accuracy question
#31
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 5
Me, i believe it is good practice to be as consistent as possible when loading your rifle. Aligning the sabot the same way each time you load, should help accuracy; how can it hurt?
Follows is a calculation using the information you provided about your load.
Note the chart indicate your 25 yard impact shouldn't be 3" low, if it is 1" high at 100 yard. The 25 yard impact should be about 1/4" high. The calculator shown here, has been very reliable for me, and all my shooting; i trust it.
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Follows is a calculation using the information you provided about your load.
Note the chart indicate your 25 yard impact shouldn't be 3" low, if it is 1" high at 100 yard. The 25 yard impact should be about 1/4" high. The calculator shown here, has been very reliable for me, and all my shooting; i trust it.
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#32
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Irvine, KY
Posts: 157
If you are more confident indexing your sabot/bullet then by all means then you should add that to your shooting routine. Confidence plays a huge roll in accuracy. I personally don't index and for my purposes I try to keep everything simple. The more complicated something is the greater chance of error at the moment of high stress. That being said I am a hunter first so I'm more inclined to except reasonable accuracy and that is subjective.
#33
OK this is straight from the horse's mouth so to speak. I posed the following question to Harvester Sabots and received the response below the question.
There is a heated discussion going on in my hunting forum regarding the slipping of sabots in the bore of a muzzleloader upon ignition.
Using the proper sabot/bullet combination (adequate pressure required to seat it on the charge) will the sabot slip in the rifling?
Some are claiming that it could slip as much as 6"-8"! Also, can the bullet slip inside the sabot using the same fit as above?
Thanks
Hello Mr. Bronkoxxxx,
If the proper sabot/bullet combination for the particular muzzleloader is used, the sabot should not slip in the rifling.
Best Regards,
Alan Hensley
Product Specialist
J-Ron, Inc.
There is a heated discussion going on in my hunting forum regarding the slipping of sabots in the bore of a muzzleloader upon ignition.
Using the proper sabot/bullet combination (adequate pressure required to seat it on the charge) will the sabot slip in the rifling?
Some are claiming that it could slip as much as 6"-8"! Also, can the bullet slip inside the sabot using the same fit as above?
Thanks
Hello Mr. Bronkoxxxx,
If the proper sabot/bullet combination for the particular muzzleloader is used, the sabot should not slip in the rifling.
Best Regards,
Alan Hensley
Product Specialist
J-Ron, Inc.
#34
OK this is straight from the horse's mouth so to speak. I posed the following question to Harvester Sabots and received the response below the question.
There is a heated discussion going on in my hunting forum regarding the slipping of sabots in the bore of a muzzleloader upon ignition.
Using the proper sabot/bullet combination (adequate pressure required to seat it on the charge) will the sabot slip in the rifling?
Some are claiming that it could slip as much as 6"-8"! Also, can the bullet slip inside the sabot using the same fit as above?
Thanks
Hello Mr. Bronkoxxxx,
If the proper sabot/bullet combination for the particular muzzleloader is used, the sabot should not slip in the rifling.
Best Regards,
Alan Hensley
Product Specialist
J-Ron, Inc.
There is a heated discussion going on in my hunting forum regarding the slipping of sabots in the bore of a muzzleloader upon ignition.
Using the proper sabot/bullet combination (adequate pressure required to seat it on the charge) will the sabot slip in the rifling?
Some are claiming that it could slip as much as 6"-8"! Also, can the bullet slip inside the sabot using the same fit as above?
Thanks
Hello Mr. Bronkoxxxx,
If the proper sabot/bullet combination for the particular muzzleloader is used, the sabot should not slip in the rifling.
Best Regards,
Alan Hensley
Product Specialist
J-Ron, Inc.
and just from my prospective - I believe Ron is correct!
#35
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Saxonburg Pa
Posts: 3,925
I think thats a very smart reply. The key is he said if the proper bullet sabot combination is used. And the other key is he said should not slip in the rifling. Good job harvester!!
#36
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Irvine, KY
Posts: 157
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.
#37
Well I guess you know more about muzzleloaders than the manufacturers and most of the members in here. Just keep on thinking that.
#38
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Saxonburg Pa
Posts: 3,925
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.
#39
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Saxonburg Pa
Posts: 3,925
You make a good post, then you follow it up with this?? This is obviously way over your head, so just dont post on it unless its something usefull like your post from harvester.
#40
Use a Barnes with the light colored sabot (yellow) and it will be visible.