I broke down this morning and drove to cabelas in richfield which was the only place I knew I could get barnes tez's. Also picked up some spitfire mz's and a package of harvester high pressure sabots. I knew it was still a gamble but felt it was worth the 3 hour round trip. I am not usually the person to be this unprepared before the season but spending the last 2 months on the couch with the broken collar bone will do this to a guy.

Thankfully the gamble payed off and the tez's loaded tighter than the scorpions but not as tight as the tmz's or the shockwaves. Better still was the results downrange. A nice 3" group (with iron sights) at 100 yards. Thats with 90gr bh209 and a 250gr tez loaded with a hornady jag because that particular cabelas didn't have the barnes one. I am happy with that especially keeping in mind that at 100 yards my front bead covers up a paper plate. 100 yards is the extent of my comfort zone due in part to my shooting opportunities and in part to my aiming abilities. Not that I couldn't go further, I just haven't had enough quality time with the gun past this. I am truly a bow hunter so this should suit just fine.

Hopefully in the near future I will get time to test the high pressure sabots with the scorpions, get some harvester boat tail sabots, and try out the spitfire mz's. I am also very curious to try this knurling method that Gm54-120 has proposed. It's got me thinking. Feedback will follow.
Thanks again fellas!!