While most shoot the popular 9mm, with forays into 45 ACP and 22lr also being a common round, most shooters will have heard of the 50 calibers, as a round.Googling around, you will come across the term 50 BMG in searches, and may wonder is they are the same. So, what is 50 BMG? These terms 50 cal and 50 BMG are often used interchangeably, but you need to understand their origin before naming them incorrectly.

50 BMG stands for 50 Browning Machine Gun. It’s a large caliber round with a 12.7mm diameter most commonly used in machine guns and sniper rifles. It is used by the military and is commonly associated with the Barret sniper rifles for long range targets. The 50 BMG also has some variants, including tracer, armor-piercing and regular Ball. buy 50 BMG online from our store.

A common way of comparing ammo power is checking their muzzle energies. While the muzzle energy of popular bullets such as 30-06 Springfield is less than 300-foot pound-force, the muzzle velocity of 50 BMG ranges between 10000 to 15000-foot pound-force. The trajectory has less drift, thanks to the high ballistic coefficient, has a twist rate of 1 in 15 inches (380 mm) due to the power and is effective up to a range of around 2000 yards.