looking for sidekick load recommendations

[wls]

Hey Guys,
Just got my blackpowder barrel and am looking for proven loads for deer hunting in Indiana and Ohio.  I was at WalMart yesterday and saw 3 different bullets and 3 blackpowder subs.  I'm thinking of going with the triple seven pellets but would like some opinions on bullets.
Thanking You All In Advance

[LHitchcox]

I buy the Hornady 300 grain XTP in boxes of 50 and then buy the Harvester Crush Rib sabots for easier loading. They shoot really well with 110 gr equivalent loose 777 and a standard shotgun primer. I don't like the crud ring and extra expensive primers for the 777 pellets, not to mention the extra expense of the 777 pellets.

Leon

[Swampman]

I prefer the T/C Cheap Shots over 80 grains of 3F GOEX blackpowder.

[fourty-five-seventy]

My sidekick likes the DeadCenter 300gr 44/50's with 70 gr by volume Triple 7

[ftw]

http://www.harvesterbullets.com/scorpion.htm
I have been using the Harvestor Scorpion 260gr bullets with the crush rib sabots. They seem to be accurate and they load easily thanks to the sabot design. I also like the fact that you can get them in a 20 pack for less than $8.00. I just can't see paying over a buck a mpiece for a ML bullet.

The deer I killed last year did not care how much they cost as she only took about two steps before she fell. That was at 90 paces.

I am also way to cheap to buy pellets and use loose powder. I used Goes Pinnacle powder in my H&R and also in my sidelock with no problems. It is a very coarse powder so I measure out 100 grains and then weigh it on a digital or balance beam scale and then weigh out enough charges for a range trip or a hunting trip. Seem to be more accurate that way.

[Reese]

No experience with the Sidekick, but my Huntsman does really well with 85 gr FFg (loose powder) Triple Seven, 250 gr .452 Hornady XTP, using the Harvester smooth black sabot.  Also does real well if I substitute in the Hornady 250 gr SST.

[OBXPilgrim]

I used a 285gr .44 slug that I cast myself (soft lead - will expand real well) & used the smooth black sabots with 80gr Triple 7 loose powder.  Load shoots good in both a Sidekick (with an awesome trigger) and my Huntsman barrel fitted to another frame (got a 4 barrel set).

It was kind of a no brainer to me to use the soft 44 since I already cast them anyway, but in a harder alloy for 44 mag.  You won't get any leading in a sabot'ed ML.  It sure beats the cost of some copper plated ML-only slug.