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Posted: 11/17/2005 9:10:05 PM EDT
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I am having a HUGE problem getting any ammo where I live, So I gotta start loading for my still virgin 'wulf. The joy of Alaska. I've been reading all the tech stuff I can find and got brass and dies on the way. Would love to hear input from shooters, what loads do you like/dislike. I just got to get out and shoot this beast before I get too old to have fun. Looking for free advice. |
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Tongo: Looks like an excellent load and will be interested in what powder/primer combo you are using. Also interested in what kind of penetration the bullet will get as my application will be as a bear protection/carry weapon and penetration is the name of the game. It is probably just optical distortion caused by the flash but the base of the cartridge on the left looks bowed to me. |
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I used the following reloading recipe for the hornady 500 grain bullet. 37.7 grains Reloader 7 with CCI #350 primer I am using this load for personal protection while backpacking in the back country. I think the camera is playing games. I rechecked the rounds. Thanks 
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) Are you useing the 400 Gr. Speer or Sierra?
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Just a very quick observation from looking at the pics, the Beowulf headspaces on the case mouth, so it is not always advisable to crimp into the cannelure. If you do end up aligned with the crimping groove on a particular bullet I would suggest that you take a measurement of the case mouth diameter. The finished case should be between 0.523" and 0.527" right at the mouth. While the throat drops to 0.5025" so there is little or no chance of forcing the case into the throat and mis-headspacing the cartridge, leaving too much clearance at the front of the cartridge will reduce reliability. These large AR calibers run at very low pressures relative to the brass thickness so it is not unusual to not get complete obturation. If the gap is too great you can build up a thick layer of carbon. Keep the case to spec and the gap will not build carbon. Bill Alexander |
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The load data that comes with the dies is your surest bet, also check out the Alexander Arms website, I believe they have them there too. One thing that I learned from reloading for the 'Wulf, is that you should stick very close to the powder weights on those charts. When I first started reloading, I reduced the weights for a starting load. Since it made plenty big enough bang, I never bothered to up the charges to their full weight, and I started getting performance problems with ejection. I believe it was Wulf50Guy that wised me up, and since loading exactly the recommended weight, I haven't had a single repeat. 
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Hello, My name is Lars and i live in Juneau;have a .50 beo and i order ammo direct from alexander arms ,shipped acrossed usa to seattle to alaska marine lines and its not cheap but its LEGAL.Last case cost about 250.00;fuel went up again so im gonna order more when i save up. Any way i am happy with my beo havent killed anything but paper,im sure .300gn gold dot will ruin any critters day asap. your welcom to get in touch with me and i would be glad to be an alaskan go between to you if need be, oh by the way i was born in the terrtory of alaska and raised all over the state,only been out for military and occassional visits to rare relatives. The initial cost of the cs ammo 230.00/25.00 crossed country and 20.00 aml fuel surcharge The local gunstore cannot make a profit and the .50beo is not so common as a .22. akwildman [email protected] |
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Hi Lars, very cool to hear from Juneau. I just got a 100 box from Orion's in Sitka, 334 JHP but am prob gonna just start to load my own. Since I live at Hidden Falls right now everything has to be chartered out here to me on Wed Flights. I am waiting to build my bench right now to load up 335 JHP on the Lil'Gun powder and will be ordering some 530 grn for grins. Next time I get up to Juneau I'll try to bring my 'wulf and perhaps we can go to the range at the end of the road and show off! josh [email protected] |
I load the Ranier 335 and I use the exact same data AA puts out for 334's. I have had ZERO problems with ejection, extraction or chambering and the bullet is hell on wheels on hogs. |
| since the beowulf is a low pressure round, is trimming cases necessary? i check and trim rifle cases every time, and do not pistol. figured the beowulf was somewhere in the middle. i would have to get a custom case length gauge made, and dont want to if i dont have to. thanks. |
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