Is there a SAAMI 50 BMG spec?

[coldboremiracle]

Trying to find a SAAMI drawing for a 50 BMG chamber, any help?

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

CIP---- https://www.cip-bobp.org/homologation/uploads/tdcc/tab-i/50-browning-en.pdf

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[coldboremiracle]

Ya, CIP is easy to find. But I cannot find a SAAMI drawing.

 

[TripleBull]

Not from SAAMI but Wikipedia has a drawing:

.50 BMG - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[coldboremiracle]

Not from SAAMI but Wikipedia has a drawing:

.50 BMG - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Exactly my point. There are tons of drawings, spec sheets, and numbers. but not one of them I can find is from SAAMI.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI)

The BMG isn't really a Sporting Arms cartridge, it's a military MG round.

Arguably, I find it a very sporting cartridge, just a bit expensive to shoot.

 

[coldboremiracle]

Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI)

The BMG isn't really a Sporting Arms cartridge, it's a military MG round.

Arguably, I find it a very sporting cartridge, just a bit expensive to shoot.

I get it, but it has been a sport cartridge for some years now.

 

[THEIS]

I get it, but it has been a sport cartridge for some years now.

Hi,

I am pretty sure it has NEVER been a SAAMI listed cartridge, everyone has always used CIP for it when discussing "standard".

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[coldboremiracle]

Hi,

I am pretty sure it has NEVER been a SAAMI listed cartridge, everyone has always used CIP for it when discussing "standard".

Sincerely,
Theis

That would make sense as to why there is no SAAMI drawing, the problem Im seeing is that the CIP and the Browning drawing are different, significantly enough to cause a chambering issue.

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

Because the CIP was not done for a Browning Machine Gun.
CIP for 50 BMG was "revised" in May of 2010 to better match modern utilization of the cartridge.

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[badassgunworks]

No matter what chamber spects you use there is going to be a problem. considering the cartridge wont handle pressure and was never designed to. its a 125 year old cartridge and is obsolete. but still impressive by volume, size and weight.

 

[coldboremiracle]

Perhaps, but its not goin anywhere because dumb-asses love to say "Fuhf-tee Cal" to their friends and are willing to pay exorbitant amounts of money to be able to say it.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Perhaps, but its not goin anywhere because dumb-asses love to say "Fuhf-tee Cal" to their friends and are willing to pay exorbitant amounts of money to be able to say it.

I would say also because of the "special" types of ammo you can get for it which significantly enhance the usefulness of it.

 

[secondofangle2]

Perhaps, but its not goin anywhere because dumb-asses love to say "Fuhf-tee Cal" to their friends and are willing to pay exorbitant amounts of money to be able to say it.

you shut your mouth when you're talking to me about my Fitty