lonewolf5347

I went out again to see if there was an improvment switching to MMP Red Sabots in 54 cal.
I still had no problem with loading these Buffalo SSB went down the barrel like silk real easy ,the last time out with the harvester sabot loaded a little to easy.The buffalo SSB did shoot well today I back down on my charge a little by 5 grains.Goex 3f 85 grains put them in the center of the 100 yard target 10 rounds about 3 inch group,they do pack a punch them SSB

Triple Se7en

That bullet comes undersized. Atypical 45/50 bullet will be .451/.452. Not so with the SSBs. Mine usually measures in the .449 neighborhood. My last purchase of SSBs still contained their use of Harvester plastic sabots.... Harvester commonly regarded in ML circles as having the easiest-loading plastic sabots.

Also... let me pass you another reminder that Hornady/Knight plastic sabotswere generally regarded asthe thickest .... those being white in color for the 54. It's been two years since I tested 54-cal plastic sabots, so things may of changed since.

Further evidence that Hornady plastic are thicker than MMP can be found inside the newer distributed T/C packaged sabot/bullets. The complaints that the new Hornady plastic sabots are more difficult to load than the older MMPs have produced a mountain of headaches for T/C Inc.

cayugad

Lonewolf.. glad to hear those SSB's came around for you. They are sure a favorite projectile in my Black Diamond XR. That is still a good load you have there. I shoot them with 100 grains with the 1:28 twist. I was sure glad when Triple Se7en suggested I try them. He was right on the money there. And then you were kind enough to let me in on that nice sale, so I have plenty of them for a while.

Today I was going traditional. I was shooting the .58 caliber Renegade with the Green Mountain Barrel. I wanted to see how it would hold at 50 yards after my sight adjustment. I should say my dog adjusted the sight and I put it back I thought. That rifle was really kicking today for some reason. The Renegade always does kick a little bit because of the stock design but today it was really pounding me. Could be the thin shirt I was wearing.



This was a five shot group I fired. It was real good considering no swabbing. Of course I pushed that to 10 shots and the group fell apart on #9 & #10. I swabbed the barrel and the rifle was filthy. Goex 2f and humid weather really produces some fowling.... But over all I am glad the way it was shooting.

cayugad

I decided to give those Buffalo Bullet 375 grain SSB's a try in the CVA Staghorn Magnum. I had a nice surprise to say the least. For some reason I decided to shoot Pyrodex RS today out of the CVA and even guessed at the 100 grains load. I was more then pleased with the accuracy from the 50 yard line off the bench. And they loaded like a dream.. I actually loaded four of them in a row without swabbing the barrel. The first group I admit, I swabbed between shots, then I wanted to see how hard they would load and what would happen to accuracy if I cut back on the swabbing. This might make a good load for the rifle, although the 245 grain Aero Tip powerbelts I was shooting today did a real good job as usual.....with 100 grains of Pyrodex RS.

lonewolf5347

cayugad: looks like they shoot excelent
I was back out at the range today with the SSB 375 grainers seem they shoot well I found that a fouling shot really does do the job in putting them together.I am won that hates to foul the barrel only because the m/l will have to cleaned at the end of the day,otherwise behind 85 grains of goex 3f they should do the job.