Got my .50/.458 sabots today. The new Knight doesn't seem to like heavy bullets, so I thought I'd try them in the T/C NewEnglander (1:48 twist).
I went out to the range and still had a sheet of plywood at the 50 yard target with an old patch I'd stuck on it for an aiming point when I was shooting the shotgun yesterday.
I ran a couple patches downbore & snapped a couple #11 caps to clear the channel, then loaded up with 80 grains T-7 ffg and one of the new sabots holding a 350 grain cast bullet.
I had switched barrels yesterdayputting the shotgun barrel on the stock with the tang sight and put the origional rear sight back on the .50 barrelso I could use it in the camo stock. I wasn't certain where I'd be hitting, but had used the tang sight to get the rear sight close before I switched stocks.
Fired the first round and was good on elevation, but slightly left. Since this is a new load I didn't do any sight adjusting, I just ran a windex patch & dry patch downbore and reloaded and shot again, then repeated for a third shot.
Hmmmmm.......... looked promising!


Might as well try another shot


Then I had to push my luck and try for #5 - slight hangfire could be the reason


Still, not too bad for a load that shouldn't do that well in that barrel, and a set of aging eyes behind open sights.
Wouldn't be afraid to shoot at a deer with that rifle & load!