Good Cheap .50 AE Jacketed Bullets?

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Swifty Morgan

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I started looking for .50 AE bullets, and it looks like a lot of them run close to 80 cents each. For that price, I might as well buy ammunition instead.

Are there sources I haven't found yet? I want jacketed bullets, not solid lead.
 
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TruthTellers

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Yeah, I think Berry's is about the only option. I was thinking if I ever got a Glock .45 on the cheap and did a .50 GI conversion, I would use their bullets.

It's nice that Berry's makes an affordable .50 caliber pistol bullet, if only they could offer more for .32 caliber revolvers, maybe even some a .308 diameter too so people could have cheaper bullet options if they were loading for 7.62x25 Tok or .32 French Long or if they wanted to play around with some reduced power small game loads for .30 caliber rifles.
 
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44 AMP

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I would not recommend using plated bullets in a Desert Eagle.

I don't think the manufacturer would, either, but check with them to be sure.

I once saw a .44 DE turned into a single shot because the owner "knew better" and shot cast bullets. When his gun stopped being a repeater, he couldn't fix it. The gunsmith couldn't fix it, and the gun went back to the maker. They "fixed" it by replacing the barrel assembly, and returned the gun with a bill for that repair. (the cost of the new barrel assembly).

Plated might be the right thing for a revolver but I won't run them in my Desert Eagles.

your call.
 
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T. O'Heir

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Good, cheap and .50 AE generally do not go together. Well, 'cheap and .50 AE' anyway.
You have to look at the number per box too. Usually not 100 due to the size of 'em.
Midway lists 300 grain, polymer flexible tip boat tail, 'factory seconds'(that is not a horrible thing. Means there is a cosmetic flaw. Used Speer, 90 grain, FMJ, .243 second for eons. No fuss. No accuracy issues.) with no mention of what factory, at $24.49 per 50. Same price for 50 HP's, also 'seconds'. Both are a "One time offer" thing though.
50 Hornady 300 grain FTX run $35.99. $31.99 at Graf's.
 
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Unclenick

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In theory, there's no reason for them to be more expensive than same-weight bullets for the 45-70 are, but in practice, the market for 50 AE just isn't large enough for prices to be really competitive.
 
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Road_Clam

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.50 AE is pricey no matter how you slice it. When i was researching a Desert Eagle purchase i did all the math, read all the opinions , and when the dust settled i chose a DE in 44 mag. where i already owned a S&W 460 mag the 50 AE made no real practical sense. I shot a gun club buddies .50 AE DE and honestly it only felt slightly more stout of a shooter than my .44 however handloading the .50 was quite a bit more than 44, mainly due to the more obscure .50 brass.
 
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TruthTellers

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44 AMP said:
I would not recommend using plated bullets in a Desert Eagle.

I don't think the manufacturer would, either, but check with them to be sure.

I once saw a .44 DE turned into a single shot because the owner "knew better" and shot cast bullets. When his gun stopped being a repeater, he couldn't fix it. The gunsmith couldn't fix it, and the gun went back to the maker. They "fixed" it by replacing the barrel assembly, and returned the gun with a bill for that repair. (the cost of the new barrel assembly).

Plated might be the right thing for a revolver but I won't run them in my Desert Eagles.

your call.
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Berry's specifically states on the page for their .50 caliber bullets the cartridge OAL and velocity for .50 AE and .500 S&W Magnum, thus they're making these specifically for hi pressure, hi velocity handguns.
 
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ATCDoktor

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I have fired many hundreds of Berrys plated Bullets through my DE chambered in 50AE.

I have never had any issues with them.

Pictured here with 10” barrel and bipod attached:



50 yard group fired with Berry’s 350 grain bullet and near max charge of H110:

 
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