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Offline DennyRoark

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Hornady 180gr XTP, 40/45 in a Hawken?
« on: April 26, 2009, 02:16:00 AM »
Has anyone shot these from their T/C Hawken?  If so, how did it go?  Is the twist to slow to stabilize this bullet?  I shot some long heavy bullet/sabots from my original one 20 years ago and it didn't go well.  Wondering if the shorter, lighter bullets work.
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Re: Hornady 180gr XTP, 40/45 in a Hawken?
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2009, 05:10:50 PM »
My guess is that the 1:48 twist would stabilize them just fine.  I know the 1:30 twist in the Green Mountain barrel I have on my Renegade stabilizes the longer 200 grain .40 XTP and gives me two-inch groups at 100 yards using the Harvester 4540B sabot and 80 grains Triple 7 FFG. 
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