I have a 50 cal flintlock woods runner. I would like to know if you can shoot sabot ammo or do you have to stick to round balls?
Thanks for any advice you can give.
Thanks for any advice you can give.
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Sabots
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Sabatoed balls are for the sister site. But chances are the twist rate would be way to slow
Read the forum rules. We don't discuss sabots here.
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Technically we do talk about sabots we just stick to the cloth patch type.
OP look up the rate of twist of your barrel. Then google what twist rate modern saboted bullets require. You should be able to get an answer without the rules police getting in your way.
OP look up the rate of twist of your barrel. Then google what twist rate modern saboted bullets require. You should be able to get an answer without the rules police getting in your way.
Don't hurt yourself stretching to that conclusion.
I think the only use a --edit-- has in a slow twist barrel is if the shooter wanted to try firing a smaller diameter roundball from the existing bore. There are many variables that can allow or prevent this. It would be a matter of the shooter experimenting with it for themselves.
Somewhere I have some --edit-- that allow the shooter to use a .32 projectile in a .36 bore, .36 in a .45, and .40 in a .45. If you use a round ball as the projectile, then you have no worries about rate of twist. All that being said, I have yet to try them for myself.
It's hard to beat a well fit PRB. Especially in a barrel designed solely for PRB's.
Somewhere I have some --edit-- that allow the shooter to use a .32 projectile in a .36 bore, .36 in a .45, and .40 in a .45. If you use a round ball as the projectile, then you have no worries about rate of twist. All that being said, I have yet to try them for myself.
It's hard to beat a well fit PRB. Especially in a barrel designed solely for PRB's.
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