Quote Originally Posted by snowgetter1
I have been thinking about this also. I now want a 50 Beuwulf in a striker. The only reason for the 50 is because it is a 50 not a 45. I am about ready to sell some guns to fund this so maybe I will have one by this time next year. The only bad thing I see is that it has a 7.62x39 head on it.
Snowgetter,

50 beo is a good round but brass is non existant. Very hard to find.
If you want about 10-12 pieces of brass you can have them if you want to pay for shipping.

The 458 socom is better although the brass is hard to find for that too.

The 450 BM is more than enough for most any american game and an overkill for most hogs.

The 458 BM and 50 beo both use pistol bullets.

The 458 socom uses 458 rifle bullets, and there are a lot of them.
The best for normal hunting being the 300 gr TTSX barnes bullet.

If you want a heavy hitter PDQ, just get a 458 winmag barrel from brownells. You can download it and you can also shoot
458x2 American which is basically a shortened 458 WM cartridge.

The 458x2 will feed through a short action and is about like the 450 marlin.