Poll - What style of bullet are you currently primarily using for hunting in an inline rifle?

[ElDiablo]

Way back on the second page of this thread michigan muzzie mentioned knurling jacketed bullets to be used in sabots. I don't care what bullet I am shooting, if it rides in a sabot it is also knurled and indeed the groups do tighten up. Just food for thought.

Absolutely!

 

[ENCORE50A]

Now the process exceeds BTB............

 

[GUN NUT]

Good old T/C Maxi is hard to beat for me

 

[anonymouscowherd]

Only thing in-line that I hunt with is a shotgun.... so .120" roundball ? (also known as #5 shot)

 

[ingramjets]

i just picked up some of the bullets from ssk 265 grn cf. they load nice but havent shot them yet. can these be knurled? they are brass i think. if so should i or try them first?

 

[ElDiablo]

i just picked up some of the bullets from ssk 265 grn cf. they load nice but havent shot them yet. can these be knurled? they are brass i think. if so should i or try them first?

Any updates on these?

 

[CVA Fanboy]

Well my go to for any Muzzle Loader is soft lead, I am lucky I still live in a free state .50 240 Grain T/C Cheap Shot

 

[sabotloader]

i just picked up some of the bullets from ssk 265 grn cf. they load nice but havent shot them yet. can these be knurled? they are brass i think. if so should i or try them first?

I am wondering why you might want to knurled the bullet? They are a hardened brass bullet.

I have shot maybe 40 of these in my Knight 50's using the supplied Harvester Crush Rib sabot. They shoot very well. I will use them in the current hunting season.

 

[ohiostate]

Be using 3 different ones 52 cal 325 hornady ftx MK85 300 gr hornady xtp in green sabot lyman 54 cal deer stalker 300 Lee real bullet

 

[LHR]

Bullet to bore Northern Precision pin point and Fury STB

 

[sabotloader]

nimering62.

Currently, I am loaded up with the SSK .458x265CF in a Harvester sabot. It is our rifle deer season but I use a ML.

 

[Ninering62]

nimering62.

Currently, I am loaded up with the SSK .458x265CF in a Harvester sabot. It is our rifle deer season but I use a ML.

Yes, I know that you like to use those bullets from reading your posts. I've only used muzzleloaders for the last 21 yrs myself.

 

[sabotloader]

Yes, I know that you like to use those bullets from reading your posts. I've only used muzzleloaders for the last 21 yrs myself.

Yes, muzzleloaders are certainly addictive! I assume you are shooting a 50 cal?

 

[sabotloader]

If you might want to talk let me know I will pass on a phone number,

mike

 

[I beagle]

Sabotloader, I recently bought a new disc extreme in .52 and they sent me a free box of bullets from ssk. They look similar to those u have a picture of but the base I don't think looks like that. They are also .458. Good looking bullet! Darin

 

[FredB]

Full bore conical, as required by the Idaho Fish and Game. I hated using them, as long as I was sticking to what I could find off-the-shelf, locally. The accuracy just sucked. Once I broke down and ordered some No Excuse, sized to my barrel, I didn't mind so much anymore.

 

[sabotloader]

Sabotloader, I recently bought a new disc extreme in .52 and they sent me a free box of bullets from ssk. They look similar to those u have a picture of but the base I don't think looks like that. They are also .458. Good looking bullet! Darin

There are two versions of the SSK .458 sabotless bullet. The first attempt they created a .458x265 bullet but the programming of the lathe was slightly off and created a powder cup that did not expand as needed. The second attempt a .458x260CF does have the correct base and shoots very well. I have to resize them a bit to fit my 45's, down to .4515. Since both bullets have that post in the middle of the powder cup they can be shot in a 50 cal. sabot from a 50 caliber ML. The second attempt shoots great sabotless from my Knigh 45's after resizing.

These pics show the difference in the bases... The first rum 265's on the left and the new 260 on the right. Both bullets are Brass.

Not sure the new 260's are posted on the SSK web sites.

 

[chwebmaker]

I use a Bestill converted CVA Apex 45-70 that shoots smokeless powder with Pittman AcuMaxx 275 gr bullets. Muzzle loader is dialed in to shoot to 400 yards.

 

[bronko220002]

I do all 3 really depending on the rifle.
700ml uses a federal bor lock, accura uses a barnes tez in sabot and Moutaineer uses a sst sized to lands

 

[mm106807]

I’ve only been using a modern inline for a couple years. I’ve been using the 290 grain Bore Buster by Hornady or the Barnes 290 TEZ saboted bullet. They are the most accurate in my accura out of the bullets I’ve tried. 70 grains by weight seems to be the sweet spot. For years I used my TC Hawken 50 cal with a green mountain barrel to hunt with. I’ve harvested around 25 deer and 4 Elk with this gun. It shot 405 grain hollow point power belts with 90-100 grains of pyrodex by volume very accurately. Before those I used a 320 grain real bullet that I cast for several years. The real bullet shot well but did not expand well. Those big PB seemed very effective on big game.
Attached is a couple 320 grain real bullets and a couple 405 grain PB hollow point that I recovered from deer.