sabot shrinkage
 

i purchased a box of hornady .45 sabots with 38-180g xtp's.these were old stock at a local gun shop.i want to try them in the .45 super-disc.the bullets don't seem to fit to well,when you push the bullet to the bottom of the sabot the petals flare out quite a bit.do you folks think this is normal or could the sabots have shrunk due to out-gassing.thoughts?......karl

Some sabots are made this way, for example the MMP blue 50/40; this does not affect the capability, though it may be a bit more difficult to be sure the bullet is seated right, or seem to. This type of sabot has given me excellent performance since I quit worrying about it and just seated them down solid and shot them.

thanks for the response Lee,i still plan on shooting them i was just wondering if anyone has ever noticed any shrinkage of sabots due to long term storage....karl