How do you determine which to use or is it just trial and error ?

I shoot the Hornady sabot in my Encore and use the red Traditions sabot not the black ones that come with the bullet. I shoot the 300 grn. using T7 power. I use a weighed 70 grns. and it gives me and accurate load. I have used the pellet but have better accuracy using the power.

what color is the sabot???? black or green



the black sabot is there magnum sabot the green is there regular one



also what is the twist rate of your rifle and model



i am using a tc omega with 150 (3 triple seven pellets) and a 300 grain hornady sst(black sabot) for a 3 shot 1" group at 100 yards!!!! i can also use the new barns spitfire bullet 285 grain to achive the same effect.

I was talking to a fallow at the range yesterday shooting the .45 cal 300 gr. bullet in a black sabot. He loved them. Not sure what gun he was using. He had previously shot the .44 cal 240 gr. bullet and the groups were about an inch larger. I am using the green .44 sabots with the 240 gr XTP in front of 3 pellets of 777 in a Revolution for about 2 inch groups. Haven't experimented with anything else.

Catmandu

I shoot the Hornady 250 gr SST's that come with sabots in a .50 Savage ML11. The bullet is used due to it's higher ballistic coeffient.



I would think that each gun is an individual and you should try various bullets.

Myself and 2 buddies have Rem 700ML in .50 cal. I shoot the black sabot with .452 300 gr. XTP with 100 grains FFG.

My buddies, with identical rifles (though they bought theirs new and mine was used) can't even get the bullet started down the muzzle with the black sabot. They use the red T/C sabot and the same bullet.

The guy I bought my gun off sold it because he couldn't get it to group. He was using .429 bullets. I switched to the .452 bullets and had a tight cloverleaf at 25 yards the first time I fired it. At 100 yards it's under 2 inches.

It was just trial and error. We had the green and black sabots, and I had no trouble with them. My buddies could barely get them down their barrels, and didn't think it was worth the hassle and risk of ruining their ramrods. So, they picked up the T/C sabots and they've worked fine. I think they are noticeably thinner.

I shoot the 45 300 with 90grns by volume and get good results.