.50 Action Express

.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
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy 300 gr (19 g) XTP Hornady 1,475 ft/s (450 m/s) 1,449 ft⋅lbf (1,965 J) 300 gr (19 g) GDHP Speer 1,550 ft/s (470 m/s) 1,600 ft⋅lbf (2,200 J) 325 gr (21 g) UCHP Speer 1,450 ft/s (440 m/s) 1,517 ft⋅lbf (2,057 J) Template:Infobox firearm cartridge/ballistics footer Test barrel length: 6 in (152 mm) Source(s): Accurate Powder Speer 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