54 cal muzzleloading supplies

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Anybody have any leads on where I can find 54 cal supplies for my inline muzzy, I am looking for sabots or bullets or casting molds for conicals or minies or....
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The best place for 54 sabots is precision rifle at prbullets.com. They have a very good supply of sabots for just about every need. I stocked up on 50 cal sabots for 458 bullets....
 
I know for sure that anything for .54 cal. is hard to find, it's a great caliber but I think it was the inline craze that killed it. Better get a mold and some lead. Track of the Wolf will have anything else you need. At US $ of course.
 
lyman54 said:
I know for sure that anything for .54 cal. is hard to find, it's a great caliber but I think it was the inline craze that killed it. Better get a mold and some lead. Track of the Wolf will have anything else you need. At US $ of course.
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I have to disagree. PRbullets is a reliable source for sabots that allow you to shoot 45 and 50 cal bullets for the inline which at the end of the day is readily available. Once you have the sabots, your are good to go. The challenge is finding stand alone 54 cal stuff, i.e. for traditional, which I will agree wholeheartedly. The big stores stock 50 cal stuff almost exclusively.
 
Thanks for the input guys.

I have some 54 ca. Hornady sabots that do not say High Pressure, does that mean that I cannot use them in my Rem 700ML ?
What is the difference between the HP and non HP sabots, where do you draw the line between needing or not needing HP sabots?
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Order yourself a 54 caliber great plains bullet mold 460 grains and be done with it. That bullet will kill anything in North America at 100 meters save the great bears and it will probably take them as well as long as your buddy cant run as fast as u can. HP i do believe mans hollow point bullets, and non HP means solid tips on the bullet. The fancy sabots cost a fortune and do kill efficiently however a great plains bullet will kill just as well, lead costs about 65cents a lb at my local metals scrap yard dealer. I dont think the game that u kill will care if they were killed with a fancy high priced sabot or a HP copper bullet that costs 20 bucks for 10 or a hand cast great plains bullet.:HR:

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Order yourself a 54 caliber great plains bullet mold 460 grains and be done with it. That bullet will kill anything in North America at 100 meters save the great bears and it will probably take them as well as long as your buddy cant run as fast as u can.
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Source in Canada for the Lyman mould which is what I think you are discussing...
 
I think HP is a sales pitch imo. I'm sure if you use a Knight, Hornady or TC sabot etc they'll all work for your desired needs.

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See what you started Eaglenester, lol :)
 
Thank You Gentlemen, I picked up a bullet mold, Lee 54cal 415gr Minie and will be casting some of these slugs to try out.
I will be trying Triple 7, Pyrodex and Black powder, all in loose powder form, the rifle has both a No.11 and a 209 priming system, so I will try to switch back and forth for accuracy testing.

Any suggestions for bullet lube?
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You can use TC Bore Butter or make your own.
Bees wax, Crisco 50/50 and adjust to suit +/- mix for harder softer depending on temperature outdoors and how thick you need it to fill grooves.
No11 might not be hot enuf to ignite T7 easily but I've never done it so if it does let us know ;)
 
Don't try to light Triple 7 with a #11. When it first came out they said it would work in all guns. They have since recommended to use only 209's. Uncle tried to use it in an old 'TC Scout and had about a 50%v misfire rate. Back to black and problem solved.
My nephew inherited Dad's 54 Knight and was having problems sourcing sabot/bullet combos after having a major issue with Powerbelts(dropped a deer but put 5 more dead nuts on the shoulder blade and not a one penetrated from 20 yds the company would not even acknowledge my emails after seeing the bullets.) Solution was buy a package of 54 sabots and a box of Hornaday SST for 50 and switch out the sabots as the 300 gr are bullets are the same. My experience has been that the only difference between HP sabots and non is the plastic is harder, softer is better IMO. My opinion is there is no difference as I have shot more sabot/bullet combos out of my Encore than most have ever seen. I am currently shooting a double saboted 357 lead bullet and this seems to be the ticket
 
hunter148 said:
I am currently shooting a double saboted 357 lead bullet and this seems to be the ticket
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PR Bullet per chance?
They have some good variety of cast/sabot to offer other than your typical 44,45/50 combo's
I just been shooting up my copious amounts of 300gr XTP & 250gr Flex Tips!
But since I cast I'd like to get some .458 sabots to try with my 405gr cast boolits ;)
Taking the Endevour, Frontier & GPR out tomorrow for a shoost. Deer season is closing in :D
 
PR bullets exactly called a Duplex sabot. The double sabot is one plastic 50 to a 45, then a 45 to 357 plastic and bullet(195 grn, pure lead, polimer tip,boat tail ). I do believe now that I think they do 54 loads as well
 
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