Last year about this time I was trying to get a CVA Optima Magnum muzzle loader dialed in and was having 100 yd accuracy problems that I never solved . I got frustrated and never got to try all of the combinations of sabots and bullets I had bought . Well, I'm getting started again and plan to try TC Mag Express Sabots for .451-.452 bullets with Hornady 45 cal. 250 gr., .452 dia. FTX bullets starting with 85 gr.s of black powder and going up to 100 grs.
When I looked up the bullets on the Hornady site I found out they are rifle bullets for velocities of 1800-3000 fps. I have no idea I will get those speeds. The closest thing to that in a pistol bullet is 225 grs. rated for 800-2100 fps. I guess the difference in speed recomendations is the thickness of the jacket. Am I close?
If I get the accuracy I want, will I be sorry for using the rifle bullet at the slower than recommended speed and loosing some expansion?
