what to use ....................1-48
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RE: what to use ....................1-48
Some 1:48 shoot sabot loads very nice sometimes. The question is what sabot will do the best in the rifle. Not all rifles are alike. Some just will not shoot conicals and others will. All you can try some different ones and see what happens.
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RE: what to use ....................1-48
cataway
I shoot 300 grain Speers in an HPH-24 sabot just fine from all of my 1/48 barrels. Both Renegades, a Lyman and a couple of Hawkens... i have not had much luck with lighter and shorter bullets but the 300 Hornady or Speers shoot right where i am pointing... 80 grains of T7-3f in the 50's and 90 in the 54's
I shoot 300 grain Speers in an HPH-24 sabot just fine from all of my 1/48 barrels. Both Renegades, a Lyman and a couple of Hawkens... i have not had much luck with lighter and shorter bullets but the 300 Hornady or Speers shoot right where i am pointing... 80 grains of T7-3f in the 50's and 90 in the 54's
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RE: what to use ....................1-48
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cataway
I shoot 300 grain Speers in an HPH-24 sabot just fine from all of my 1/48 barrels. Both Renegades, a Lyman and a couple of Hawkens... i have not had much luck with lighter and shorter bullets but the 300 Hornady or Speers shoot right where i am pointing... 80 grains of T7-3f in the 50's and 90 in the 54's
cataway
I shoot 300 grain Speers in an HPH-24 sabot just fine from all of my 1/48 barrels. Both Renegades, a Lyman and a couple of Hawkens... i have not had much luck with lighter and shorter bullets but the 300 Hornady or Speers shoot right where i am pointing... 80 grains of T7-3f in the 50's and 90 in the 54's
The Speers penetrate well.
Chap Gleason VA
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RE: what to use ....................1-48
We all know that different guns will like different loads and bullets ,my Hawken [the i-48] will shoot 200&230 gr XTP 451 in the standerd black sabot uder 2.5 inches all day long but it just dont like a heavy bullet and it needs at least 110gr RS to shoot them accurate. You just have to find out what yours likes. Lee
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RE: what to use ....................1-48
as everyone said a 1:48 is a general twist..might shoot anything accurate..might not. they are supposed to like conicals. my 1:48 wont shoot ANYTHING but patch and ball accurately. ive tried like 5 diffrent conicals and get the same results..looks like im shootin buckshot by the time im done shootin them! never tried sabots though..1:48 twist may shoot them though..i know a couple guys that shoot sabots in them.
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RE: what to use ....................1-48
my 1-48 twist doesnt like sabots. i talked to a custom flint lock maker shooter at one of the shows and he shoots them all day long in his guns . all gun are different but he suggested using all lead type bullets. he used a lee mould and made his own. i guess like those cheap shot bullets. im thinking heavier bullets might be better. im gonna shoot a few and see if it works in mine but i dont think im will ever give up my 370 maxi balls. it just knocks deer over.
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RE: what to use ....................1-48
ORIGINAL: cataway
is there a saboted load that will work well in a 1and48 twist barrel
or our are we stuck using a patch & ball?
is there a saboted load that will work well in a 1and48 twist barrel
or our are we stuck using a patch & ball?
http://www.tcarms.com/assets/manuals/current/Shooting_TC_BlkPwdr_Guns_Man.pdf
They show several sabots in there such as Hornady XTP. Chap Gleason Va