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Sabots for .30 caliber....

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14 August 2002, 02:15
<Made in Sweden>
Sabots for .30 caliber....
Anyone with experience from the .30-.22 sabots from EABCO?? Loaddata, velocity, accuracy, appropriate bulletweights...??
14 August 2002, 03:54
Bill M
Hello Made in Sweden,

I ordered some, but have not tried them yet. Reloading information is included, but I do not have it handy, and don't want to "guess". You can order a technical report from their website that might answer some of your questions, they will E-mail it to you:
http://www.eabco.com/ftrpt.html

From the reports that I have heard on the factory Remington sabot ammo, accuracy is not that great.

Hope this helps, Bill
14 August 2002, 19:55
montero
Made in Sweden
I tried them in a .308 mod 7 from remington custom shop, a particularly accurate rifle.
Velocities were erratic and muzzle blast was terrible. Accuracy was unacceptable.
montero
14 August 2002, 19:58
<Made in Sweden>
It seems to be a good idea to try something different.... thanks guys!!
15 August 2002, 09:47
muzza
Remington discontinued the Accelerator series of cartridges fairly quickly , supposedly due to the lack of accuracy , so I don't expect any of the new versions of sabots will do anything better , except perhaps consume some of your time and some of your money , but , hey hobbies are supposed to cost money - if they don't then you arent serious about it .

However , when you can still buy new packets of Rem. Accelerators off the sports shop shelves ya gotta wonder......
14 August 2002, 22:03
<Made in Sweden>
I guess it�s not all that impossible to get a sabot with acceptable precision. The swedish Army snipers are currently using a 7.62 Nato sabot round with a 4.8 mm tungsten carbide penetrator that averages around 1" at 100 meters. Thats not as good as match ammo, but with the improved trajectory and windfactor, it still outperforms the normal bullets. And it will punch a 4.8 mm hole in almost any body armor...

http://www.soldf.com/psg90.html