Sabot, yes or no?

[GrumpyOleFart]

Thinking of tinkering with sabot rounds.
Worth the effort, or just a waste of time?
I've got my 6.5, 308 and 338 pretty much where I want them.
I feel like I need something different.
A blonde wig for the Babe, light bar for the truck, new kayak, midget porn.... so I guess a sabot reload is about the only thing left to explore
.
Any anecdotes or real time experience welcome.

 

[nagantguy]

Years back I tried some I believe they were called screamer sabots that sent a 22 cal projectile down a 30 cal tube, if I remember correctly according to my old pro chrony chronograph the velocity was close to advertised- think I was using H4895- again long ago 20+ years but no type of repeatable accuracy.

 

[nagantguy]

The rifle was a old sporterized 1903. it was the very beginning of my reloading journey

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

Cheers, that's along the lines of what I've been told.

 

[whatsupdoc]

Long ago I tried the Remington factory sabot ammo in 3006 it did not impress.
Maybe today with better plastic materials you may get satisfactory results.

 

[mtrmn]

Rifle Sabots

A while back I was reading about a cartridge (details are fuzzy) that used a sabot and launched 22 caliber bullets out of something like a 308 or 30-06 at some stupid velocity. I know the 50BMG SLAP rounds operate off a similar way. How come I don't hear of anything like this on the market...

www.snipershide.com

 

[brianf]

There are a few threads about sabots on here.

one prob a month old that a few guys chimed in on who have played around

biggest issue is accuracy and we think that mostly comes from the inconsistency of carrier bullet separation.

If it’s for just shooting stuff they are fine, if you want to shoot 1/2” groups at 100 consensus is don’t waste your money.

 

[b6graham]

i guess the question is why

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

Hmm.
Might tinker with it.
Cheers for the replies.

 

[st1650]

i guess the question is why

SWEDISH PSG-90 - Sniper Central

When the Swedes needed a new sniper rifle, they didn’t just adopt the Accuracy International L96A1, they took it a step further!

www.snipercentral.com

Not sure if they are still using it.

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

Imagine the splash that will make on impact.

 

[5pins]

 

[brianf]

Saves me some time lol
On to my next “dumb” idea

 

[iceng]

Awesome for blowing up melons or small furry things at 100m, if you can hit em.

308 -> 55gr 22cal @ unholy speeds. From what I discovered the sabots wouldn't spin the bullet efficiently, and it would seperate from the proj. We found a few down range in such good condition I was tempted to reuse them.

Hilarious fun, completely not useful.

PS: an older Fudd told me to super glue the proj into the sabot. Never tried it. I expect that's a stupid idea which wouldn't work.

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

So winchester in 1998 was getting 33% less accuracy in the SLAP PSG90 ammunition compared to traditional ammunition.

Not sure if that accuracy reduction would make anything of this sorts beneficial. Notice the SLAP PSG90 ammunition was a lightweight pure tungsten insert too, definitely not a jacketed bullet.

There are revisions to such program that may shrink that accuracy lose but easier to just change barrel alloys and neck everything down to the sabot projectile size and remove the discarding sabot shit itself.

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

Hmmm, maybe I'll just leave sabot to the turretheads.

Was talking to a fairly experienced guy today.
He reckons it's a pointless venture with the commercial products available.
Showed me an interesting design from the 60's that armourers played around with. Along the lines of caseless, propellant wrapped projectiles.
Meh, I'll spend money on stockpiling some powder and projectiles that get me results.
Thanks for the information, people.

 

[roostercogburn98]

Leave the discarding sabot rounds to the tanks and muzzleloader world. The damn rifle world can’t have everything

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

Leave the discarding sabot rounds to the tanks and muzzleloader world. The damn rifle world can’t have everything

Yes, we can.
All of it.
But only if it works.

 

[nagantguy]

Paper patching is a road to go down for fun, a twisting turning road but results are attainable if your just looking for the next adventure or have an older special rifle with a sewer pipe barrel.