bullet weight
07-30-2004, 07:23 PM
#2
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: bullet weight
A 1:48 twist will shoot roundball, conical, or sabots in some cases. As for bullet weight, that can be determined by what you want to hunt or what you like to shoot.
The best advise I can give you is to try different bullets, conicals, and roundball and se what your rifle likes to shoot and with what charge.
The best advise I can give you is to try different bullets, conicals, and roundball and se what your rifle likes to shoot and with what charge.
07-30-2004, 08:20 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
Posts: 2,051
RE: bullet weight
I have 2 ML with 1-48 one shoots anything that I put in it great the other likes maxie balls and saboted bullets up to 250 gr. ,RB and heavy saboted bullets just will not group and they are both TC highplains sporters. So go shoot some groups with several weights / styles and propellents black ,777,prodex ect
07-30-2004, 08:37 PM
#4
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 501
RE: bullet weight
The caliber will dictate the range of weights available for it, and the game usually helps determines a particular weight selection.
Conicals for example, my .45cal x 1:48" barrels are tack drivers with TC .45cal 255grn maxi-hunters and 90grns Goex FFg, and more than enough for deer at normal ML ranges.
And for deer using .50, .54, and .58 cal's...round balls are plenty heavy enough and they all shoot very well in 1:48" bores
Conicals for example, my .45cal x 1:48" barrels are tack drivers with TC .45cal 255grn maxi-hunters and 90grns Goex FFg, and more than enough for deer at normal ML ranges.
And for deer using .50, .54, and .58 cal's...round balls are plenty heavy enough and they all shoot very well in 1:48" bores
