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Uploaded on October 15, 2009I have been reading and I have saw where people said you can shoot a .45 sabot in a .50 cal muzzleloader.
I have a TC omgega z5 in the .50 cal, I was wondering if i could shoot the .45 cal sabot through it? If so how do you go about in doing it, meaning do i take the .45 cal sabot and put it in the .50 cal sleeve and then shoot it through the gun? thanks for the help
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A friend of mine in Wis shoots a 50 cal Encore and he has used every thing in it from 44 cal to 50 cal sabots the sleves will fit in your rifle. He has got the best accuracy with the 44 cal for some reason.
I am just confused, do you use lets say .45 cal sabot with the .45 sabot sleeves? will this work in my omega 50 cal thanks
When you buy the sabots they will come with the right size of sleaves but I will call him tonite and get you more info.
Hello there, i will be shooting these thru my Omega 50 cal muzzloader. Now it wont mess with the riflings in the barrel will it? Just find out from him and i want to thank you for all the help aswell
Spoke with him tonite and he said to use the 44cal Hornady XTP sabots hope this helps you and have a good season.
He also said he uses 100 grains of Pyrodex or 2 pellets and with load hes good out to 200 yards, you should still be able to find the Hornaday bullets I have shot the XTP out of my 45 Colt and love it they work.
So by doing this it dont mess with the riflings in the barrel?
No if you buy the Hornady 44cal XTPsabots they will come with the right sleaves, if you haave a Cabelas I would check there I think their about $15
Ok when to cabelas and they only say for the 50 cal. i will do a search on the 44 cal here in a few mins thanks
Sorry misunderstood the sleaves that come with the 44cal sabots are desinged to fit down a 50 cal and no it wont hurt your rifle.
Ok i will give it a try and see how i do. thanks again for all your help and good luck the rest of this year in your deer hunting
If you're shooting a saboted bullet in a 50 caliber, you're shooting close to 45 diameter bullet due to the sabots thickness.
generally in a 50 caliber muzzleloader people shoot a .45 bullet wrapped in a black plastic sabot. They do make a green sabot for use with .44 caliber bullets. The black sabot takes up the remaining .05 that the barrel is bored to. The green sabot is thicker and makes up the .06 left over by using the small diameter bullet. Either way the od of both are sized to work with the 50 cal.
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A friend of mine in Wis shoots a 50 cal Encore and he has used every thing in it from 44 cal to 50 cal sabots the sleves will fit in your rifle. He has got the best accuracy with the 44 cal for some reason.
I am just confused, do you use lets say .45 cal sabot with the .45 sabot sleeves? will this work in my omega 50 cal thanks
When you buy the sabots they will come with the right size of sleaves but I will call him tonite and get you more info.
Hello there, i will be shooting these thru my Omega 50 cal muzzloader. Now it wont mess with the riflings in the barrel will it? Just find out from him and i want to thank you for all the help aswell
Spoke with him tonite and he said to use the 44cal Hornady XTP sabots hope this helps you and have a good season.
He also said he uses 100 grains of Pyrodex or 2 pellets and with load hes good out to 200 yards, you should still be able to find the Hornaday bullets I have shot the XTP out of my 45 Colt and love it they work.
So by doing this it dont mess with the riflings in the barrel?
No if you buy the Hornady 44cal XTPsabots they will come with the right sleaves, if you haave a Cabelas I would check there I think their about $15
Ok when to cabelas and they only say for the 50 cal. i will do a search on the 44 cal here in a few mins thanks
Sorry misunderstood the sleaves that come with the 44cal sabots are desinged to fit down a 50 cal and no it wont hurt your rifle.
Ok i will give it a try and see how i do. thanks again for all your help and good luck the rest of this year in your deer hunting
If you're shooting a saboted bullet in a 50 caliber, you're shooting close to 45 diameter bullet due to the sabots thickness.
generally in a 50 caliber muzzleloader people shoot a .45 bullet wrapped in a black plastic sabot. They do make a green sabot for use with .44 caliber bullets. The black sabot takes up the remaining .05 that the barrel is bored to. The green sabot is thicker and makes up the .06 left over by using the small diameter bullet. Either way the od of both are sized to work with the 50 cal.
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