ORIGINAL: Powerfisher
ORIGINAL: lemoyne
Powerfisher
What brought you to the conclusion that you needed to swab? I have shot for two days in a row to see if if made any differance and it seem to me to load just as well and maintain trhe same level of accuracy. I did clean the carbon out of the breach plug about every 12 shots, Lee
It was very hard to seat a TMZ after ten shots or so. The bore on my Omega is tight as it is and even with swabbing its goes down pretty hard. I have tried the Harvester Crushed Rib, Knight sabots (black and green), SST sabots and S/W sabots.
They do go down a bit easier but then the accuracy goes to crap. With the barnes, I have found the the sabots that come with the barnes give me the best results but I almost have to stand on them to get them down. Not a bad thing, just after 10 or so shots with the BH209 and seating a TMZ is nearly impossible. Just my own personal experience. Nothing I have tried so far has groups like the sabot that comes with the TMZ. They shoot better than S/Ws and SSTs. I have been reading my sabots and you can really see a difference.
Your accuracy probably went to crap because the TMZ is a boattail bullet and needs a specific sabot designed for boattail bullets. That's more than likely why the supplied sabot shoots the best.