RE: Sabot Pronunciation
Nine years ago when I bought my first inline - obviously a blkdiamond 45, no one could really tell me exactly what shoot, including most gunshops. Being in PA, inlines were not popular at all and most had no idea what they were. I bought a pack of hornady .357 180gr XTP's and some hornady .45 blue sabots to go with the bullets. The shop I bought them didn't even know what would work well.I was worried when the bullets did not seat the whole way down the sabot, so I called Hornady and they referred me to MMP to be sure. I call MMP and talked to a gentleman. To make a an already long story as short as possible, I kept calling them Sabits and finally in the middle of the conversation the gentleman very nicely said "SON, ITS NOT SABIT, ITS A SABO. IT MEANS SHOE IN FRENCH. I OUGHT TO KNOW I INVENTED THEM"
The gentleman was Del Ramsey. I thought it was kind of a funny story. I had know idea who Del Ramsey was - I do now.