Got a new Disc Extreme!
Hey everyone,
Just bought a new Disc Extreme last week. I am really looking forward to getting this gun set up and dialed in. Hoping to find a good sabot load and get her ready for deer next season.
It is a .50 cal. Was thinking about starting off with Hornady XTP bullets. Any suggestions for starting out? I am shooting with #11 CCI magnum caps and loose ffg 777. No optics or 209's for me in Washington.
BT
Just bought a new Disc Extreme last week. I am really looking forward to getting this gun set up and dialed in. Hoping to find a good sabot load and get her ready for deer next season.
It is a .50 cal. Was thinking about starting off with Hornady XTP bullets. Any suggestions for starting out? I am shooting with #11 CCI magnum caps and loose ffg 777. No optics or 209's for me in Washington.
BT
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Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
It would be my suggestion that you see if you can find some Speer Deep Curls vs. the XTP's the Deep Curls are bonded and have a form of controlled expansion built into the bullet, I call them a 'poor mans nosler partition'Blacktail wrote:Hey everyone,
Just bought a new Disc Extreme last week. I am really looking forward to getting this gun set up and dialed in. Hoping to find a good sabot load and get her ready for deer next season.
It is a .50 cal. Was thinking about starting off with Hornady XTP bullets. Any suggestions for starting out? I am shooting with #11 CCI magnum caps and loose ffg 777. No optics or 209's for me in Washington.
BT
From your Extreme you might try 110 grain load and MMP HPH-24 sabot...
They may be hard to find - vendors can not keep them on the shelf to long and Speer loves it...
Here is a picture of some torture tested Deep Curls...
Keep on Shooting Muzzleloaders - They are a blast
Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
Thanks Sabot!
I forgot my password so had to register again. I contacted you on HuntWa last week. Once the modern rifle season ends I will be working on muzzleloader loads in earnest. Thanks again!
BT
I forgot my password so had to register again. I contacted you on HuntWa last week. Once the modern rifle season ends I will be working on muzzleloader loads in earnest. Thanks again!
BT
Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
The Speers hold up much better than the XTPs in my tests too. There is a older UniCor 300gr version with a flat point that is easier to find and its really cheap. The Speer part# is 4485. Their website has it listed as jacketed but it is a Unicor.
Green Mountain 54-120 Brush Gun
Elite 45 blued
Original DISC 45 SS
LRH 52cal
Elite 45 blued
Original DISC 45 SS
LRH 52cal
Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
Thanks GMB I will keep an eye out for those. Do you have a particular sabot in mind for the Speer bullet?
Thanks,
BT
Thanks,
BT
Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
Same as SabotLoader suggested, the MMP HPH-24. Harvester Black smooth (for under 300gr) would be my next choice.
Green Mountain 54-120 Brush Gun
Elite 45 blued
Original DISC 45 SS
LRH 52cal
Elite 45 blued
Original DISC 45 SS
LRH 52cal
Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
Where would a guy go about finding these sabots? Locally I can find Hornady sabots and MidwayUSA has crushed rib sabots. I do not see the same model number though. Where an I find these HPH-24 sabots?
Thanks for the help guys.
BT
Thanks for the help guys.
BT
Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
MMP HPH-24
http://www.mmpsabots.com/
Harvester Short Black
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/i ... 072H5045SB
http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/pro ... uctId/5480
Hornady also rebrands some MMP sabots but i don't know which one is the HPH-24. Midsouth sells the HPH-12s which are a little tighter than the 24s.
http://www.mmpsabots.com/
Harvester Short Black
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/i ... 072H5045SB
http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/pro ... uctId/5480
Hornady also rebrands some MMP sabots but i don't know which one is the HPH-24. Midsouth sells the HPH-12s which are a little tighter than the 24s.
Green Mountain 54-120 Brush Gun
Elite 45 blued
Original DISC 45 SS
LRH 52cal
Elite 45 blued
Original DISC 45 SS
LRH 52cal
Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
Great! I thought they were made by Harvester and could not find a model number that matched up.
Thanks,
BT
Thanks,
BT
Re: Got a new Disc Extreme!
Blacktail, i sent you a PM but im not sure it went through.
Those Black Crushribs might work but i normally use those with a .458 300gr bullet. They load pretty tight though in most bores with a .458 and kinda loose with a .452. I resize my .458s to .454 and get a perfect fit in a .500-.501 bore. The Smooth black works just as well or better and its a little cheaper.
Those Black Crushribs might work but i normally use those with a .458 300gr bullet. They load pretty tight though in most bores with a .458 and kinda loose with a .452. I resize my .458s to .454 and get a perfect fit in a .500-.501 bore. The Smooth black works just as well or better and its a little cheaper.
Green Mountain 54-120 Brush Gun
Elite 45 blued
Original DISC 45 SS
LRH 52cal
Elite 45 blued
Original DISC 45 SS
LRH 52cal