pinesap

I Just shot some 250gr Hornady SST sabots. They were so hard to load. I had to put lube on the wad to get it down the barrel. I could' t use my sabot loading jig because it expanded the wad and mad it so tight it would' t go down the barrel. What' s the trick to using these? I used powerbelt before and they load nice. I don' t see how i could use SST' s for hunting. Anyone else with this problem??????

trac209

I have a question if your using saboted bullets why are you using a wad with them.You don' t use wads with sabots.

Rodsmith

The powerbelts are slightly undersized and rely on the expansion of the synthetic skirt to act as the gas check as the bullet travels down the barrel. The sabot is slightly oversized to seal off the grooves of the rifling. If you think the 1st is tough wait till ya gotta load a fast 2nd shot. Make the 1st one count! Luckily my 2 inlines love the powerbelts and shoot them well. There has been alot of discussion here about them falling apart but my test (crude as they are) show just the opposite. I will stick with em.

RandyWakeman

All saboted, jacketed bullets can be hard to load-- the Barnes X-bullets painfully so as well.

The problem is that there are no standards in muzzleloading land as far as bore diameters-- a " .50 caliber" can be .497 - .503" depending on manufacturers.

Pure lead sabots, such as the excellent Dead Centers by www.prbullet.com are easier to load, as are Buffalo SSB' s.

PS
To trac209: a sabot is a " wad."

trac209

Thanks Randy I thought he was saying he was using a seperate wad with the sabot.