loose .45 factory 700ml barrel

[fishhawk]

Swapped a barrel for a guy to a .45 factory, .452XTP's barely slide down the barrel with their own weight. Has anyone seen this? If so, what bullet/sabot combos have worked? I told him I would knurl the .40XTP/smooth blus Harvester enough to get up to two hand loading.

[jims]

I have not heard this but it could be a benefit. If you could heavily knurl and use .452s sabotless without needing to size or getting a sizing die that would seem to me to be a plus. If you use the blue sabots and .40 bullets I have found the SSTs in 200 grain to be slightly larger and a bit more accurate than the 195 Barnes. They both kill quite well, not handicapped with either.

[fordwrench]

try a 210 gr 41 mag xtp.. they spec at .410

[hunter]

fishhawk,
In my 45 barrels a .451 will drop right thru but a .452 bullet will not go down without a hammer.
In it the tan mmp sabots fit the best but they are very inconsistent size wise.
I had to knurl the 400 bullets up to about .403 with the harvester smooth blue sabots.
In it the .410 bullets and the crushed rib harvester was too tight(70-80# loading pressure)
and sometimes stretched the sabot petals.
If you want a few 410 bullets and cr. rib sabots to try, I can send you a few.
Also have some tan mmp's

[Deleted]

A knurled barnes 195 and light blue sabot fit snug for me on such a loose stock .45 remmy....I have a couple and they are different size bores.....

[fishhawk]

Thanks for all the advice, I'll pass it on.