Shotgun Accuracy
08-29-2007, 01:35 PM
#21
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 25
RE: Shotgun Accuracy
at 100 yd i put 5 shots in a 6 in circle, nothing left of the bullseye.....i prefer hornady sst slugs, i flipped 2 deer last year at 50-60 yds w/ them. i was shooting single shot new england 12 gauge w/ simmons pro diamond scope
09-03-2007, 09:51 PM
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 208
RE: Shotgun Accuracy
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ReDoT, interesting findings concerning twist rate of your barrel. Normally, the faster the twistrate of the barrel, the more, not less, easily you stabilize bullets. I had a T/C Thunderhawk muzzleloader with a 1:34 twist, and was able to shoot the .44 cal. saboted Hornady XTP 300 grain bullets really well. My friends shooting Hawkins, with the 1:48 twist couldn't hardly stabilize anything but real light (short) bullets, and roundballs. Guns that shoot balls the best, are normally really slow twist guns, like Kentucky long rifles with 1:66 twist rates. I am sure you can over stabilize a bullet with a really fast twist rate, just not sure how fast is too fast. The 1:28 twistrate is fantastic. Pretty sure all Knight muzzleloaders, and most sabot designed guns sport a twist rate similar to the 1:28.
ReDoT, interesting findings concerning twist rate of your barrel. Normally, the faster the twistrate of the barrel, the more, not less, easily you stabilize bullets. I had a T/C Thunderhawk muzzleloader with a 1:34 twist, and was able to shoot the .44 cal. saboted Hornady XTP 300 grain bullets really well. My friends shooting Hawkins, with the 1:48 twist couldn't hardly stabilize anything but real light (short) bullets, and roundballs. Guns that shoot balls the best, are normally really slow twist guns, like Kentucky long rifles with 1:66 twist rates. I am sure you can over stabilize a bullet with a really fast twist rate, just not sure how fast is too fast. The 1:28 twistrate is fantastic. Pretty sure all Knight muzzleloaders, and most sabot designed guns sport a twist rate similar to the 1:28.
yea i know, for some reason its backwards when it comes to slugs? i just can stabalize the light fast slugs, but the bore size attached sabots are really accurate for me
