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....

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?

zakjak711 Josmund

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

zakjak711

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

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.

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

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