Lehighs 40 cal. bullets

[markb317]

I was wondering if anyone has used any of the Lehighs 40 Cal. 200 grain DOA muzzleloader bullets? If so how are they?

[grouse]

They are very accurate in the Savage ML with BH209. They are useless with smokeless powder in the Savage . They also work very well in the 45CAL knight Elites when using 130grns by volume of 777 or Bh209. This bullet is a little long for a 1/28 twist barrel.

[GMB54-120]

I might give the 185gr DOAs a try this weekend for fun but i will be using BH209 with them too.

Most smokeless data for 50x40 only beats heavy BH209 loads by a little before you start blowing sabots....according to everything ive read anyway.

A semi light Lehigh 458 might be interesting in a Savage.

[rangeball]

Nov 2, 2010 20:57:22 GMT -5 grouse said:

They are useless with smokeless powder in the Savage .

I've seen that reported a lot, and have always wondered why when the solid copper barnes shoot so well in SMLs.

If it's soley due to the radiused base, I wonder why they don't make it flat like the XTP? They seem to be a very responsive company, and it would seem to be an easy fix since their bullets are all machined, right?

Or do you think it's another reason?

[grouse]

Nov 3, 2010 10:09:28 GMT -5 rangeball said:

Nov 2, 2010 20:57:22 GMT -5 grouse said:

They are useless with smokeless powder in the Savage .

I've seen that reported a lot, and have always wondered why when the solid copper barnes shoot so well in SMLs.

If it's soley due to the radiused base, I wonder why they don't make it flat like the XTP? They seem to be a very responsive company, and it would seem to be an easy fix since their bullets are all machined, right?

Or do you think it's another reason?

I think your exactly right. The semi boat tail is blowing right out of the back of the sabot. A new 45 sabot is in the works to correct this i hope. If not, the goal would be to loose the boattail for smokeless. That boattail is no problem at all with subs.