40's out of a 50?

[zakjak711]

Can/has anyone shot 40 cal bullets with a thicker sabot out of a 50 cal gun?
I know you can do 40's out of 45's & 45's out of 50 cal guns.
Maybe a dumb question cause of bullet diam's in sabot?
Just askin cause I know that if it did work--you would get a better velocity/flatter trajectory & range shoud increase as well.

Thanks!

[sabotloader]

Originally Posted by zakjak711

Can/has anyone shot 40 cal bullets with a thicker sabot out of a 50 cal gun?
I know you can do 40's out of 45's & 45's out of 50 cal guns.
Maybe a dumb question cause of bullet diam's in sabot?
Just askin cause I know that if it did work--you would get a better velocity/flatter trajectory & range shoud increase as well.

Thanks!

Sure you can shoot 40's in a 50 cal sabot... they are very accurate also...

Certainly will get a flatter trajectory.... but range???? you really run out of energy with a 40 when you are shooting way out there....

[zakjak711]

Do you have any load info Sabotloader?
I was thinkin about the 200 gr xtp's or 195 gr Barnes.
Sabots?

Thanks,
Mark

[Josmund]

Originally Posted by zakjak711

Do you have any load info Sabotloader?
I was thinkin about the 200 gr xtp's or 195 gr Barnes.
Sabots?

Thanks,
Mark

I too would like to see this info. I wonder how fast you'd push the 200's with say, 110 of BH209 and what that would leave you for FBE at 150 yrds?

[sabotloader]

zakjak711 Josmund

[zakjak711]

Holy Cow, 12" drop at 200 yds in Omega!
Muzzle velocity was lower than I thought too.
So, apparently there is not much/if any gain.

Thanks for sharin.
Mark

[sabotloader]

zakjak711

Yes, but remember that was with only 100 grains of powder.... 110 grain steps that up quite a bit...

[Josmund]

Thanks Sabotloader,

Looks like a very flat trajectory. I thought I've read that one needs 900 lbs of energy for a ethical kill. I wonder how the Lehigh or SST would do at impact with that power.

It's always fun to plan for the long shots but it seems like I always end up close, even on the plains of west Kansas where I hunt.

[Gotbuck]

You can play around with this if you know some of your info on the bullet.

http://www.biggameinfo.com/BalCalc.aspx