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#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
bronko we are in agreement. I like to have them tight enough that I want to use both hands to push them down but its not because they won't shoot good it is because I hunt a lot and I feel safer knowing that the bullet is held tight and it and the sabot will be tight on the powder when I pull the trigger. On the other end of the spectrum if I can not push it smoothly down to seat on the powder in one stroke it is probably to tight.
#12
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
The Triumph started out like that, I bought a bunch of C.R. sabots then decided it really could load a bit slicker and lead lapped it with polishing compound and then the smooth ones fit best. I do believe it shoots a bit tighter group now but now the C.R. sabots don't fit anything.
#14
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
The crush rib have worked fine in the Omega rifles, no good reason to use anything else. Load pressure is about perfect. Accuracy is satisfactory. Follows is a target shot by a different Omega than the one used in the OP. The X7, which is a rifle our son and i, hunted with, last hunting season. The load was 74 (weighed) grain Blackhorn, 300 grain XTP, black crush rib sabot, W209 primer.
The following photo shows the fourth, fifth, and sixth shots i made one morning, preparing the X7 for last season. These shots were made into a target pasted over the first three shots from the clean cold barrel.
Then i was able to peel the paper off the cardboard backer, and photograph the back side; one can see the holes of the first three shots, now covered by the target used for the second three shots.
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The following photo shows the fourth, fifth, and sixth shots i made one morning, preparing the X7 for last season. These shots were made into a target pasted over the first three shots from the clean cold barrel.
Then i was able to peel the paper off the cardboard backer, and photograph the back side; one can see the holes of the first three shots, now covered by the target used for the second three shots.
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