Originally Posted by
BarnesAddict
That may be correct, but may not. If they all slipped that distance before engaging the rifling, some handgun shooters would be spraying rounds all over the place.
Some shooters have indexed sabots since they came available. Its nothing new and has worked for some shooters.
Most hand gun bullets obturate before leaving the casing. So thats not an issue at all.
Every bullet is different. A lead Deadcenter bullet will not slip near as much as a Knight Bloodline. The lead bullet will obturate much faster then any jacketed bullet or solid bullet. I personaly dont think a Bloodline bullet obturates at all. The brass is just way to hard so more slippage happens.
If you talk to some good long range accuracy guys with a ML they will all tell you the same thing using sabots. The arguement would be how much??? Like i said, i think 6 to 8 inches on jacketed bullets. A little less with lead. Remember im talking sabots not full bore bullets in a ML.