Originally Posted by Slowburn

So the sabot skips over the rifling? I suppose it's possible but; however, I would tend to believe that more preasure from the ignition would need to be generated, but that's my opinion. Now if a person sized the sabot/bullet through a cut off piece of the barrel and then indexed the sabot when it was loaded it may slip or depending on the size of the bore in the first few inches above the BP. Some of my ML's the load will seat easier than others. I know the tolerances is all over the place when comparing one manufacturer to another. If the bullet was skipping I would throw a couple wraps of Teflon tape around the bullet and see if that makes a difference.