Gunner,
I think he was used to the 450-550 grainers in the 50, and with those I would think the heavy 45's would indeed penetrate further. With the advent of the faster twist 50 barrels, these 700+ grain bullet come into their own, as you and Kurt know.
Bill would have enjoyed this conversation! Im glad you got one of his rifles. Bill gave a knife he had made to our outfitter in Africa. I wonder if Marius knows what he has...
Regards,
Manny
Manny, agreed, i'm not much on shirt button bullets, pancakes dont penetrate LOL, i've read the 50's started out with 473-475gr grease groove and paper patch bullets, i can barely patch a 1.315 inch bullet, no way i'd jack with trying to patch a 50 cqal bullet a lot less than an inch long ; ]
I think we've all heard of, or maybe employed ones self of what 50 cal and 700-800+ grains of bullet weight can do in wartime scenarios, Yes sir, Bill would have been in this discussion with both boots.
