Shooting .45 200 gr bullets

[bronko220002]

Has anyone shot saboted .45 caliber 200 gr bullets out of their .50 cal muzzies and if so how did they shoot?

 

[CatamountRob]

There are definitely people who shot the 200 grain T/C shockwave with good results.

 

[ElDiablo]

I don’t recall seeing .45 cal 200 gr shockwaves. Do (did) they make those in .45 or just .40?

 

[CatamountRob]

I don’t recall seeing .45 cal 200 gr shockwaves. Do (did) they make those in .45 or just .40?

 

[ElDiablo]

I happen to have a few of those. They are a .40.

 

[SparkPlug]

I just received my 45-200 Lee REAL/440 roundball mold Sunday. I cast a few of both to shoot from my Jukar 45. Just for kicks I put a couple in my CVA Bobcat 50 with 65 grains of RS (my most accurate load with PRB) using sabots from some of the Cheap Shots. I think I can work up a load for them. 2" at 50 yds.

Just for kicks I fired a couple using a denim X patch. They shot just as well.

 

[LBAhunter]

Has anyone shot saboted .45 caliber 200 gr bullets out of their .50 cal muzzies and if so how did they shoot?

I've shot 45 cal Barnes TAC-XP 185gr out of a CVA Optima V2 50. They done great!!

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

50 cal. Mountaineer with 110gr BH209 (V), 200gr SST with supplied sabot, 100yds. I wanted to shoot the SST again with more powder but never got around to it. I’ll shoot them again out of my Elite and see how they do.

 

[Okie Hog]

Don't remember shooting any .45 caliber 200 grain bullets.

 

[smokepolehall]

I have n do, i am shooting Barnes .451 200 gr pistol bullets. I am using the H5045 Blk. sabot. I have only started have several groups that show promise, ragged 1 hole 25 yds. This is from my rock sparker Woodsman Hawken .50. I see this is the inline section, but it so happens i do shoot them & 225 gr Barnes from my T/C Blk. Diamond .50 cal, also .452 230 gr XTP's. I use 75 gr Trip 7 2 f, i get 2.5: groups n less off my shooting table with a single sandbag under forearm. I use an op dry wool wad with them. 125 yds. mod so i am happy enough with all of them. I will be doing more testing as the weather gets better & the winds get under 10 mph

 

[bronko220002]

I'm thinking of the Speer Gold Dot in 200 gr. I've heard good reports about the bullets but forget the weight that was used.

 

[smokepolehall]

I'm thinking of the Speer Gold Dot in 200 gr. I've heard good reports about the bullets but forget the weight that was used.

The only Speer Gold dots i have used were, 240 gr .429 with gn. sabots. 75-80 gr trip 7 2 f kept them in a 2" group 100 yds

 

[Confederate rifleman]

My 1-48 twist rifles, T/C Hawken and Renegade, shoot the 200 grain Hornady .45 XTPs quite well with a Harvester crush rib sabot over 70 grains of 3f Swiss. 100 yard 3 shot groups average about 2 inches.
My 1-38 Firehawk does not like them. In fact, it's the only load I've shot in her that she doesn't like.
They would make a good varmint load. With that cave of a hollow point, I would expect fog and fur. For deer? Avoid big bones and quartering angles.

 

[GM54-120]

The vast majority of 200gr 45cal bullets will be too lightly constructed. There are a few though.

Barnes 45cal 200gr and 225gr XPB....The 225gr is really good
Hornady 45 200gr FTX, its made for 460S&W but i could never get them to shoot as good as the 225gr FTX

 

[Rob Lynch]

Yes sir,

Hornady 200 XTP with a crush rib Sabot out of my Traditions Deer Hunter 1-48 twist and 60 grains of 2F. If I remember this was at 60 yards. 3 shot group.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

I think I read the first post wrong. I posted my experience with 200gr .40 cal SST's paired with a .50 cal sabot, not a 200gr .45 cal bullet, sorry.

 

[Brayhaven]

The vast majority of 200gr 45cal bullets will be too lightly constructed. There are a few though.

Barnes 45cal 200gr and 225gr XPB....The 225gr is really good
Hornady 45 200gr FTX, its made for 460S&W but i could never get them to shoot as good as the 225gr FTX

I had the same experience with the FTX. They have a hollow cavity enclosed in them. Might unbalance them at higher rpm’s .. also pretty rapid expansion at fairly low speeds.

 

[GM54-120]

200gr FTX is supposed to handle 2300fps+ 460S&W speeds. The 225gr is made for 45LC in lever guns. Huge difference how the two perform at 2000fps+ impacts. I shot them 225s at 2300ish FPS and they grenade on virtually anything they hit

BTW Hornady has a 200gr 45cal MonoFlex but im not seeing them available as components yet.

 

[Duhawki]

The 200 grain Barnes works wonders for me. I've shot them with a variety of propellants including 777 and vv N110.

 

[GM54-120]

Im a big fan of the 225gr XPB. Great bullet for rifles like the NULA or Ultra Lites. I shoot those around 2300fps. They are all kinds of nasty at that speed but they will do fine much slower too. Load them up to roughly 45LC +P+ type loads. In a little ML the recoil would be almost nothing.