wanting to try 300 xtp

[Nutt189]

I am wanting to try the 300 xt. I shot the ,452 250gr with 110gr of bh209 with good results. Just wondering if I should try the 44cal or the 45 and which savor. I am shooting a omega.

 

[UtahRob]

I have used the .452 in my encore and had very good results on paper and two mule deer bucks . Not sure which sabot you would use with you Omega though , my son has a omega and i should take it out and see what the XTP's will do in his . He's gone until June so i need to get it ready for him anyhow . I would also like to hear if anyone is using the .452 and which sabot they feel would work.

 

[ronlaughlin]

Both 44 and 45 caliber XTP work well in my Omega . My Omega has a tight barrel; the crush rib sabot is what i use.

 

[paia]

I have two Omegas and both are older rifles from around 2002-2003 and they are not particularly tight bored.

The one rifle shoots 100 grns of 777 and a smooth green Harvester Sabot with the 300 grn .430 XTP. Three shots under an inch at 100 and the bullet does very well on deer too. I have never shot Blackhorn209 in this rifle because I was waiting until my 777 was used up.

This rifle shoots the .452/300 grn XTP with 777 well too, but the .430/300 grn XTP does better.

The second Omega shoots the .452 300 grn XTP in a Crush Rib Harvester under an inch at 100 with 110 grains of Blackhorn209 and it chronographs at just a hair under 1900fps. This rifle did not shoot the .430/300 grn XTP very well when BH209 charges were 100+ grns.

I would recommend that if your rifle shoots the .452/250 well, try the .452/300 in the same sabot and see how it does. That is at least where I would start. But you'll have to try both the .430 and the .452 300 grn XTP's to know for sure--every rifle is different....

 

[Nutt189]

I am using the black harvester sAbots with the 250xtp