ORIGINAL: lemoyne
After today I am not sure I ever will, I got some of the Harvestor Short Black sabots because everybody seem to have good results with SW and BH and Short black sabots well so did I shot some fantastic groups right of the bat, So after thinking about it for a while I decieded to try the with my new 240 XTP Mag's and my 250 Gold Dots. It was awful would you believe 5 inch groups, so switch back to Crush Ribs and here comes the 1 and 1.25 groups again. These bullets are within .0005 of the same size! It begins to look like the only way to tell if you are getting the best results possible is to shoot all the sabots with the bullets you like. Lee
I know exactly what you mean. In my Savage I tried the Barnes Origonal with MMP Orange, 3Petal EZ, CR and Red Crushed rib. Very different POI difference with the same bullet, same powder and same primer. Some guys shoot the Orange MMP .458 sabots with the Barnes Origonals and they shoot well, mine didn't shoot that good with them, howeve with the black Crushed Rib, very tight nice groups. Sabot is one of the cheapest easiest ways to get good groups. My Omega seems to shoot about any 300g bullet well with CR. I like the CR since when I was using 777, I didn't have to swab quite as careful. It is amazing that they make that much difference, I think it is the way the bullet and sabot react to pressure. Chap