Originally Posted by
Triple Se7en
That's a nice 'tall' bullet combo there. Thinking about ordering some from midway. I see Thompson has discontinued their green 44-cal sabots. That's too bad. My hunting buddy complained that the Hornady package has a green sabot that does not allow the bullet to seat well. I think it's made by MMP..... not sure. Anyways, when he opened the package and seen the poor fit, I had to give him some of my Harvester green sabots.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/284...ProductFinding
Just so you know... the MMP sabot is designed just as your friend complains. The bullet applied into the sabot does not seat all the way to the bottom of the sabot until it is pushed in through the crown and down the bore. The compression and stretching of the sabot as it pushed down causes the bullet to be seated in the sabot. If you were to push one through and out the breech you would see the application work, and the bullet would be seated in the bottom of the sabot.
Why? you might ask use this approach. One of the problems shooting bullets in sabots, especially heavier bullets, is the grip of the sabot on the bullet. The tighter the bullet fits in to the sabot the better the grip. Often the sabot will spin on the sabot and the bullet never reaches the spin rate it should, especially in warm weather or on a warm barrel.
MMP recognizes this fact and has tried to reduce the problem. Lehigh recognized the same problem and to help to alleviate the problem they have added gripping rings (Cannelure) on the bullet. Again to help the bullet grip the sabot.
You can see the rings on this bullet...
It seems today more and more folks are knurling their bullets before placing them in the sabot just to acquire this extra 'grip'.
And again this becomes more evident with warmer temperatures and heavier bullets.