.50 BMG Hunting photos

**JS4** · 16-04-2012, 16:24

Cool!! Next I want to see the walk-an'-stalk bushveld-hunting photos! ;o)

**Skaaphaas** · 16-04-2012, 16:50

Originally Posted by JS4

Cool!! Next I want to see the walk-an'-stalk bushveld-hunting photos! ;o)

Where a warthog was shot at 40m!

**Michaelrp** · 16-04-2012, 18:40

Janoakley, what bullet is it loaded with?

**janoakley** · 16-04-2012, 19:14

Originally Posted by Michaelrp

Janoakley, what bullet is it loaded with?

650 gr full metal jackets made for military use. Also have 750gr hornady A Max loaded up but did not want to try it on game. Did not want waste all the meat with that.

**robmag** · 18-04-2012, 19:53

carlp just looking at the specs, its going to out preform the 375 and 30-06 hands down. Gemsbok from 600m away, ag what dreams are good friends. It will be handy for the hunters that cannot walk and stalk very far any more. They would just have to get a comfortable position and wait.

**Dirk777** · 18-04-2012, 21:24

Wow, hunting wit a BIG flippen gun.

**Brillo** · 15-11-2020, 11:59

Originally Posted by carlp

What we really need to conclude here on the forum is if a projectile of 650gr traveling at 2900ft is capable of downing a eland? will it out perform the 375 and the 30-06?

Please share your comments.

Hi carlp,

In short;

- the 50BMG carries 10x the energy @ 700 Yards vs the 375 H&H
- the 50BMG carries 8x the energy @ 700 Yards vs the 30-06

If you needed 1600fps for a projectile to reliably expand, then you will be able to hunt with a 50BMG out to 1600yards, at this distance, the 50bmg still has 1000ft.lbf more energy than a 375H&H pointblank.

Here is the energy the different caliber carries over distance.

YARDS	50 BMG 750GR	375H&H 260GR	30-06 180GR
100	12255	3514	2622
125	12061	3324	2529
150	11870	3141	2438
175	11680	2966	2350
200	11494	2799	2264
225	11309	2639	2181
250	11127	2486	2100
275	10947	2341	2022
300	10770	2202	1945
325	10595	2070	1871
350	10422	1945	1800
375	10251	1826	1730
400	10083	1713	1663
425	9916	1607	1597
450	9752	1507	1534
475	9590	1413	1473
500	9430	1324	1414
525	9272	1242	1357
550	9116	1164	1301
575	8962	1092	1248
600	8810	1025	1197
625	8660	964	1147
650	8513	908	1100
675	8367	857	1054
700	8223	810	1010
725	8081	769	968
750	7940	732	927
775	7802	699	888
800	7666	669	851
825	7531	643	816
850	7399	618	782
875	7268	597	750
900	7139	577	719
925	7012	559	690
950	6887	542	663
975	6763	526	637
1000	6642	512	613
1025	6522	498	590
1050	6404	485	569
1075	6287	473	549
1100	6172	461	530
1125	6059	450	513
1150	5948	440	497
1175	5839	430	483
1200	5731	420	469
1225	5625	411	456
1250	5520	402	444
1275	5417	393	433
1300	5316	385	423
1325	5216	377	413
1350	5118	369	404
1375	5022	361	395
1400	4927	354	387
1425	4834	347	380
1450	4742	340	372
1475	4653	333	365
1500	4564	327	358
1525	4478	321	352
1550	4393	314	346
1575	4309	308	340
1600	4227	303	334
1625	4146	297	329
1650	4067	291	323
1675	3990	286	318
1700	3913	281	313
1725	3838	275	308
1750	3765	270	304
1775	3693	265	299
1800	3623	261	295
1825	3554	256	290
1850	3486	251	286
1875	3420	247	282
1900	3355	243	278
1925	3292	238	274
1950	3230	234	271
1975	3169	230	267
2000	3109	226	263

**Ds J** · 15-11-2020, 12:44

Brillo, what will you be hunting with your .50 ?

Is there anything on the planet which can not be taken with it?

**A-R** · 15-11-2020, 16:25

Originally Posted by Brillo

Hi carlp,

In short;

- the 50BMG carries 10x the energy @ 700 Yards vs the 375 H&H
- the 50BMG carries 8x the energy @ 700 Yards vs the 30-06

If you needed 1600fps for a projectile to reliably expand, then you will be able to hunt with a 50BMG out to 1600yards, at this distance, the 50bmg still has 1000ft.lbf more energy than a 375H&H pointblank.

Here is the energy the different caliber carries over distance.

YARDS	50 BMG 750GR	375H&H 260GR	30-06 180GR
100	12255	3514	2622
125	12061	3324	2529
150	11870	3141	2438
175	11680	2966	2350
200	11494	2799	2264
225	11309	2639	2181
250	11127	2486	2100
275	10947	2341	2022
300	10770	2202	1945
325	10595	2070	1871
350	10422	1945	1800
375	10251	1826	1730
400	10083	1713	1663
425	9916	1607	1597
450	9752	1507	1534
475	9590	1413	1473
500	9430	1324	1414
525	9272	1242	1357
550	9116	1164	1301
575	8962	1092	1248
600	8810	1025	1197
625	8660	964	1147
650	8513	908	1100
675	8367	857	1054
700	8223	810	1010
725	8081	769	968
750	7940	732	927
775	7802	699	888
800	7666	669	851
825	7531	643	816
850	7399	618	782
875	7268	597	750
900	7139	577	719
925	7012	559	690
950	6887	542	663
975	6763	526	637
1000	6642	512	613
1025	6522	498	590
1050	6404	485	569
1075	6287	473	549
1100	6172	461	530
1125	6059	450	513
1150	5948	440	497
1175	5839	430	483
1200	5731	420	469
1225	5625	411	456
1250	5520	402	444
1275	5417	393	433
1300	5316	385	423
1325	5216	377	413
1350	5118	369	404
1375	5022	361	395
1400	4927	354	387
1425	4834	347	380
1450	4742	340	372
1475	4653	333	365
1500	4564	327	358
1525	4478	321	352
1550	4393	314	346
1575	4309	308	340
1600	4227	303	334
1625	4146	297	329
1650	4067	291	323
1675	3990	286	318
1700	3913	281	313
1725	3838	275	308
1750	3765	270	304
1775	3693	265	299
1800	3623	261	295
1825	3554	256	290
1850	3486	251	286
1875	3420	247	282
1900	3355	243	278
1925	3292	238	274
1950	3230	234	271
1975	3169	230	267
2000	3109	226	263

