Went to the sporting goods store today
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Well i had to take some packages to the dreaded UPS store and on the way back my sister and i stopped at the sporting goods store and i almost bought a package of great plains bullets before i decided i want to try something different.
I bought a package of knight high pressure sabots and a box of 50 Hornady XTP in 300 grain.
Im going to load up my winchester and take a couple shots at 50 yards just to see how they do. I will use 80 grains of triple 7 and work up from there. First i will see how they load!
The CVA Staghorn will give them ago after the winchester.
I bought a package of knight high pressure sabots and a box of 50 Hornady XTP in 300 grain.
Im going to load up my winchester and take a couple shots at 50 yards just to see how they do. I will use 80 grains of triple 7 and work up from there. First i will see how they load!
The CVA Staghorn will give them ago after the winchester.
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Not bad for my first load! Tomorrow i will up my charge to 100 grains triple 7 and adjust from there. The first load was kind of slow and hard to load, but #2 3 4 loaded easier on a fouled barrel. I didnt swab between shots either. Once i get on sight i will switch to pyrodex p and see if i get tighter patterns or worse. Pretty happy with the groups so far.
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wow! i just loaded up the cva staghorn " non QLA barrel" and this thing loaded easier than my winchester that has the qla. This qla is over rated for easy loading.
90 grains pyrodex P
300 grain XTP " .452 dia"
knight High pressure sabot
This should be interesting to see how these sabots do in the barrels 1:32 twist.
90 grains pyrodex P
300 grain XTP " .452 dia"
knight High pressure sabot
This should be interesting to see how these sabots do in the barrels 1:32 twist.
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Well i had to take some packages to the dreaded UPS store and on the way back my sister and i stopped at the sporting goods store and i almost bought a package of great plains bullets before i decided i want to try something different.
I bought a package of knight high pressure sabots and a box of 50 Hornady XTP in 300 grain.
Im going to load up my winchester and take a couple shots at 50 yards just to see how they do. I will use 80 grains of triple 7 and work up from there. First i will see how they load!
The CVA Staghorn will give them ago after the winchester.
Well i had to take some packages to the dreaded UPS store and on the way back my sister and i stopped at the sporting goods store and i almost bought a package of great plains bullets before i decided i want to try something different.
I bought a package of knight high pressure sabots and a box of 50 Hornady XTP in 300 grain.
Im going to load up my winchester and take a couple shots at 50 yards just to see how they do. I will use 80 grains of triple 7 and work up from there. First i will see how they load!
The CVA Staghorn will give them ago after the winchester.
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X-150 is on sight for 50 yards! 110 grains pyrodex p and a 300 grain XTP. #1 shot was my fault, i went and flinched[&o] # 2 and #3 were perfect! I also shot the cva staghorn with 90 grains pyrodex p and it shot pretty good but after seeing the groups from the staghorn, the next outing i will up it to 110 grains pyrodex p and call it quits there. Shots 2 and 3 were at 50 yards with the staghorn. Also unloaded my .54 cva big bore mountain rifle that was loaded for over a week in rainy weather and it fired off perfectly and was dead center and 3" high. Exactly where she should be!
Im pretty much set on keeping the x-150 right there, although i may try 120 grains pyro p and see what happens to the groups. Pretty good for never having any real sabot/bullet combo experience with this rifle
It was also cheaper than buying 2 boxes of great plains conicals.
The sabots also loaded a lot easier with the pyrodex p and slipped down fairly easier than when i used triple 7.
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Im pretty much set on keeping the x-150 right there, although i may try 120 grains pyro p and see what happens to the groups. Pretty good for never having any real sabot/bullet combo experience with this rifle
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The sabots also loaded a lot easier with the pyrodex p and slipped down fairly easier than when i used triple 7.
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Just took 2 100 yard shots with the sun glaring in my eyes and came away with an 1 1/4" 2 shot group! I have one more speedloader but am waiting for the sun to drop a bit so i can see my target better.
Talk about bad luck, After i get my target setup i turn around and the shooting table that i built fell in on its self! I had to settle for sitting down on the ground and used part of the table as a rest to shoot off of. I just have to use longer nails and then the table will be back in action lol.
Very surprised and happy with ive come up with so far.
Talk about bad luck, After i get my target setup i turn around and the shooting table that i built fell in on its self! I had to settle for sitting down on the ground and used part of the table as a rest to shoot off of. I just have to use longer nails and then the table will be back in action lol.
Very surprised and happy with ive come up with so far.