sabots for sidelocks
09-20-2011, 12:12 PM
#42
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Cackalacky
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my only concern was the blood trails or lack of with a PRB, seems as though most have a .54 and the PRB is a good choice with that chunk of lead, but how would the trails be with a .50 or .45 just asking haven't shot anything with a RB
09-20-2011, 04:19 PM
#43
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
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Actually the original post was: "Who is using a sabot in their sidelocks opposed to round balls or conicals , is this an option I need to try
Any advantages or disadvantages to using them
They are a .45 cl with a plastic sleeve correct ?
Any recommended brands or loads for a .50"
And I believe the advantages of a saboted bullet over a PRB has been beat to death in this post. If you want to keep it simple Brknarrow try some Hornady XTPs or a similar bullet in either .429" or .451" in weights from 240 - 300 gr. For the .429" bullet I would recommend the Harvester green crush rib sabot and for the .451" the Harvester black crush rib sabot. As for powder I would used either FFg black powder or Pyrodex RS and start at 80 grs and work up in 5 gr increments to find your rilfe's sweet spot.
When checking for accuracy be sure to swab between shots. You don't want a fouling buildup to give you a false reading.
Any advantages or disadvantages to using them
They are a .45 cl with a plastic sleeve correct ?
Any recommended brands or loads for a .50"
And I believe the advantages of a saboted bullet over a PRB has been beat to death in this post. If you want to keep it simple Brknarrow try some Hornady XTPs or a similar bullet in either .429" or .451" in weights from 240 - 300 gr. For the .429" bullet I would recommend the Harvester green crush rib sabot and for the .451" the Harvester black crush rib sabot. As for powder I would used either FFg black powder or Pyrodex RS and start at 80 grs and work up in 5 gr increments to find your rilfe's sweet spot.
When checking for accuracy be sure to swab between shots. You don't want a fouling buildup to give you a false reading.
09-20-2011, 04:24 PM
#44
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
You don't need to ask everything in a first post for it to be the topic. A few posts later he said:
"No motive at all just asking a question, wasn't sure if this was common practice or not, just an attempt to save some time and money if there was some benefit, basically both rifles will be used for hunting and prob a max range of 75 yards"
"No motive at all just asking a question, wasn't sure if this was common practice or not, just an attempt to save some time and money if there was some benefit, basically both rifles will be used for hunting and prob a max range of 75 yards"
