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I too have cut off pedals to use under full bore bullets but being being frugal I would do that with sabots I've already used which are really easy to find when practicing over snow.
I agree, a 40 cal 225gr bullet has a better B.C. than 45 cal 225gr bullet. In my experience, the recoil was about same because 225gr is 225gr, no matter what caliber it is. Recoil is subjective, though. In my case, the better B.C. of 40 cal bullet really didn't come into play because the accuracy were horrible.What's appealing to me about shooting a smaller caliber bullet out of large caliber muzzleloader is for the accuracy and less recoil to handle the required job. In my case a 225gn bullet started at 1900fps in a scoped rifle zeroed at 150yrd .The bullet travel is never higher or lower than 3" out to 175yrds and still has over 1300lbs of when it arrives at that distance which worked out good for me since I was deer hunting over farm fields when I had my bullet mold made. I picked the 40 caliber instead of 45 so I could have a less stubby bullet for the intended weight which I believed would travel better at those distances. As mentioned earlier I also wanted a bullet to work in more than one caliber and fortunately they make both 50/40 and 45/40 sabots. I also bought sabots before I had the mold made to get measurements on the pedal lengths to see how much would be holding onto the bullet. Looking back now I probably could have made a longer heavier bullet and still had success.
Wow Diablo that's really hard to believe. I don't doubt you but I've had a bunch of rifles with a 1:28 twist that shot lights out with a 300 gr .430" XTP in a Harvester green CR sabot.. I do know I never got 50/44s to shoot all that well. But who knows.
What’s your definition of lights out?Wow Diablo that's really hard to believe. I don't doubt you but I've had a bunch of rifles with a 1:28 twist that shot lights out with a 300 gr .430" XTP in a Harvester green CR sabot.
I love the .40 cal. either in sabots or bullet to bore. I'll have my second .40 cal very soon, this one is a SML. I'm stocked up on bullets & powder for it already.why not a 40 out of a 40?
Another bullet I had excellent success with is the Lyman 403169 sized to .400. With the same dose of powder. The mold is rated at 240gn but mine was producing 250gn.
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