I Have a new T/C Hawken. NEVER FIRED. I bought 50 cal. T/C Shockwave sabots and I cannot push them down barrel????? Any ideas why??

I've been shooting XTP sabots out of my T/C encore and it took some time to get them to go in with just alot of force instead of almost break the aluminum ramrod force. I just stuck to this regiment (I assume you're uising pyrodex or even better one of the sulfer frees.) Load gun, shoot, then

1.)Wet patch with No. 13 bore clearner
2.)Dry patch
3.)Patch with light coating of Bore Butter
4.)Load and fire new round.

It took almost 20 rounds to get my gun in a "seasoned" state so sabots go down alittle easier.

Also if you don't have a bullet seater(short ramrod,) get one, and either machine or buy a jag that will rest on the copper part of the shockwave. If you deform the polycarbonite tip you'll have accuracy troubles. A t handle also helped me for the top of my ramrod.

Personally I won't be using shockwaves because of their finiky nature, that is until I scope my Encore, then I'll be all about the 200+ yard sabots.

Hope this helps

Diesel Dog I have the same problem with the hornady sst which are the same as the shockwave reason the bullet diameter is 452
My t/c hawkens flinter in 50 cal. shoot excellent with the REALS conicals in 320 grain a wonder wad and 80 grains of 3f goex,another bullet that will load easy and drop deer in there tracks are the t/c 240 grain cheap shot sabots .

I HAVE A T/C OMEGA STAINLESS, IS YOURS STAINLESS? I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND MY BUDDY HAS THE PROBLEM I SENT IT BACK TO T/C AND THEY SAID TO CLEAN IT AFTER EVERYSHOT,, WHAT A LOAD OF SH*T, IF I SPEND 500$ ON A GUN AND I HAVE TO CLEAN IT AFTER EVERY SHOT THAT MAY WORK AT A RANGE BUT IN THE WOODS I DONT THINK SO, I AM SO DONE WITH T/C I ALMOST WRAPED THE DAMN THING AROUND THE TREE TODAY I CLEANED IT WITH THE #13 THEN DRY PATCHED IT AND THEN LOADED IT ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT A LITTLE OF THE #13 was stil in the bretch plug and i had a miss fire the doe ran off laughing, i hate t/c they make the bullet and the gun yet you cant use them together go figure

Switch to POWERBELTS you will love them i use them in my ENCORE and you can load them very easy.

Run a few lead conicals, lubed with bore butter or substitute, through it. Clean thoroughly and then try your sabots again. Some barrels need to be worked a bit before the plastic sabots will slide down smoothly. You can also work the bore with a lapping compound. Be careful not to overdo it though.