Question; What is a reliable reload you've found for your DE 50AE.
I haven’t branched out very far, using Berry’s to shoot paper and pumpkins mostly. I bet with H-110 you’ll work up past 30 grains with a 300 grain bullet. I have used the obligatory Speer Deep Curl and Uni-Cor to success as well.
I use CCI large pistol magnum primers only, as mine and a very many bolt faces I have seen have the ejector cut inside the primer face area. This lets some of the primer push into the area at firing. I sue this as my limiter for loading. I don’t want it so bad it shears bits of primer cup off when it unlocks.
I find that a plated bullet can take all 50AE has to offer, and when stepped on are very accurate.
I also find that neck tension is paramount for the abuse the cartridges take inside the magazine while firing. Bullet Setback in a Desert Eagle is extraordinarily unpleasant. (Registered trademark.)
I like wasp waists.
QUOTE="Mn Fats, post: 12166087, member: 243941"]Second, how long do the cases last before they split or cause malfunctions?[/QUOTE] Even with the magnitude of the Action Express the brass will last a long time. I have more than seven cycles on a set. They are getting short though. The primer pockets get short. I would hate to experience a magazine’s worth of slam fires in an Eagle.
Third, how much is it costing you to reload per round assuming you already have the brass.
What ever you can get burned on primers for. Then around two hundred cartridges per pound, more or less. Mine is on the less side. I like fire.
The real cost is the bullets. That is a lot of lead, and the companies charge accordingly. Many will suggest that you should only load premium bonded hollow points for punching paper, because “Fifty”. I’d rather shoot it more then that. My paper won’t care. And the AE doesn’t get enough speed to make the plated bullets fail.
Also, I've read one post somewhere that stated slow burning powder is much better at cycling the slide on a Desert Eagle. Comments?
Like an AR, there needs to be enough gas to unlock the bolt and operate the slide. Any proper magnum powder will have that in spades. But, since the Eagle is gas operated, there isn’t much downloading with a faster powder for it. Mine will operate at start charges with magnum powders with no problem.
I have heard of others trying to use Power Pistol or other faster powders, at the edge of sanity, just to make it work. Dangerous.
I have read of gas piston sizing problems, but I have broken one and tried both that I ordered with success. Both measured the same as the broken one as well.
(The only centerfire I’ve ever broken and it was a Desert Eagle?!
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