Wow! I can't believe what I'm reading here! Are you guys sure that it wasn't the sister Hornady SSTs your describing? I do know that the blue sabot 40/50 Shockwave 200 grainers are more difficult than the black sabot 250s & 300s, but if you can't load T/C-packaged sabot/bullets in your rifle, I don't know of any (other than Harvester, Precision or Buffalo) that you can load & I've tried them all in various rifles... including Winchester, Nosler bullets.... etc. I'm beginning to wonder if BPI/CVA/Winchester/New Frontier have narrowed their bore sizes to accomodate Powerbelts better.

Had I just purchased such a tough loading sabot rifle, I would of returned it to the manufacturer after the first range session.