Shooting Roundball out of a sabot
 

I was asked by someone if I ever shot roundball out of an inline rifle. I told them yes of course. Just make sure that you shoot a light charge so the patch does not skip the rifleing. Actually the accuracy is rather good shooting my Knight Wolverine II.

Then then asked what would happen if I shot a ball out of a sabot. They wanted to know if this would be an accurate load. So I took some of the roundball for my revolver which are .451 diameter and loaded them in a .452 sabot. I shot them with 60 grains of Goex 3f out of a Knight Wolverine II. All I can say is they shot alright. I actually hit a couple of bulls shooting them, but could not get them consistant. I shot about a 3" group at 30 yards. The rifle will shoot them fine, but I get better accuracy with the patched round ball out of the inline rifles..

Has anyone else tried the sabot in the ball trick with any luck better then mine? Perhaps I should drop the load load even more, but I did want to kind of spin that sabot good....

RE: Shooting Roundball out of a sabot
 

me too, one 50 grain pyrodex pellet and a patched round ball in my CVA hunter bolt is my most accurate load at 50 yards and rivals some of my sabot loads at 100 yards LOL :D In some ways it doesnt seem right LOL but who cares it works good :):)

RE: Shooting Roundball out of a sabot
 

Hi Guys,

Don't forget my results with roundball and sabots here:

http://forum.hunting.net/asppg/tm.as...ll%2Csabot󬙦

100 grains APP and .440rb in a .430 sabot is what I'm using for the first shot this year!

Will try 120grains next trip too the range[:o]:)


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