that's what I have heard about the tan sabot for 45,s also
Yes try both for sure. The MMP tan can shoot good if the bore is too large for the Harvester light blue. Try the 200gr XTP for fun shooting. They are cheap and very accurate in my 45s.
the light blues are small as heck for my bore
i could feel one I rammed thru the bore with my breech plug out jumping over the rifleing .
at 94 yds my gun is just a tad under a 1/2 inch high of the bull
group was 3 shots right at 3/4ths of an inch total with win 209 primer
100 grs of 7772f and the barnes 195 with tan sabot
a new leupold vx1 3-9x40 on it
took 6 shots to get it zeroed
(moving reticle to last shot for adjustment made 3 of them total)
complete clean between each shot
all on 9 power
went out the next day
shot at 50 yds on 3 power
shot was dead center about 3/4ths of inch above bull
then I started hearing thunder off towards the southwest corner of stewart and henry counties
so left for the day
get back out again
I figure the rifle is probably dead on at 110-115tds with it being 1/2 high at 94yds
wish I had never jumped on the bh209 band wagon when I original got the rifle 3 yrs ago
had a lot of headaches and worries trying to make bh209 work in this gun
had all the probs with bh209
bh209 solvent wasn't that great to me for cleaning it seemed
I had hangfires, no fires with primer just going off
blowby in breachplug area
used magnum primers and all in between
enlarged flashole
ect ect
experienced it all
tried all the fixes
but never had complete confidence carrying that rifle with bh209 in it
breechplug in a Kodiak is not designed for bh209 and getting one modified was possible but I never did it
and finnaly went back to what has worked in past in the optima I had that slumlord gave to me during my brief period when I jumped from a tc renegade 50 cal to inline 209 guns
7772f
butches black powder bore shine
barnes 195
win 209 primers
now I have a rifle I feel confident in and don't have nagging worries about ignition any more
and confidence in your rifle going boom each time and being precisely accurate is the most important thing you need to have in your mind when you are out hunting
