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Title: Question for Sabotloader....
Post by: Lefty315 on November 29, 2017, 04:15:58 PM
....or anyone else who has done this.    I merely addressed Sabotloader because he seems to have shot just about everything out of his guns.   

Ever used the Remington 405 grain soft points, used in .45-70's, with a sabot out of a muzzleloader?   If so,what sabot did you use?   I have a couple of Knight .50 cal muzzleloaders I wouldn't mind trying with the bullet.   I have hundreds of the bullets for my .450 Marlin, enough that I will probably never shoot them all in my lifetime, and I thought maybe I could put them to use.
Title: Re: Question for Sabotloader....
Post by: andersonjk4 on November 29, 2017, 04:23:34 PM
Most .45-70 bullets are .458 diameter.  I would recommend looking at MMP Sabots online and buy there orange HPH sabot which is designed for .458 bullets.  I have used these with Nosler ballistic tip bullets which are also .458. 

https://www.mmpsabots.com/store/orange-hph-sabot/ (https://www.mmpsabots.com/store/orange-hph-sabot/)

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Question for Sabotloader....
Post by: Lefty315 on November 29, 2017, 05:09:33 PM
Thanks, yeah I just didn't  want to buy multiple different .458 sabots to try and find the one.   I'm hoping somebody has shot them already so I'd at least have a place to start from.
Title: Re: Question for Sabotloader....
Post by: Sabotloader on November 29, 2017, 05:29:46 PM
....or anyone else who has done this.    I merely addressed Sabotloader because he seems to have shot just about everything out of his guns.   

Ever used the Remington 405 grain soft points, used in .45-70's, with a sabot out of a muzzleloader?   If so,what sabot did you use?   I have a couple of Knight .50 cal muzzleloaders I wouldn't mind trying with the bullet.   I have hundreds of the bullets for my .450 Marlin, enough that I will probably never shoot them all in my lifetime, and I thought maybe I could put them to use.

I still have a few here someplace - but you do need the Orange .457/8-50 sabot to shoot them.  I THINK MMP is the only one that makes the 458x50 sabot...

I shoot this 45-70 bullet with the Orange sabot from my Knights... Load and shoot great

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/sabotloader/458-305.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sabotloader/media/458-305.jpg.html)

This sabot..

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/sabotloader/Lehigh300DOA.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sabotloader/media/Lehigh300DOA.jpg.html)



Title: Re: Question for Sabotloader....
Post by: Lefty315 on November 29, 2017, 05:50:33 PM
In doing some research there are not a lot of .458 sabots.   Knight sells one, probably made by MMP, but not a lot of options.
Title: Re: Question for Sabotloader....
Post by: Sabotloader on November 29, 2017, 09:01:52 PM
In doing some research there are not a lot of .458 sabots.   Knight sells one, probably made by MMP, but not a lot of options.

Correct the Knight sabot is made by MMP
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