ORIGINAL: herman
Way to go chap,I'm proud of you.
Now do you know the difference in the 2 bullets and sabots.
The bullets are the same just a different clored point but the sabots are different one is thicker than the other,If I don't have the numbers backwards the sst are mmp12's and the sw are mmp 24.But you said the sw were harder to get down the barrel.Randy wakeman said a couple years ago that hornady was going to start making their own sabots maybe they have.
Before the sw were thinner sabots thus easier to load and the sst were thicker harder to load.
I just picked up a new box of the sst and plan on shooting some next week will have to check it out.
Again thats a mighty fine group there.You are ready for 200 yds now.
Thank you. I sure do know the difference. I couldn't believe I had shot that group, after 3 shots I said, wow that is some group for me at 100 yards (7.5 yards shot), I think I will try 5, then I hit the 4th one and cooled the rifle, and shot the 5th one and there were so tight it was unbelievable. The sabots make ahuge difference. I was over a Doug Message Board and one of the folks on the Savage forum said "tigher the sabot, the tighter the group". They are right, when I shot the Crush rib, I could push them down with my little finger and I felt there we loose. When I shot the Hornady SST I felt they were "just right for loading", well the going down the barrel was easy, but the group was only 2". Then I shot the SW, and they were so hard going down, had to use two hands and push them down the barrel. Yep, sabot makes a big big deal. Actually everything does, swabing, bullet, sabot and primer, they all affect accuracy. I don't know about primer, but I have some Winchesters, so will shoot them sometime after I shoot the different Barnes. Next 3 weekends I am on the road, so it will be late June before I get to shooting the Barnes.
Chap