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1/19/2005 6:24:37 PM EDT
how does this round compare to the 458 socom or the 50 buewulf?  whitch one has the most knock down power.  well thanks for the info
1/19/2005 6:25:28 PM EDT
[#1]
Kissing cousins -- all three.
1/20/2005 6:16:19 AM EDT
[#2]
A better comparison is their costs. Like Shivan says, ballistically they're kissing cousins, but my personal opinion is the L-W is the ugly cousin.
1/20/2005 3:22:33 PM EDT
[#3]
The LW15 is basicly a .50 Beowulf , from what I've read in the defense review it is made out of the same case , a .50 AE case blank or what ever you call it , only it is .100 longer than the wulf , both with rebated rim . LW has changed case length 3 times to the now 1.750 .
AMMUNITION SPECIFICATIONS
.499 LWR

CARTRIDGE DESIGNATION : .499 LWR (12.5MM X 44)  
CASE LENGTH :  1.750 INCHES
OVERALL LENGTH : 2.268 INCHES +/- 0.005”  
BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT : 298
PROJECTILE WEIGHT :  300 GRAINS  
PROJECTILE LENGTH :  .962“
BULLET PULL :  150 LBS
PRIMER :  CCI M34 MIL-SPEC
PROPELLANT :  PROPRIETARY D-063
LOAD DENSITY :  90%
PROPELLANT BURN TEMPERATURE :  3,800°F  
RANGE PERFORMANCE: MUZZLE VELOCITY AND ENERGY  
0 YARDS :  2,182 FPS/3,145 FT/LBS  
100 YARDS :  1,986 FPS/2,410 FT/LBS
150 YARDS :  1,734 FPS/2,035 FT/LBS
200 YARDS : 1,650 FPS/1,875 FT/LBS
TRAJECTORY @ 200 YARDS  
50 YARD ZERO :  7.2” (3.5 MINUTE) DROP
100 YARD ZERO :  4.1” (2 MINUTE) DROP  
BULLET FLIGHT TIME 0 – 200 YARDS :  0.22101 SECONDS  

www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=240

www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=354

( Edited to say ) I do wonder if they may have made the case a straight wall instead of  a slight taper like the wulf because they have a set of carbide dies for the LW , and I don't believe anyone makes carbied dies for taper wall , or am I misinformed , Can anyone shed some light on this ?
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