Personally, I've always loved shooting large calibers. Whether muzzleloader or centerfire, there's something about those big heavy bullets and the pure knock down power that appeals to me. I own both a .50 and .54 Thompson Center black powder rifles and enjoy punching holes in paper plates and clanging metal targets with both. And my Marlin 1895S 45-70 carbine has been my favorite hunting and plinking rifle. That is until my .50 Beowulf arrived. I purchased the upper here and mounted it to my Sun Devil Manufacturing AR15 lower. I picked up a medium priced 3x9 scope, and mounted it onto an A2 handle that I mounted on the picatinny rails. I sighted in the scope at 100yrds using a Bushnell laser boresight and went to the range. I was really impress with the accuracy and consistancy of the Beowulf. I was able to dance a soda can around at 125 yards round after round. And if you want to make gravel out of big rocks, its hard to beat the 334 gr flat nose slugs. What a BLAST! It's a really fun rifle to shoot. Recoil is not as bad as the 1895S lever action with my hot 310gr loads.
I found some 5 round 223 magazines that worked perfectly in the Beowulf with no modifications. The 5 round 223 mag only holds 2 of the fat fifties, which makes it legal for medium and big game hunting in AZ. I can't wait to go javelina hunting or elk hunting next year.
If you don't reload, this is an expensive rifle to shoot at over $1.50 a round. But once you have the dies, cases and slugs, the per round cost isn't any worse than any other medium to large caliber.
By
earlsworkshop from
Arizona