Don't want to hijack the thread, but the terminal performance discussed above relates to the projectile, not the distance. I hate sabots, not because of accuracy, but the bullet. They may have gotten better recently but I saw quite a few deer that were hard to recover because of poor bullet performance. Often it was because of lack of penetration, no pass through. I've stuck with lead conicals, shot a bunch of deer, and had no trouble recovering deer that were hit right. 99% of the time I get pass throughs, and when I don't it's because I shot them end to end. The bullet is usually under the hide on the far end of the deer. Blood trails a blind man could follow. I shoot a T/C Renegade that has a 1:48 twist. I know a lot of inlines don't handle conicals well, but I feel that you will only help yourself by choosing the largest diameter, heaviest sabot you can shoot. Muzzleloaders are not high-powered rifles, they kill with bullet weight, and two big holes to leave a good trail.