Help Me Choose A Bullet

[TammyM]

I just ordered a CVA Accura V2 LR from Muzzleloaders.com. I have a .458 SOCOM, so I have a lot of different .458 bullets on hand. I haven’t killed anything with the .458 SOCOM, so I have no terminal performance info for any of them. I would like to hear experience for both accuracy and terminal performance of these bullets from the forum.

This is what I have:

Nosler 300gr BT #31456
Speer 300gr JHP #2482
Hornady 325gr FTX #45015
Hornady 350gr FP #4503
Sierra 300gr HP/FN #8900
Barnes 300gr TTSX Boattail #30642

I currently have Harvester black crush rib sabots on order. Which other sabots will work with .458 bullets in CVA Bergara barrels? MMP Orange HPH? MMP Black 3Petal-EZ? Other???

Is there a sabot that will work with the Barnes TTSX Boattail? Can I use the Harvester yellow crush rib sabot?

I understand that CVA Bergara barrels are less tight than Knights or T/C barrels.

I plan to start with 100 grains by volume of BH 209 powder.

 

[Muley Hunter]

What are you hunting? Probably any of the bullets you listed will work unless you're hunting for something unusual.

 

[sabotloader]

I just ordered a CVA Accura V2 LR from Muzzleloaders.com. I have a .458 SOCOM, so I have a lot of different .458 bullets on hand. I haven’t killed anything with the .458 SOCOM, so I have no terminal performance info for any of them. I would like to hear experience for both accuracy and terminal performance of these bullets from the forum.

This is what I have:

Nosler 300gr BT #31456
Speer 300gr JHP #2482
Hornady 325gr FTX #45015
Hornady 350gr FP #4503
Sierra 300gr HP/FN #8900
Barnes 300gr TTSX Boattail #30642

I currently have Harvester black crush rib sabots on order. Which other sabots will work with .458 bullets in CVA Bergara barrels? MMP Orange HPH? MMP Black 3Petal-EZ? Other???

Is there a sabot that will work with the Barnes TTSX Boattail? Can I use the Harvester yellow crush rib sabot?

I understand that CVA Bergara barrels are less tight than Knights or T/C barrels.

I plan to start with 100 grains by volume of BH 209 powder.

I would not count on your CVA barrel being less tight, but you will not actually know until you try it. Many CVA barrels are really tight.

 

[Muley Hunter]

I just bought an Accura V2 and the bore is .501. As Mike said. I have had them tighter. I had one with a Nitride treatment that was .499. Nothing fit that bore. A .451 bullet with the Harvester CR sabot was the only combo I could get down it and it was a struggle.

 

[TammyM]

What are you hunting? Probably any of the bullets you listed will work unless you're hunting for something unusual.

East Texas whitetail deer. They tend to be small - less than 200 pounds.

 

[Muley Hunter]

What are you hunting? Probably any of the bullets you listed will work unless you're hunting for something unusual.

East Texas whitetail deer. They tend to be small - less than 200 pounds.

Anything you posted plus 250gr/225gr bullets. Since you already have those bullets you listed. Use the one that's the most accurate in your gun.

 

[Travis299]

I use the Barnes 250 gr T-EZ bullets with 2 pellets of T7 in my CVA Accura. The Barnes 290 gr T-EZ bullet is another excellent choice. My sons use the same bullets in their CVAs, one with T7 & the other with BH209. These bullets were recommended to us by Carlos of ED's Gun Shop who is a Black Powder Gun Guru and is considered an expert with regards to BP period. Example of the 250 gr recovered bullet that took a nice buck at about 45 yards.

 

[sabinajiles]

I have 3 different CVA rifles, an Accura V2, Accura MR & Optima V2. The Barnes 300gr TTSX Boattail is an exceedingly tight fit with the yellow crush rib in all 3 of them. It is also questionable about how well this bullet would expand at muzzleloader velocities. Two Barnes bullets that I have used to punch paper, but not for hunting, are the Barnes .451 275 gn XPB with MMP HPH-12 sabot & the.458 300 gn TSX FB with MMP HPH orange sabot. The TSX loads a bit tight but isn't unacceptably difficult. Thes bullets shoot great in my rifles with 110 gn BH209 but again, expansion at muzzleloader velocities could be questionable. I have also found the Hornady .458 250 gn Monoflex in the MMP HPH orange sabot to shoot very well, again no experience on game.

 

[ENCORE50A]

I have 3 different CVA rifles, an Accura V2, Accura MR & Optima V2. The Barnes 300gr TTSX Boattail is an exceedingly tight fit with the yellow crush rib in all 3 of them. It is also questionable about how well this bullet would expand at muzzleloader velocities. Two Barnes bullets that I have used to punch paper, but not for hunting, are the Barnes .451 275 gn XPB with MMP HPH-12 sabot & the.458 300 gn TSX FB with MMP HPH orange sabot. The TSX loads a bit tight but isn't unacceptably difficult. Thes bullets shoot great in my rifles with 110 gn BH209 but again, expansion at muzzleloader velocities could be questionable. I have also found the Hornady .458 250 gn Monoflex in the MMP HPH orange sabot to shoot very well, again no experience on game.

Send a couple of those Barnes TTSX bullets to Ron for testing. He can try them with 80grs of BH and give you a great idea how they might perform.

 

[GM54-120]

It is also questionable about how well this bullet would expand at muzzleloader velocities.

Why would you think that? The 458 SOCOM operates in the 1800-1900fps range with a 300gr bullet. I have shot 1 deer with them in my 54-120 in a 54x45 Harvester sabot and a max load. MV is virtually identical to the SOCOM load data in my short barrel carbine.

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Im pretty certain mine expanded very nicely on this doe shot at around 60+ yards

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Use the Barnes you have or get the Barnes 250gr TEZ flat base bullet and use your sabot of choice.

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