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To all,
I have designed a new wildcat to add to my family of rounds. It will be called the 50 Allen Bench Rest. As of right now it is only on paper but I believe it will be submitted within a week or two for a reamer to be built.
I wanted to test the waters if you will with the group of shooters that I have the most respect for in the LR shooting community. I have talked to a couple friends and bounced off the idea and have received alot of good positive feed back and want to throw the idea to a larger portion of the public.
The idea with this round is to offer true 50 BMG match performance but in a much more cost effective and efficent package. I will not go into details on the case design right now just for design integrity issues but I do want to offer my design and performance goals and see what you think about this new round.
First off, most 1000 yard BR shooters in the 50 cal world are loading 750 to 800 gr match bullets to a velocity range of 2450 to 2550 fps depending on the bullet weight used. Now certainly the big 50 BMG will top this level of performance easily. I have personally loaded the 750 gr A-Max to +2700 fps but recoil is less then enjoyable and shooting this level of power accurately becomes extremely difficult in a 30 to 40 lb rifle.
As such most BMG match shooters load to these lower 2450 to 2550 fps velocity levels and recoil is significantly reduced and performance with the heavy match 50 cal bullets is extremely consistant.
The problem with this level load in the BMG is that with +200 gr of slow burning powder, carbon fouling is a major issue because in effect this chambering is extremely inefficent at these low pressures as far as producing a clean powder burn. This can effect long range accuracy dramatically if left unchecked.
My idea is to offer a new wildcat that will provide this same level of performance with the same bullet weights but operate in a working pressure range of 65,000 psi compared to 40,000 for the BMG. This will offer significantly cleaner powder burns and also greatly reduce the frequency needed to remove the carbon fouling from your bore. Simply put, longer accurate shot strings between cleaning.
Other advantages of my design will be using about 40% smaller powder charges of a much faster burning rate powder. This will increase barrel life significantly and also perform very well in shorter barrel lengths of 28 to 30".
Another advantage is that this round will be able to be chambered in conventional receivers such as several from BAT. This alone will drop nearly $1000 off the price of the rifle compared to a 50 BMG actioned rifle simply by the lower priced receivers.
Basically here are the performance goals I expect for this new wildcat:
-2500 fps with 750 gr A-Max
-Much cleaner buring then 50 BMG
-Much smaller powder charges
-Less recoil
-Wider selection of usible powders(H-4350 and H-4831 range)
-Can be used in much smaller and ligher receivers
-Receivers are much less expensive
Rounds like the 50 Peacekeeper have been around for quite awhile and while they advertize that they come close to 50 BMG match performance, the 50 ABR should offer true 50 BMG match performance.
Rifles could be built as light as 14 lbs without the use of exotic metals or barrels for tactical or hunting purposes. Or they could be built into heavy rifles for match use where recoil would not be even worth mentioning and extreme range consistancy should be amazing.
Basically it offers all the match performance of the BMG but with the option to go light with the rifle as well if wanted.
Trajectory will certainly not be up to what the smaller caliber Allen Magnums would be but that is not the design requirements for this wildcat. Bullet drop is consistant and easy to figure. Windage would be quite low with the high BC bullets and energy would be extremely high for this class of a round, pushing the 10,500 ft/lb level with a 750 gr A-Max.
Using the new Short baring surface 750 gr ULD RBBT Wildcat Bullet, 2600 fps should be possible for around 11,300 ft/lbs of energy. This is a much shorter bullet then the 750 gr A-Max and is designed more as a true big game hunting bullet. BC would be lower then the A-Max but it should be in the +.700 range still.
Anyway, let me know what you think. Again, no details on specific case designs yet but that will come soon if this is a go.
Thanks for your opinion and time,
Kirby Allen(50)
I have designed a new wildcat to add to my family of rounds. It will be called the 50 Allen Bench Rest. As of right now it is only on paper but I believe it will be submitted within a week or two for a reamer to be built.
I wanted to test the waters if you will with the group of shooters that I have the most respect for in the LR shooting community. I have talked to a couple friends and bounced off the idea and have received alot of good positive feed back and want to throw the idea to a larger portion of the public.
The idea with this round is to offer true 50 BMG match performance but in a much more cost effective and efficent package. I will not go into details on the case design right now just for design integrity issues but I do want to offer my design and performance goals and see what you think about this new round.
First off, most 1000 yard BR shooters in the 50 cal world are loading 750 to 800 gr match bullets to a velocity range of 2450 to 2550 fps depending on the bullet weight used. Now certainly the big 50 BMG will top this level of performance easily. I have personally loaded the 750 gr A-Max to +2700 fps but recoil is less then enjoyable and shooting this level of power accurately becomes extremely difficult in a 30 to 40 lb rifle.
As such most BMG match shooters load to these lower 2450 to 2550 fps velocity levels and recoil is significantly reduced and performance with the heavy match 50 cal bullets is extremely consistant.
The problem with this level load in the BMG is that with +200 gr of slow burning powder, carbon fouling is a major issue because in effect this chambering is extremely inefficent at these low pressures as far as producing a clean powder burn. This can effect long range accuracy dramatically if left unchecked.
My idea is to offer a new wildcat that will provide this same level of performance with the same bullet weights but operate in a working pressure range of 65,000 psi compared to 40,000 for the BMG. This will offer significantly cleaner powder burns and also greatly reduce the frequency needed to remove the carbon fouling from your bore. Simply put, longer accurate shot strings between cleaning.
Other advantages of my design will be using about 40% smaller powder charges of a much faster burning rate powder. This will increase barrel life significantly and also perform very well in shorter barrel lengths of 28 to 30".
Another advantage is that this round will be able to be chambered in conventional receivers such as several from BAT. This alone will drop nearly $1000 off the price of the rifle compared to a 50 BMG actioned rifle simply by the lower priced receivers.
Basically here are the performance goals I expect for this new wildcat:
-2500 fps with 750 gr A-Max
-Much cleaner buring then 50 BMG
-Much smaller powder charges
-Less recoil
-Wider selection of usible powders(H-4350 and H-4831 range)
-Can be used in much smaller and ligher receivers
-Receivers are much less expensive
Rounds like the 50 Peacekeeper have been around for quite awhile and while they advertize that they come close to 50 BMG match performance, the 50 ABR should offer true 50 BMG match performance.
Rifles could be built as light as 14 lbs without the use of exotic metals or barrels for tactical or hunting purposes. Or they could be built into heavy rifles for match use where recoil would not be even worth mentioning and extreme range consistancy should be amazing.
Basically it offers all the match performance of the BMG but with the option to go light with the rifle as well if wanted.
Trajectory will certainly not be up to what the smaller caliber Allen Magnums would be but that is not the design requirements for this wildcat. Bullet drop is consistant and easy to figure. Windage would be quite low with the high BC bullets and energy would be extremely high for this class of a round, pushing the 10,500 ft/lb level with a 750 gr A-Max.
Using the new Short baring surface 750 gr ULD RBBT Wildcat Bullet, 2600 fps should be possible for around 11,300 ft/lbs of energy. This is a much shorter bullet then the 750 gr A-Max and is designed more as a true big game hunting bullet. BC would be lower then the A-Max but it should be in the +.700 range still.
Anyway, let me know what you think. Again, no details on specific case designs yet but that will come soon if this is a go.
Thanks for your opinion and time,
Kirby Allen(50)