You don't need much expansion in a 50. It's big enough already.

That is about the worst long range load for a 375 you selected for your comparison. A 300gn SPBT load would have provided much better ballistics.

**Brillo** · 15-11-2020, 17:28

Originally Posted by A-R

You don't need much expansion in a 50. It's big enough already.

That is about the worst long range load for a 375 you selected for your comparison. A 300gn SPBT load would have provided much better ballistics.

Hi A-R,

revised difference; note that I used a load something in the middle to have some velocity available.
- with a 300gr bullet it is still usable to 600yards

- the 50BMG carries almost 5x the energy @ 500 Yards vs the 375 H&H 300gr
- the 50BMG carries ~5x the energy @ 700 Yards vs the 30-06 180gr

Another thing to keep in mind, this is about the heaviest load for 375h&h

- The 50 BMG goes from 660gr - 1100gr - I chose something in the middle to have a combination of velocity & energy.

The below is a true scale of the bullet comparisons

Attachment 32443

No problem, please see below load for 300gr SPTB

YARDS	50 BMG ENERGY	50 BMG VELOCITY	375 ENERGY 300gr SBT	375 VELOCITY 300gr SBT	30-06 ENERGY	30-06 VELOCITY
100	12433	2725	3892	2417	2622	2561
125	12237	2710	3750	2373	2529	2515
150	12043	2689	3612	2328	2438	2470
175	11852	2667	3478	2285	2350	2424
200	11663	2646	3348	2242	2264	2380
225	11476	2625	3222	2199	2181	2336
250	11292	2604	3099	2157	2100	2292
275	11110	2583	2980	2115	2022	2249
300	10931	2562	2865	2074	1945	2206
325	10753	2541	2753	2033	1871	2164
350	10578	2520	2645	1992	1800	2122
375	10406	2499	2540	1952	1730	2080
400	10235	2479	2438	1913	1663	2040
425	10067	2458	2340	1874	1597	1999
450	9901	2438	2246	1836	1534	1959
475	9737	2418	2154	1798	1473	1920
500	9575	2398	2066	1761	1414	1881
525	9415	2377	1981	1724	1357	1842
550	9257	2357	1899	1688	1301	1804
575	9101	2338	1820	1653	1248	1767
600	8948	2318	1744	1618	1197	1730
625	8796	2298	1671	1584	1147	1694
650	8646	2278	1602	1550	1100	1659
675	8499	2259	1535	1518	1054	1624
700	8353	2239	1470	1486	1010	1590
725	8209	2220	1409	1454	968	1556
750	8067	2201	1350	1424	927	1523
775	7927	2182	1294	1394	888	1491
800	7789	2163	1241	1365	851	1459
825	7653	2144	1191	1337	816	1429
850	7519	2125	1143	1310	782	1399
875	7386	2106	1097	1283	750	1370
900	7256	2087	1055	1258	719	1341
925	7127	2069	1015	1234	690	1314
950	7000	2050	977	1211	663	1288
975	6875	2032	942	1189	637	1262
1000	6752	2013	909	1168	613	1238
1025	6630	1995	879	1148	590	1215
1050	6510	1977	851	1130	569	1193
1075	6392	1959	825	1112	549	1172
1100	6276	1941	800	1096	530	1152
1125	6162	1923	778	1080	513	1133
1150	6049	1906	757	1066	497	1115
1175	5938	1888	737	1052	483	1099
1200	5828	1871	719	1039	469	1083
1225	5721	1853	702	1026	456	1068
1250	5615	1836	686	1015	444	1054
1275	5510	1819	671	1004	433	1041
1300	5408	1802	657	993	423	1029
1325	5306	1785	643	983	413	1017
1350	5207	1768	630	973	404	1005
1375	5109	1751	618	963	395	995
1400	5013	1735	607	954	387	984
1425	4918	1718	596	945	380	974
1450	4825	1702	585	937	372	965
1475	4734	1686	575	929	365	956
1500	4644	1670	565	921	358	947
1525	4556	1654	555	913	352	938
1550	4470	1638	546	905	346	930
1575	4385	1622	537	898	340	922
1600	4301	1607	529	891	334	914
1625	4219	1592	521	884	329	907
1650	4139	1576	513	877	323	899
1675	4060	1561	505	870	318	892
1700	3982	1546	497	864	313	885
1725	3906	1531	490	858	308	878
1750	3831	1517	483	851	304	872
1775	3758	1502	476	845	299	865
1800	3686	1488	469	839	295	859
1825	3616	1473	463	833	290	852
1850	3547	1459	456	827	286	846
1875	3480	1445	450	822	282	840
1900	3414	1432	444	816	278	834
1925	3349	1418	438	811	274	828
1950	3286	1405	432	805	271	823
1975	3224	1391	426	800	267	817
2000	3163	1378	421	795	263	812