lovethebigguns

Has anyone tried the Cabela's Precision Rifle X-Tended Range Sabots?
You can get them in 180, 195, 215, 235, 250 and 300 grains all in 50 caliber.
Is a 180 grain sabot too small for whitetail?

What do y'all think?

sabotloader

lovethebigguns

To be honest I have not tried them not even sure what the are... I have in my mind felt the 180 was a little light for whitetail, yet I am willing to shoot 200 grains @ then because I am pushing them at 2200 fps.. The 215 grain sounds really interesting though. Speed of these little bullets tends to blow them up fairly easy plus defect them...

Just me 2 cents off the top of my head....

lovethebigguns

I'd never heard of them either. I found them on Cabela's web site.
Thanks for recomending the 215's. I'll give those a shot!

I'll let you know how they shoot!

sabotloader

lovethebigguns

Just looked at them - I do think the 215 would be better... next problem - they are a specialized bullet may require a boat-tail type sabot... What gun are you shooting they may or may not load into your gun - don't order a bunch until you try them....

Are you required to shoot all lead bullets?

lovethebigguns

I have a T/C Encore.
As far as you saying they may require a boat tail, I guess I don't understand what you mean.

And I'm not required to shoot an all lead bullet. Here in Indiana we can shoot sabots or powerbelts or what ever as long as it is .45 in diameter. So us 50 caliber shooters don't have a problem but a lot of the 45 caliber Muzzleloader hunters can't use sabots.

lemoyne

IDO BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE THE ONES THEY CONTRACT FROM http://www.prbullet.com/
I did not have much luck with them the harder I pushed them the less accurate they shot. But remembering that each gun is an individual they might do ok for some one else. If they are pure lead its difficult to keep from deforming them when loading and they have an upper limit on speed or the velicity it self can deform them. Lee

Wolfhound76

Perhaps you shoud read your regs a little closer. http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/huntguide1/HATG_0506/HATG0506_1-20.pdf

The minimum bullet diameter is .357. It's on page 16. Now as to your original question.

The lightest one I would use is 300 gr. You probably could use the250 if you only take broadside double lung shots, but I consider it borderline in a pure lead bullet.Pure lead bullets don't hold together well at higher velocity if they're light weight.

lovethebigguns

Wolfhound you're right.
I guess that's what I get for listening to a buddy and not checking for myself.

Thanks for correcting me on that.

Also thanks for the advise.

sabotloader

lovethebigguns

If that is the case the most popular bullet right now might be a 250 grain Shockwave from TC. They are expensive for so I shoot other bullets.

Speer makes two really good bonded bullets... a .452 cal 250 grain Gold Dot and a .452 cal 300 grain Gold Dot, pick up some bulk sabots and you really have a good combination. The 250 will do a real number on whitetail

No doubt about more animals have been shot with Hornady XTP's 240-250 grain bullets than anything else...

Roskoe

I tried these in the 180 and 215 grain weights awhile back. Both were pretty accurate with magnum charges of Pyrodex pellets. But later, when I tested them in wet phone books for expansion, they looked like they might hold together on whitetail deer at those speeds - but definitely not elk. Great ballistic coefficient for distance shooting.