Loading for it is not that expensive EXCEPT for the projectiles. Due to demand the XTP's are fetching $2 each. It's a gas semi-auto and you don't really want to shoot naked cast with grease through it. Not much anyway. PLUS it has that polygonal rifling that mandates jacketed OR oversize cast with some type of self lubricating encapsulating coating that will fully fill that odd bore. It's quite the challenge to shoot proper cast.
If you have a fancy iron you want to shoot it so we will have fun working around the built in limitations.
I bet LEE knows about it, has heard of it, or has some info on this special application. I thought The LEE die was a taper crimp but it is odd in the way it performs. There is still some case mouth to catch the chamber but not too much.
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Problem loading .50 AE, bullets too loose
- WB, 2022-09-27, 12:44
- I started a support ticket with LEE we'll see - WB, 2022-09-28, 09:25
- 50 AE Bullet tension - 50GIFreak, 2022-09-28, 07:28
- What with the cost of bullets, etc... - AmBraCol, 2022-09-28, 06:38
- Random ideas - Bob Denning, 2022-09-27, 18:38
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Loaded alot of 50AE when I had a DE,
- Darryl T., 2022-09-27, 16:23
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Also still have a 10inch barrel left. Need to get
- Darryl T., 2022-09-27, 16:31
- That stuff brings good money. I bought a .357 from Puffy - WB, 2022-09-27, 20:51
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Also still have a 10inch barrel left. Need to get
- Darryl T., 2022-09-27, 16:31
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I'd try an RCBS .50 AE Sizing Die
- Revolvers&1911s, 2022-09-27, 15:45
- I’m going to check with LEE, something is up - WB, 2022-09-28, 06:27
- The only reason I suggested the Lee is they sorta specialize - Gary Reeder, 2022-09-27, 15:50
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Our original Lucifer's Hammer revolver
- Gary Reeder, 2022-09-27, 14:20
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Very good point and advise.
- WB, 2022-09-27, 14:41
- +1 for getting a Lee die. I had the same problem - drdougrx, 2022-09-28, 04:42
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Very good point and advise.
- WB, 2022-09-27, 14:41