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Glamdring · December 14, 2002, 10:19 PM

AFAIK only Sauvestre/BFS slugs would come close to the performance of a 430+ grain hard cast LBT .475 bullet fired from rifled SG.

The remington copper sabot might give similar performance (I think it would be between other factory slugs and the BFS), but I am looking for something that will allow performance similar to 45-70 with hardcast flat tipped bullets for large game like Elk, Moose, and also for trusting when going after semi dangerous game like big pigs and bears.

The other thing is all factory sabot loads are very expensive compared to Foster or Brenneke slugs that I use in my smoothbore. So I am looking for a fairly economical "solid" for a rifled SG. I think the Barnes X HP is best (expensive) "soft" for rifled SG's.

December 14, 2002, 10:19 PM	#5
Glamdring Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2000 Location: MN Posts: 1,388	AFAIK only Sauvestre/BFS slugs would come close to the performance of a 430+ grain hard cast LBT .475 bullet fired from rifled SG. The remington copper sabot might give similar performance (I think it would be between other factory slugs and the BFS), but I am looking for something that will allow performance similar to 45-70 with hardcast flat tipped bullets for large game like Elk, Moose, and also for trusting when going after semi dangerous game like big pigs and bears. The other thing is all factory sabot loads are very expensive compared to Foster or Brenneke slugs that I use in my smoothbore. So I am looking for a fairly economical "solid" for a rifled SG. I think the Barnes X HP is best (expensive) "soft" for rifled SG's. __________________ "A traveler has no protection besides his fire-arms; and the constant habit of carrying them is the main check to more frequent robberies" --Charles Darwin from The Voyage Of The Beagle