30cal/223 sabots

FM12 · February 28, 2007, 12:21 PM

Anyone with experience with this combo? Good, bad, dos/donts? Bought mine for 30'06.

publius · February 28, 2007, 03:21 PM

I bought a box of the Rem 30-06 accelerators about 20 years ago. shot a few on paper, not very good at 100 yds. found a few of them in my garage a few months ago. Went hog hunting in texas and took a couple of accelerators in my pocket. 12 small piglets came to the feeder at about 40yds. took out my chambered Barnes x and put in the little accelerator. Dropped a 50 lb pig with a lung shot.

Poodleshooter · February 28, 2007, 04:46 PM

Reloaded many of them in .308.
They're easy to reload for as it's difficult to overcharge the case using any standard powder for normal .308 loads.
On paper they were dismal. They stabilized and didn't keyhole,but showed signs of being borderline (big dinnerplate sized groups).
The fireball on those loads is certainly neat.

Crosshair · March 1, 2007, 01:31 AM

What weight bullet did you use Poodleshooter?

3006mv · March 1, 2007, 11:32 AM

I've loaded them in .30-.30 and .30-06 it has been a while, you may do a search for accelerator loads and find something, I've never shot anything beyond 75 yards with one, coyotes mostly.

Yankee Doodle · March 1, 2007, 12:32 PM

Poodleshooter +1
Firing from a .308 with known accuracy of 1/4 MOA, best I could get them to do was "Minute of Barn Door" All bullet weights were about the same. I can't think of any real use for them except to make noise.

Poodleshooter · March 5, 2007, 03:58 PM

55gr FMJs
They would probably suck with all bullet weights,though I would imagine best luck would be obtained with the shortest bullet possible in order to maximize stability.

Picher · March 5, 2007, 04:37 PM

I also bought a box of '06 Accelerators when they came out. They grouped around 1", but in my free-floated Savage, printed about 6" lower than my normal hunting loads, so I didn't use them.

One day, though, I shot one at a full soup can and the noodles were disintegrated. Pieces of the can were no larger than 1". It was quite a show!!

One woodchuck was killed, but the results were no better than with the 125 grain Sierra handloads I was using. I think the 125s were ahead of 53 grains of IMR 4064 (that was about 40 years ago, so my memory might be off).

Picher

February 28, 2007, 12:21 PM	#1
FM12 Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2007 Location: Monroeville, Alabama Posts: 1,683	30cal/223 sabots Anyone with experience with this combo? Good, bad, dos/donts? Bought mine for 30'06.

March 1, 2007, 01:31 AM	#4
Crosshair Senior Member Join Date: December 16, 2004 Location: Grand Forks, ND Posts: 5,333	What weight bullet did you use Poodleshooter? __________________ I don't carry a gun to go looking for trouble, I carry a gun in case trouble finds me.

February 28, 2007, 03:21 PM	#2
publius Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2005 Location: Mississippi/Texas Posts: 2,505	I bought a box of the Rem 30-06 accelerators about 20 years ago. shot a few on paper, not very good at 100 yds. found a few of them in my garage a few months ago. Went hog hunting in texas and took a couple of accelerators in my pocket. 12 small piglets came to the feeder at about 40yds. took out my chambered Barnes x and put in the little accelerator. Dropped a 50 lb pig with a lung shot.

February 28, 2007, 04:46 PM	#3
Poodleshooter Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2000 Location: Floating down the James River in VA Posts: 2,599	Reloaded many of them in .308. They're easy to reload for as it's difficult to overcharge the case using any standard powder for normal .308 loads. On paper they were dismal. They stabilized and didn't keyhole,but showed signs of being borderline (big dinnerplate sized groups). The fireball on those loads is certainly neat.

March 1, 2007, 11:32 AM	#5
3006mv Member Join Date: January 5, 2006 Posts: 60	I've loaded them in .30-.30 and .30-06 it has been a while, you may do a search for accelerator loads and find something, I've never shot anything beyond 75 yards with one, coyotes mostly.

March 1, 2007, 12:32 PM	#6
Yankee Doodle Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2004 Posts: 619	Poodleshooter +1 Firing from a .308 with known accuracy of 1/4 MOA, best I could get them to do was "Minute of Barn Door" All bullet weights were about the same. I can't think of any real use for them except to make noise.

March 5, 2007, 03:58 PM	#7
Poodleshooter Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2000 Location: Floating down the James River in VA Posts: 2,599	55gr FMJs They would probably suck with all bullet weights,though I would imagine best luck would be obtained with the shortest bullet possible in order to maximize stability.

March 5, 2007, 04:37 PM	#8
Picher Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 3,701	I also bought a box of '06 Accelerators when they came out. They grouped around 1", but in my free-floated Savage, printed about 6" lower than my normal hunting loads, so I didn't use them. One day, though, I shot one at a full soup can and the noodles were disintegrated. Pieces of the can were no larger than 1". It was quite a show!! One woodchuck was killed, but the results were no better than with the 125 grain Sierra handloads I was using. I think the 125s were ahead of 53 grains of IMR 4064 (that was about 40 years ago, so my memory might be off). Picher