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Wild Bill Bucks · March 16, 2009, 11:16 AM

I tried the felt thing under a sabot, but saw no difference in the group. My Encore shoots about a 1" group at 100 yards, with or without them. When I first got the rifle, I tried about every kind of sabot and load that I could find, with every little trick, and I found that the rifle performs the best with an MMP black sabot with a 44 magnum Hornady Pistol bullet, at 240 grains, shooting 90 grains of loose 777, ignited by a Winchester 777 primer. I put 40 lbs of pressure on the rod, spit clean after every shot, and still get a flyer about one out of every 15 or 20 shots.

There is a good possibility that the flyer could be ME.

March 16, 2009, 11:16 AM	#16
Wild Bill Bucks Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2005 Location: Southeastern Oklahoma, Next door to Sasquatch Posts: 1,266	I tried the felt thing under a sabot, but saw no difference in the group. My Encore shoots about a 1" group at 100 yards, with or without them. When I first got the rifle, I tried about every kind of sabot and load that I could find, with every little trick, and I found that the rifle performs the best with an MMP black sabot with a 44 magnum Hornady Pistol bullet, at 240 grains, shooting 90 grains of loose 777, ignited by a Winchester 777 primer. I put 40 lbs of pressure on the rod, spit clean after every shot, and still get a flyer about one out of every 15 or 20 shots. There is a good possibility that the flyer could be ME.