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Favorite all lead bullet.........
« on: February 04, 2008, 03:08:05 PM »
Who uses what and whats the accuracy

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2008, 03:23:29 PM »
I've been using Power Belts, but i'm going back to the drawing board. There are 2 or 3 others I want to try.

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2008, 06:46:35 PM »
been using Maxi balls and Maxi hunters in mine but I think I will make a change as well, maybe just powder though I don't know, maybe I'll get a new gun !!  :dunno:
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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2008, 06:51:05 PM »
I have always had great luck with the maxi-ball. also killed one big ole cow with a hornandy great plains it worked fine but I been thinking of going to a lbt and a sabot. John
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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2008, 06:57:42 PM »
Ive been looking at the dead center sabots myself, as of now Ive been using the Knight lead saboted....kinda plain but get the job done.

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2008, 07:09:04 PM »
I like the Kikendall melted wheel weights witha bit of alloy the best. :)

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2008, 07:17:22 PM »
Knight lead sabot 310 grain. Shooting 2 1/2" with peep site and 1" groups with scope. :IBCOOL:

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2008, 07:17:46 PM »
I like Buffalo Bullet's 375 grain SSB (Special Saboted Bullet.)  Another good one that is very similar is the "Extreme Elite" Precision Rifle bullet. See them here:  http://www.prbullet.com/wa.htm

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2008, 11:50:32 PM »
I shoot 460 gr Hornady great plains out of my Black diamond with 100 gr of triple 7

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2008, 10:20:17 AM »
I have allways shot Knight 310 grain sabots with 100 grains of triple 7 powder. I guess I got lucky right off the bat and haven't had to dicker with anything else out of my TC Firehawk. The accuracy is deadly out to 130 yrds or so I'm no sharpshooter I guess at least I have hit everything I've shot at (except for one miss fire) Even tmike hit an elk with mine out at 114, And you see my what it did to my bull this year Double lunged and exited and he only went 80 yards, no tracking involved!
At the range I am between a 1" and 2" group at 100 when I'm feeling it.  So I am confident the gun is on but my Black Diamond doesn't except the same bullets as well so that's a story for another day!
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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2008, 12:08:47 PM »
I shoot the 405 gr. power belts in my .54 cal. Remington.
So far three shots three one shot kills on bull elk.
All three shots have been from 50 to 125 yards through the ribs, all three bullets were found against the hide on the far side. They were flattend and fragmented.
They work very well but I don't know how they would do on a direct shoulder shot or any other heavy bone.

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2008, 08:39:36 PM »
The White bullets shoot really well out of my White. Tried some of the sabots out of my T/C. Haven't really figured out which one shoots best yet.

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2008, 06:51:01 AM »
Bobcat,  Ive been looking to try some of the Buffalo sabot loads but cant find any around here. Did you order them from somewhere?

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2008, 01:43:57 PM »
After lots of experimenting with shooting different bullets through a paper target into a rotten stump and digging them out I came up with a cast 410 gr. minnie hollow based which I cast from soft lead in my 54 cal. The hollow base allows the skirt to load easy and swell tight against the barrel rifling when fired. The bullet mushrooms good and shoots good, leaning against a post at 100 yd. I get consistently less than 5 inch groups with open sights.

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Re: Favorite all lead bullet.........
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2008, 06:43:43 PM »
Bobcat,  Ive been looking to try some of the Buffalo sabot loads but cant find any around here. Did you order them from somewhere?

You won't find them in any store in Washington. I ordered mine from Cabela's. They are very reasonably priced...only $18 for 36 bullets. The sabots they come with are a little tight in my T/C Black Diamond, so I also order the Harvester "crush rib" sabots from Cabela's and they load a lot easier. It all depends on the size of your bore though. They may work just fine with the sabots they come with. Here's a link:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20712-cat200005&id=0020974214556a&navCount=3&podId=0020974214556&parentId=cat200005&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=IJ&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat200005&hasJS=true

 


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