ORIGINAL: falcon
"I want to make a gentle suggestion, I say gentle because it appears that I have a problem with "crush ribs.""
It is a fact that my Encore does not like Crush Rib sabots: 100 yard groups are all over the place with the 250 grain SST. The Hornady Low Drag sabots with the same bullet make 2-3" groups with that gun-minute of pig. The tight fitting red and the tight fitting black sabots make groups in the1" to 1.5" range with me doing the shooting: A young Marine i know makes .75" groups at 100 yards withthe Encoreand that load.
Amen, your gun likes the Low Drag and the black and red sabots (so called "short black"?). That is great you found that out. Every gun is different and some will NOT like the crushed rib, that is a given with bullets, powder, sabots and primers. Good to know about the Encore, do other Encore users have the same problem with the Crushed rib---i.e. big groups at 100 yards? Chap Gleason