I had an idea, thinking a bit about a near future scenario, and how to equip a power armored warrior. With the power armor, recoil and other issues are much less of an issue, and power needs to go up anyway for penetration.
One thought was to put an 8 or 10 inch barrel on a desert eagle. It can be pulled and fired one handed(powered armor remember), or a stock can be attached to make a quick carbine.
Velocity is a bit more important than bullet weight, so I figured the .50 AE wouldn't be reasonable, but you could neck it down to .44 or so, providing a slightly lighter bullet with more powder. .432 would provide a decent selection of bullets, right? Aside from the tungsten AP round that would be the whole point of giving it to a trooper.
Would necking down the .50 provide a significant advantage over the .44 mag?
One thought was to put an 8 or 10 inch barrel on a desert eagle. It can be pulled and fired one handed(powered armor remember), or a stock can be attached to make a quick carbine.
Velocity is a bit more important than bullet weight, so I figured the .50 AE wouldn't be reasonable, but you could neck it down to .44 or so, providing a slightly lighter bullet with more powder. .432 would provide a decent selection of bullets, right? Aside from the tungsten AP round that would be the whole point of giving it to a trooper.
Would necking down the .50 provide a significant advantage over the .44 mag?