caliber?
 

Can anyone tell me the exact caliber of the bullet in this package?

I don't understand why they don't state the caliber of the bullet in bullet/sabot combo packs.

451-452 would be my guess

Darn it!
 

I'm afraid you're right. I just bought a box of .430's in 240 grain and I was hoping they were the same. Do you think there will be much of a difference in the point of impact will be between the two bullets?

Since it is a black sabot, I would bet it is a .452. I believe if it were a .430-240 it would be a green sabot.

I didn't think to match the sabot type and color to the size of the bullet. But what I did was took my .45 caliber side lock pistol and tried to put it down the bore. The .430's slid right down but the ones in the package wouldn't go in.

Then they are definately .451"-.452"

So, no ideas on the difference between the point of impact between the two? Just wondering, even though I'm sure I'll find out sooner or later.

You probably will not see much difference in the normal hunting shooting ranges, but at extended ranges 175 and beyond the 430-240 will have a better trajectory because of it's higher BC.

Its a Hornady .452 XTP Mag. Hornady makes them for TC.

Think you might be right - I did not know they made a XTP Mag in a 240 grain

Bullet in the picture above is a .452. The .429 will not fit in the sabot(black sabot). It will fall out(too small). If you use the proper sabot for the .429 then it might hit fairly close to the .452 bullet, but you would have to ue the correct sabot for the .429 bullet. Only real way to know is too shoot, but it would shot pretty close as long as you use the proper sabot. Tom.

Here is Hornady's link for that exact bullet. http://www.hornady.com/store/45-Cal-...40-gr-XTP-Mag/

Hornady and TC are a pretty tight relationship. Can't remember what cal that TC made but pretty sure that Hornady as of right now is the only one making the brass and bullet.

The 240 grain .452 XTP magnum bullet is much sturdier than the 240 grain .430 XTP bullet. i consistently put the 240 grain .452 bullet through both shoulders of hogs that weigh over 250 pounds. That bullet should not be used on small whitetail deer; it may not expand.

I do not believe it is the XTP Mag. The package states XTP and if it were the XTP MAG I think they would put that on the package as an extra selling point.
But I can tell you that it will knock a deer down hard.

I would not trust the sabot color to determine caliber since whoever made the sabots (MMP or Harvester) wil make them in any color the vendor (TC in this case) wants. My initial guess would be that these are .44 cal bullets (.430) since it is the most common XTP/sabot combo available.

Every 452 cal 240gr bullet ive seen from Hornady was a mag.

Good or bad...you decide.

That is what was confusing me about this bullet. When you buy the .452 XTP in bulk they weigh 250 grains. It is the xtp magnum that weighs 240 grains. Probably less lead and a heavier copper cladding makes them weigh a little less. The .430 240 grain xtp is not the magnum if I remember right. My guess is that the ones t/c is packaging are the magnums. They might be a bit too slow to open up for deer.

Oh well. It is pretty much agreed upon that it is a .452. And the main thing to me is that it shoots very well at 100 yards for me out of my Traditions Pursuit pushed by 2, 50 grain Pyrodex Pellets. Plus, I'm telling you, it knocks the snot out of a deer.

Correct. The bullet is a MAG

When I was buying the 300 grain sabot combo from TC they didn't label it Mag but it is a MAG bullet.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the only visible difference in the nose of the bullet? The Mag being more rounded and the regular being more cone like?

I don't think that is the case but I'm not sure on that. I thought that the Mag was a bit longer than the the reg XTP. But the true point of it is that Hornady doesn't make just a reg .240 grain XTP. They only make the grain in a MAG. Click on the link that I posted it will go through all the pistol bullets.