Originally Posted by
spaniel
Do NOT worry about the petals shearing off -- they are designed to do that. If they left them stiff enough to hold on, they would not flex back and release the bullet properly. The bullet is long done by the time any uneven petal shearing would affect the flight of the sabot.
Good to know. Thanks. Another thing, I think that 110gr is about as much as the base of the sabot can take. I noticed a couple had some very slight cracking around the bottom edge of the cup. I think the 100gr sweet load I found should be fine though.