Sabot help

[scottprice]

When I first got my inline I bought a pack of the 240 grain XTPs prepackaged with Sabots from Traditions. (The Sabots are smooth black in the pack)

I quickly realized that buying bullets and sabots separately was more economical. I just picked up some .452, 250 grain XTP’s And I am wondering if you guys have any input on which Sabbath to try out. Right now I am looking at the Harvesters and MMP’s

 

[MrTom]

Personally in my .50's I like Harvester. In your .452 bullets it will depend on how the bullet/sabot loads for you. If you use a smooth black and things are really hard to run down the barrel, try the crush ribs in black. Myself I use green smooth and crush ribs with .44 cal bullets in my .50's but that's purely personal preference.

MMP makes a good sabot too and maybe is more suited to fine tailoring your bullet/sabot combo because there are so many variations in .50cal.

With muzzleloaders I hate to say "settle" for a load if its working for you because so many times a change in a single component can deliver so much better results and those sabots are no exception. The 250 grain .452 XTPs are shooters and economical, so I'd say get a handful of different sabots and try them all. For sure, one will stand out over the others.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Harvester and MMP are the only two sabot suppliers that I know of currently. Your traditions sabots were one of those two, probably a black colored .430 cal. MMP, if bought from MMP or Harvester, they would be green.

I prefer Harvester sabots,, I would try their smooth black and if they load too tight, try some crush ribs. If you don’t like either of those two, try a MMP standard, HPH, or easy load. Lots of combos to try out. Both companies will send out sample packs, I’m not sure if they charge for that now or not.

 

[scottprice]

Man.... ordering online with $8 shipping really eliminates the convenience!!

 

[ENCORE50A]

Man.... ordering online with $8 shipping really eliminates the convenience!!

Call Harvester and explain what you may be trying or looking for. Harvester is really good at helping and are likely to send you FREE samples of the different sabots.

 

[GM54-120]

Traditions come with MMP sabots but some of the new bullets might be another vendor. If its a 3 petal sabot its the MMP 3P-EZ sabot. Not all 50x44cal sabots are green. Most are but some companies have them dyed other colors. Traditions and Hornady might have at one time.

https://www.traditionsfirearms.com/product/xtp-hunter-muzzleloader-bullets-.50-cal-240-grain-qty-20

XTP™ Hunter by Hornady® jacket hollow point bullet. Terminal energy penetration, superb accuracy, balanced expansion. Gives you the best of both worlds by combining the performance of a pistol bullet with the challenge of muzzleloader hunting. .50 caliber sabot with .44 caliber JHP bullet. 240 grains.

BTW, MMP online pricing includes shipping.

 

[MSalyards]

Call Harvester on the phone, they will work with the shipping. 270-826-4662. 2 boxes of sabots and a box of 400 g leads was under $12.00 to ship.

 

[GM54-120]

Grafs has better Harvester sabot pricing and $10 flat rate shipping. $5.99 vs $8.49 from Harvester for "short smooth black" sabots.
https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/5481

 

[dbowling]

Grafs was 7.95 or there abouts flat rate shipping last time I ordered must of went up with P.O. price hike.