Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 - The Firearms Forum

USMCSpeedy · 02-17-2012, 09:12 AM

Has anyone here shot saboted rifle rounds before? I found a place online to get the sabots and thought is sounded interesting. 4000+ fps with a 55gr 223 bullet our of a 30-06. Just wondering how accurate it will be at 200-300 yds.

JLA · 02-17-2012, 09:33 AM

Never tried it. Youll have to post a range report Im curious.

langenc · 02-17-2012, 10:09 AM

Something like that was available back in the 70s or 80s. Maybe not the calibers mentioned but shooting a smaller diamets bullet in a rifle that what it was desingned for. It never seemed to get very far so Id guess it didnt work too well.

JLA · 02-17-2012, 10:19 AM

Yep. accellerator rounds. I used to have a box of .30-30s loaded with 55 gr .224s in a sabot. Never shot any.

USMCSpeedy · 02-17-2012, 10:50 AM

I thought I'd try it. The sabots are only $9.95 for a hundred and you get a sheet with load data for the calibre you order. I got them Wednesday and I'm hoping to load a few this weekend and try them out.

al45lc · 02-17-2012, 11:55 AM

I tried the Remington Accelerator's (30/06) back in the day, poor accuracy and grouping, couldn't keep 3-4" at 100 yards and had one keyholed. Don't know if handloading would cure that or not, could be the rate of twist wasn't adequate.
It would be interesting to consider making a big game gun a varmiter, I remember seeing that ad too sometime back, but I never really pursued it

howlnmad · 02-17-2012, 03:24 PM

They shoot for crap

and I'm being nice because this a family oriented board.

bntyhntr6975 · 02-17-2012, 08:17 PM

Never tried to factory stuff, but I've tried several loads with a 50g .224 from a .308. Not much recoil and even less accuracy. Best I could do out of probly a dozen tries was keepin most in a paper plate at 100yds. But I'll probly try more eventually, got quite afew sabots left. And just in case you need to know, it"s very difficult to pull the sabot from a loaded round. The bullet comes out fine but that damn sabot just won"t budge.

02-17-2012, 09:12 AM	#1
USMCSpeedy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 631	Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 Has anyone here shot saboted rifle rounds before? I found a place online to get the sabots and thought is sounded interesting. 4000+ fps with a 55gr 223 bullet our of a 30-06. Just wondering how accurate it will be at 200-300 yds. __________________ If all else fails, VOTE FROM THE ROOFTOPS Trying to reform a liberal is like trying to pick up a turd from the clean end. What this country needs is more family trees that will produce more lumber and fewer nuts! -->

02-17-2012, 09:33 AM	#2
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,398	Re: Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 Never tried it. Youll have to post a range report Im curious. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

02-17-2012, 10:09 AM	#3
langenc V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 428	Re: Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 Something like that was available back in the 70s or 80s. Maybe not the calibers mentioned but shooting a smaller diamets bullet in a rifle that what it was desingned for. It never seemed to get very far so Id guess it didnt work too well.

02-17-2012, 10:19 AM	#4
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,398	Re: Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 Yep. accellerator rounds. I used to have a box of .30-30s loaded with 55 gr .224s in a sabot. Never shot any. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

02-17-2012, 10:50 AM	#5
USMCSpeedy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 631	Re: Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 I thought I'd try it. The sabots are only $9.95 for a hundred and you get a sheet with load data for the calibre you order. I got them Wednesday and I'm hoping to load a few this weekend and try them out. __________________ If all else fails, VOTE FROM THE ROOFTOPS Trying to reform a liberal is like trying to pick up a turd from the clean end. What this country needs is more family trees that will produce more lumber and fewer nuts!

02-17-2012, 11:55 AM	#6
al45lc Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: colorful colorado Posts: 1,022	Re: Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 I tried the Remington Accelerator's (30/06) back in the day, poor accuracy and grouping, couldn't keep 3-4" at 100 yards and had one keyholed. Don't know if handloading would cure that or not, could be the rate of twist wasn't adequate. It would be interesting to consider making a big game gun a varmiter, I remember seeing that ad too sometime back, but I never really pursued it __________________ You are what you do, when it counts.

02-17-2012, 03:24 PM	#7
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,636	Re: Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 They shoot for crap and I'm being nice because this a family oriented board. __________________

02-17-2012, 08:17 PM	#8
bntyhntr6975 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wichita, Ks. Posts: 295	Re: Saboted 223 bullet in 308/30-06 Never tried to factory stuff, but I've tried several loads with a 50g .224 from a .308. Not much recoil and even less accuracy. Best I could do out of probly a dozen tries was keepin most in a paper plate at 100yds. But I'll probly try more eventually, got quite afew sabots left. And just in case you need to know, it"s very difficult to pull the sabot from a loaded round. The bullet comes out fine but that damn sabot just won"t budge. __________________ There is a fine line between paranoid and prepared.