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The original .50 AE bore diameter was .500 in, with conventional rifling, but the switch to polygonal rifling on production Desert Eagles allowed the gauge plug to drop through, rendering the gun a destructive device under Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) regulations.
The .500 Linebaugh utilizes a bore diameter of .500" with the corresponding bullet diameter of .510", the same as the .50 BMG and other .50 caliber rifles, while the .50 Action Express, .500 S&W Magnum, and .500 S&W Special use .490" bore diameters and correspondingly smaller .500" bullet diameters. The smaller .500" diameter was further ...
The cartridge case design was finalized based on discussions with Tony Rumore at Tromix suggesting a lengthened.50 AE case would work well in the magazines as well as be the largest diameter case that could feed through the barrel extension. The initial prototype brass still bore the .50 AE head stamp and this has caused some confusion, as the ...
.50 AE.50 Alaskan.50 Beowulf.50 BMG.50 Krater.50 Spotter-Tracer.50-70 Government.50-90 Sharps ... .360 bore — .360 in (9.1 mm).410 bore — .410 in (10.4 mm)
Desert Eagle Mark XIX in .50 AE. The most recent model, the Mark XIX, is available in .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, .429 DE (introduced in 2018) and .50 Action Express. This model comes in a variety of different finishes, such as brushed chrome or titanium gold. Magnum Research offered this model in .440 Cor-Bon caliber, a .50 AE derived case.
The .50 AE was introduced in the Desert Eagle from Magnum Research in 1991. Shortly thereafter, shooters began requesting an alternative to the relatively small selection of factory ammunition, and, for sensitive shooters, the recoil of the .50 AE cartridge, but still with substantially more stopping power than the .44 Magnum .
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50 Beowulf : Proprietary. The case head and rim dimensions exactly match the 7.62x39 Rifle case, and all dimensions from the lower part of the case matches the 50-Action Express (50 AE), which can be described as a .44-Magnum cartridge that has had the body of the case expanded to 50-caliber while leaving the head intact.