Rather, Steyr commissioned a German designer, Heinrich Fortmeier to build a .50 caliber single-shot rifle for them. The resulting HS 50 was first demonstrated at the 2002 SHOT Show.

In every performance category, the .50 BMG easily outclasses any conventional rifle cartridge. With 12,000 to 14,000 ft.-lbs. of muzzle energy, the .50 BMG is more than twice as powerful as the ...

But in the Middle East, one rifle stands out from the pack. The Austrian Steyr HS 50 and various copies of it are by far the most common, beating out American Barretts, Serbian M93s, and other Chinese ...

Setup to load 50 BMG, the TX-50 includes a high capacity powder measure that can drop 75 charges of 250 grains before refilling. The case feeder feeds up to ten pieces per minute. The massive 7 ...

The .50 BMG is a heavy machine gun cartridge that has served for nearly a century now in the equally famous M2 machine gun. In that 100 years, the round has found its way from machine guns into ...