r/canadaguns • u/IntroductionAny3929 • Apr 17 '26

Milsurps / Prohib Alexander Arms Beowulf Appreciation Post

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Howdy Folks!

The Texan is back with yet another Gun Appreciation Post, where today we have a gun once available in Canada in small numbers before eventually being prohibited.

Today we have the Beowulf!

.50 Beowulf is an interesting cartridge because it was originally designed to take out an engine block, but the funny thing is that the cartridge found its own cult following for people who go hog hunting.

It’s also appealing for those who live up in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut as they all gotta worry about bears and need something for bear defense. The amount of punch that the .50 Beowulf Cartridge delivers is enough for that.

In the states, one of the appeals we have for it is that it is a straight wall cartridge, and some states have hunting laws that only allow you to hunt with straight wall cartridges and not bottlenecked ones.

Anyways enjoy!

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u/16gaugeguy16 Apr 17 '26

Like I said respectfully on one of your previous posts, this kind of content isn't relevant.

You don't know the Canadian gun industry or what is/was common. Filter down your content to stuff that is relevant and post less.

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u/IntroductionAny3929 Apr 17 '26

Meanwhile, I already took that advice and did find out that this one was relevant:

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/50-beowulf-rifles-finally-available-in-canada.1574805/

https://www.huntinggearguy.com/tips/50-beowulf-magazines-in-canada/

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u/16gaugeguy16 Apr 17 '26

This literally only proves my point. You don't know the Canadian gun industry.

The magazines used to be popular for these as it was previously a loopwhole to use AR mags that fit more than 5rnds of 223. The guns were virtually non-existent, with only a few examples existing. Even then, they've been banned for 6 years now and 99.999% of this sub has never seen one or owned one.

Edit: all this to say, stop spamming our subreddit with irrelevant content

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u/Primary_Judge Apr 17 '26

I shot one of these in the desert last year with a forced reset. But yeah, these posts suck