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    Blackpowder

    Does anyone know if I could use a pistol caliber bullet for my black powder rifle. Specidically it is a CVA Optima V2. I'm looking for a more cost effective way to target shoot that rifle without buying PowerBelts at $2 a bullet.

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    What caliber?


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    50 caliber. So I’m thinking something I can fit in a sabot


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    I know a few people shoot standard 50cal pistol bullets in them.
    May be able to do a sabot round with 45cal bullets as well
    Quote Originally Posted by rdec873 View Post
    50 caliber. So I’m thinking something I can fit in a sabot


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    Yeah thanks. The 45caliber was what I was thinking as well


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    My CVA wolf shoots 240 grain saboted bullets very well, also shoots patched round ball good enough to plink with.


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    I cast for my .50 cal, and have found them to be more accurate and more cost effective! Let
    Me know if you want /need some.

    Shit happens... then you die.

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    Wes is right about the sabots..

    Shit happens... then you die.

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    If you want to shoot inexpensively what is wrong with a good old fashioned patched round ball?


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    Patched round balls work for plinking. I picked up a bunch of packs of bullets with sabots at Walmart after hunting season one year at a big discount. Think they were 44 cal 240 grain. They load easy and I think the sabot scrapes some of the unburnt powder out of the rifling. I use pyrodex by the way.


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