

If you are experiencing slower load times please let us know via pm...we do want to know, so we can make the needed adjustments....You can PM either jdawg03 or kfdm coop

Guest bulldogbark
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well yeah i was out shooting my desert Eagle 50 cal and it seemed that my load time was slower :D:)

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well yeah i was out shooting my desert Eagle 50 cal and it seemed that my load time was slower :D:)

Dang Bark beat your shoulder hurts :lol:

Guest bulldogbark
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its not a rifle ETBU its a hand gun...I got it while I was in the military and just knew I had to buy every large gun in site,,,, sold them all cept this one

:D The .50 Action Express (AE, 12.7 mm) is a cartridge used in a small number of large handguns, notably the IMI Desert Eagle. It is one of the largest handgun cartridges in use and is close to, or perhaps beyond, the limits of usability. IMI factory loads have a muzzle velocity of 425 m/s (1,400 ft/s) with a 325 grain (21 g) bullet and 1917 J of energy (1414 ft?lbf). Handloading can even further develop the cartridge's potential. It is the most powerful commercial cartridge in use today for a semi-automatic handgun. Only two commercial cartridges designed for handguns exceed its ballistic performance: the .454 Casull and the .500 S&W, both of which are used strictly in revolvers.The cartridge was developed in 1988 by Evan Whilden of Action Arms, who chose the gas operated Desert Eagle as the development platform, and first sold in 1991. The actual cartridge is .547 inch (13.9 mm) diameter at the base, but it has a rebated rim giving it the same diameter as the .44 Magnum. The case length is also identical. This was to allow Desert Eagle pistols to be upgraded to the new cartridge with only a barrel change. Nominal bullet diameter is 0.500 in (12.7 mm).

The principal uses of the .50 AE are metallic silhouette shooting and hunting. The .50 AE has developed a reputation for superb accuracy, no doubt due to the high-quality, expensive firearms that have chambered it. The cartridge is too powerful, the bullets too heavily constructed and the guns too large to be considered practical for defensive or tactical type weapons.

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