.50 Action Express Facts for Kids

.50 Action Express

.50 Action Express round next to a .32 ACP cartridge.

Type

Handgun

Place of origin

United States

Production history

Designer

Evan Whildin, Action Arms

Designed

1988

Specifications

Case type

Rebated rim, straight

Bullet diameter

.500 in (12.7 mm)

Neck diameter

.540 in (13.7 mm)

Base diameter

.547 in (13.9 mm)

Rim diameter

.514 in (13.1 mm)

Rim thickness

.060 in (1.5 mm)

Case length

1.285 in (32.6 mm)

Overall length

1.610 in (40.9 mm)

Primer type

Large pistol

Ballistic performance

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Bullet mass/type	Velocity	Energy
Test barrel length: 6 in (152 mm) Source(s): Accurate Powder^[1] Speer^[2]

The .50 Action Express (AE) is a very powerful handgun cartridge and one of the most powerful in the world. It is one of the bullets that can be fired from a Desert Eagle.

.50 Action Express Media

Box of Hornady .50 AE 300-grain jacketed hollow point ammunition
Desert Eagle Mark XIX (Mark 19) in .50 AE
Magnum Research BFR in .50 AE
Automag V Pistol

References

↑ ".50 AE loading data at Accurate Powder" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
↑ "50 American Eagles with 300-grain Gold Dot HP" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-11-11.

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