New way to load??

[burntmuch]

This year during hunting season. Id let my X7 stay loaded for 4 or 5 days. If I didnt make it out hunting. Id reload it. One of those times was before a morning hunt & cold out. I guess my fingers were nt as well as they should. I let the sabot slide into the barrel without the bullet in it. I ended up putting the bullet in on top of the sabot. I pushed it down & felt it press down on the sabot once the sabot hit the powder. Then I could feel the bullet slide down into the sabot.. The ramrod showed that the bullet & sabot were all the way down. Well I got to thinking. this may not be good. So I reloaded it. & went hunting. It loaded a whole lot easier that way. Do you guys see any problems with loading like that?

[cayugad]

If YOU ARE POSITIVE that the bullet is in that sabot. Try shaking the bullet out of the bore. I personally would not recommend loading like that.

[hunting junkie]

ORIGINAL: cayugad

If YOU ARE POSITIVE that the bullet is in that sabot. Try shaking the bullet out of the bore. I personally would not recommend loading like that.

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[bronko22000]

X3

[burntmuch]

Thats kinda what I was thinking

[falcon]

I personally would not recommend loading like that.

X4

IMO: There is a possibility that the bullet will not seat in the sabot.

[gregrn43]

X5 could be very dangerous.

[Semisane]

Well, I have to admit I've done it a number of times with Barnes boattail bullets and the yellow sabots that came with them. The would not load any other way. However, I made absolutly sure the bullet was fully seated in the sabot. Never had a problem.

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ORIGINAL: Semisane

Well, I have to admit I've done it a number of times with Barnes boattail bullets and the yellow sabots that came with them. The would not load any other way. However, I made absolutly sure the bullet was fully seated in the sabot. Never had a problem.

Your wife is only half right!