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Old 03-02-2011 | 06:14 PM
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I have seen one article on them before and the accuracy was not better than an inch and a half at 100 yards, I would try getting a rifle made for such a bullet without a sabot. If you are really wanting to hit the thousand yard mark, get a better cartridge with a bullet of a very high b.c.
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Old 03-02-2011 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by falcon
Twice i have tried to work up accurate loads using the accelerator sabots in several .30-06 and .308 guns. The accuracy was never there. 2-3" groups at 100 yards does not a varmint round make.
It depends on what kind of varmint, I suppose. As a kid, we used the old factory accelerators on coyotes with much success, and slightly less success on prairie dogs out to 300 yards. The last group I remember shooting with them was a shade under an inch at 100 yards.

But they weren't exactly cheap on a high school kid's after-school wages. Nevertheless, we'd carry a couple of them in a pocket during deer season to deal with an odd coyote here or there, not to mention the opportunity to fill a turkey tag without a 150-grain softpoint vaporizing it.

I haven't worked any loads up yet, but I don't have any expectations other than some day at least replicating the performance of the old factory loads.

Just something different to experiment with.
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Old 05-11-2012 | 12:47 PM
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Remington made a 55 grain 30.06. I bought a box on ammoman.com I always wanted to know two things. What happens to the Sabot and does the round have any kind of rifling on it after it is shot?
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Old 05-17-2012 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Pawildman
... Reviewed the website you offered. Interesting. I stlll don't think you're going to hit MOY (Miute of yard) at anything past 200 yds. with them.
I think he is correct with the MOA. Minute of ACRE!!!!!!!!!! Just buy a .223 or 22-250 and be done with it or just load the 308 light and enjoy that.
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Old 05-20-2012 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by cv66john
Remington made a 55 grain 30.06. I bought a box on ammoman.com I always wanted to know two things. What happens to the Sabot and does the round have any kind of rifling on it after it is shot?

The sabot falls off and no on the rifling. The rifling is on the sabot.
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Old 05-21-2012 | 10:43 AM
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BTW: The US military developed an armor penetrating saboted round in 7.62mm caliber. The round did not work well when fired from machine guns. The sabots would sometimes break up and cause the penetrator to puncture the side of the gun barrel.

http://www.gunauction.com/search/dis...temnum=8697631

http://usmilitary.about.com/library/...cts/blslap.htm

The 7.62mm effort was not successful in the M60 and caused catastrophic barrel failures due to in-bore break-up of the sabot and the penetrator puncturing the side of the barrel. Also, its increase in penetration was not on the same order of magnitude as the .50 caliber SLAP's.

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