Hand loading saboted bullets??

rantingrelentlessly · January 30, 2013, 11:49 AM

Ive been reloding rifle rounds for about 2 years or so. Mostly .223 and .300WM. I was just curious if you can load saboted rounds in these caliburs. Is it feasable? Is it safe? Is there any point to trying it? Can you even buy sabots or saboted bullets? If this something i can do can someone sugest a book or website to get me started. Thanks!

**Brian Pfleuger** · January 30, 2013, 11:56 AM

I don't know of any sabot loads for .223, that would have to be one TINY bullet.

.300WM, sure...

http://www.eabco.com/remington-accelerator-sabots.html

Looks like 5,000fps is a real possibility.
http://www.eabco.com/Reports/sabot01.gif

Accuracy reports, however, are not stellar.

rantingrelentlessly · January 30, 2013, 12:07 PM

Thanks for the links! I cant wait to try it!!

rantingrelentlessly · January 30, 2013, 12:08 PM

What effect if any would this have on the rifling?

**Brian Pfleuger** · January 30, 2013, 12:37 PM

Plastic fouling, no big deal. Same as sabots in a shotgun.

mwells72774 · January 31, 2013, 01:27 PM

we've got some of these sitting on the shelf. never did try to load them

res45 · January 31, 2013, 05:28 PM

I shoot them out of my SKS rifles loaded with a .224 52 gr. BTHP at around 3K fps. Accuracy suffers to some extent as the sabots are for .308" bores and my SKS rifles have .312" bores but there still minute of beer can at 50 yds. and thats good enough for what I use them for. It's a good idea to flare the case mouth like your loading pistol bullets so you don't shave material off the sabot. I need to get some more.

January 30, 2013, 11:49 AM	#1
rantingrelentlessly Member Join Date: February 17, 2011 Posts: 31	Hand loading saboted bullets?? Ive been reloding rifle rounds for about 2 years or so. Mostly .223 and .300WM. I was just curious if you can load saboted rounds in these caliburs. Is it feasable? Is it safe? Is there any point to trying it? Can you even buy sabots or saboted bullets? If this something i can do can someone sugest a book or website to get me started. Thanks!

January 30, 2013, 11:56 AM	#2
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,466	I don't know of any sabot loads for .223, that would have to be one TINY bullet. .300WM, sure... http://www.eabco.com/remington-accelerator-sabots.html Looks like 5,000fps is a real possibility. http://www.eabco.com/Reports/sabot01.gif Accuracy reports, however, are not stellar. __________________ Still happily answering to the call-sign Peetza. --- You do not HAVE a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body. -C.S. Lewis He is no fool who gives what he can not keep to gain what he can not lose. -Jim Eliott, paraphrasing Philip Henry.

January 30, 2013, 12:07 PM	#3
rantingrelentlessly Member Join Date: February 17, 2011 Posts: 31	Thanks for the links! I cant wait to try it!!

January 30, 2013, 12:08 PM	#4
rantingrelentlessly Member Join Date: February 17, 2011 Posts: 31	What effect if any would this have on the rifling?

January 30, 2013, 12:37 PM	#5
Brian Pfleuger Staff Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Central, Southern NY, USA Posts: 14,466	Plastic fouling, no big deal. Same as sabots in a shotgun.

January 31, 2013, 01:27 PM	#6
mwells72774 Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2011 Posts: 119	we've got some of these sitting on the shelf. never did try to load them

January 31, 2013, 05:28 PM	#7
res45 Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2007 Posts: 513	I shoot them out of my SKS rifles loaded with a .224 52 gr. BTHP at around 3K fps. Accuracy suffers to some extent as the sabots are for .308" bores and my SKS rifles have .312" bores but there still minute of beer can at 50 yds. and thats good enough for what I use them for. It's a good idea to flare the case mouth like your loading pistol bullets so you don't shave material off the sabot. I need to get some more.