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I'm shooting a CVA Bolt Mag. capable of shooting 150 gr. pellits. My game is Whitetail. I could be shooting anywhere from 30 to 200 yards. What do you guys recommend for sabots?
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28th, 2007 12:28 AM |
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Anything but the two petal type! They don't seperate from projectile quick enough and affect accuracy. You may have to go thru quite a few before you find the right one.
It took me a lot of smoke before I found the right one!
Scott (MMP HPH-12...like a tight fit) B
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| Posted: Thu Nov 1st, 2007 04:31 AM |
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The best bullet i have found for my Encore and Omega Muzzleloader is the Hornady 250 gr SST with American Pioneer Powder. This load group three shot touching at 100 yards.
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WildBill
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I've talked to a few people that sware by powerbelt hollowpoints. So I decided to give them a try. Thanks for the advice guys.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 1st, 2007 03:22 PM |
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I tried the Power Belts HP's and Aerotips in a number of muzzleloaders and their accuracy is no where close to the Hornady SST .
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I hope I don't regret that purchase. But I think I might still have some Hornedy sabots left from before, they aren't SST I think they are XTP soft tip and hollow points.
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Most effective and accurate foodstuffs for my White 97 inline 50 cal. muzzleloader was 140 gr. Pyrodex "P" (pistol) and 250 gr. T/C Shockwave sabots with no lube. This gave me 3 shot 1 inch groups at 100 yards if I did some cleaning between shots (10 passes with a brush followed by 10 passes with a patch - little or no solvent).
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The TC Shock Wave's are the same as the Hornady SST . Hornady makes these bullets for TC and put a Yellow tip in them and Hornady uses the Red Tip , same bullets except the Hornady name is cheaper. I quess TC marks them up to pay Hornady for producing them. I also use Pyro P in my White's Muzzleloader , except i use the White big bore cast bullets.
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Bea - I tried White's cast lead bullets but they just wouldn't shoot as accurately as the T/C's. Didn't know that about the T/C' Shockwaves being the same as Hornadys. Might have to try the cheaper alternative once I run out of my stockpile.
I shot one deer last year at about 75 yards with the shockwaves and it was a classic bang-flop. Bullet entered the right shoulder high, went through it, the spine, through the opposite shoulder and out. Only thing I recovered were a few pieces of copper.
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Powerbelt hollow points very accurit on paper with 100 gr pyrodex pellits. Haven't actually shot anything but paper yet. I finally seen 2 (probably fawns) Thursday evening. They crossed the road onto the field I'm hunting about 125 to 150 yrds away. Before they could get to where I had a clear shot something spooked them and they left the field. You would hardly think it was deer season. There has been very little shooting. We've had a little snow and that has mudded things up a little again. I'm going to try getting out to my blind again tomorrow. If I can't I'll probably call it quits for the year.
Bill
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