flint head

Ok so now that I have a Disc Extreme 52 on the way, can you guys that have been playing with these give me some advice on bullet/sabot combos that shoot well?

sabotloader

Sabot Advice... pretty easy - you have two choices a grey .457-.458/52 cal sabot or a purple .475/52 cal sabot. Both sabots are available from Knight.. Actually the only place you can get them.

You will probably get Robin and she pretty much knows what sabots you are talking about... I have ordered my fair share of them.

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1 866 518-4181

Not sure if you are interested in shooting the heavier .475's so you migh not want the purple ones.

Both sabots are made by MMP and the grey 458's work very well with any .458 bullet.

The one thing that sets the 52 apart from other Knights, other than the odd caliber, is the fact that it has a faster twist in the bore. 1/26 really really helps the accuracy of the gun.

For paper shooting and recreational shooting - look at the Sierra .458/300 grain jacketed bullet.

Of course you know that I think Lehigh offers the two best bullets (actually 3 but one is not available yet) in the world, especially for the 1/26 twist... the .458/275 grain DOA and the .458/300 grain DOA. I have already stated that I believe the 275 is the best universal bullet going right now.

Here is the 275



And this is the new Lehigh 300 DOA in an Orange .458-50 cal MMP sabot



I also should say these are just my opinions other will certainly have their own thoughts...

I shoot both of these from my 52 with 120 grains of T7-2f or 120 grains of BH-209.

Gm54-120

Stick with the 52x458s for the bullet selection, the Hornady 458 325gr FTX is a good cheaper pointy bullet and performs great upto at least 2300fps. You wont get them moving faster than about 1975fps most likely but they still work fine at that speed.

Ive got some Speer 458-350gr bullets coming. They should really make good use of the 1-26 twist but don't expand much at 1400fps or less.

Any of the Lehigh 458s should work really well without the extra weight. I haven't tried them yet in the 52. I have shot some Barnes 300gr 458 SOCOMs but just to see if they would blow the sabot because they are a boattail. Both are on my list for 52cal testing.

Ive only tried 2 .475s. The Speer 275gr which is really short in the sabot and the 325gr XTP which is about perfect.

52cals are a bit of a powder hog. You may want to start at 110gr with any sabot or bullet weight. BH209 should get any 300-350gr bullet well into the 1900fps range or more accurately. Knight and a few other reviews were getting roughly 1930fps with a 375gr RedHot but those are very expensive. They used a max load of BH209 or over 130gr of T7.

Mine was a semi custom LRH build and its still in the works so i haven't done any work on groups yet with the cheap little scope im using atm. It looks very promising though with a max load of BH209 and the 325gr FTX.

flint head

Sounds good... thanks guys!