sabots out of 1-48 twist

[corey012778]

I know it has been done. just need to know a few things

I am planning on setting the silver eagle up for sabots. just have no idea where to start.

middle of the road charge for me is 80grs of just about any powder. I like pyro p the best.

bullets:
260gr .452 homecast
tc cheap shots supplied sabots. 240gr
tc sure fires supplied sabots 230gr
xtps 240gr both .429 and .251
sabots
mmp hph - 24
harvester smooth sided.
knight sabots,
tc green sabots


any suggestions?

[MountainDevil54]

Yeah start with 80 and give it a go.

my mtn stalker 54 with the 1:48 twist loves the 360gr PR sabots with 80gr pioneer 2f.

[corey012778]

guess I could always take an bunch of sabots and see which one loads the best

[Muley Hunter]

I tried it once, and they were ok at shorter ranges. Not so good at longer ranges.

[sabotloader]

corey012778

Shoot Corey! i have been shooting sabots from 1/48's for years and have really good success with them. Well I should say with 45 cal bullets. In the old day the the 44's did not work so well in the older style poly sabots but I would assume the new formulation sabots would be just fine.

I think you may be correct in your assumption that the loose sabots might have been a problem for you.

Another thing I found, which really should not be, but I could shoot the the longer 300 grain bullets consistently more accurately than I could the shorter 250's. I am not sure why because the 1/48 should be better with the shorter bullets.

I thought I had some targets but could only find one that I transferred over to Photobucket...

[arcticap]

I've had good results with these 240 grain TC Break-O-Way sabots with 90 grains of Pyrodex P fired from a Traditions Deer hunter. These sabots take a .429 bullet.

[corey012778]

in my 50cal cva hawken, I have to hammer the sabot down. using the mmp made tc and the knight sabots, I have not tried the harvester sabots or the an looser mmp in it.

since the silver eagle is an cva barrel, figured I will give them an try.

if it does not work, I have some lee reals i can try.