I gave up,, even shooting the crush rib green and 44 cal bullets,, almost all the guns I tried them in would shoot an inch and a half I could never get the load to go ahead and tweak and just suck up and shoot a hole,, I have a lot of 44 Cal bullets sitting on my shelf that I've collected over the last seven or eight years ,still waiting on the right recipe I haven't given up,, I'm convinced that you need to shoot a hot load to get that green sabot to open,, I'm not against that but every shooting session that I shoot the 44 Cal in a 1 and 28 twist 50 cal barrel I'm usually shooting a 45 Cal rifle alongside of it that's putting bullets in the same hole,, and the 45 Cal happens to be shooting a 40cal in the light blue sabot,not bore riding,, quarter inch and less all day three shot groups I just can't get the 44 to do that for me,,, I think the answer for me and this is just me is to get a fast twist 50 cal barrel maybe 24 or 22 or even 20 twists I think it would handle those 250 275 and 300 grain 44 cal bullets much better but that's just my own conclusion. There are many different 44 cal bores in America,, I built two smokeless barrels a couple of years ago on some of those other 44 Cal bores because I'm just very interested in the bore ,a little more sectional density, than a 45 I think it's got potential to be just as accurate, I just have not had that success shooting them in a 1 and 28 twist 50 cal as a matter of fact I'm not even shooting any of my bullets anymore until I get a fast twist barrel,, I will not accept or hunt with or even do much target work with a muzzleloader barrel anymore that won't shoot a quarter inch or less. I have only shot 44 cals in different CVA Acura rifles I do have a 50 cal 1 and 28 twist brux I need to try them some. I am 44 Cal and green sabot aggravated!
