I picked up some Sabot's a couple years ago and tried loading 55 grain and 69 grain sierras .224 bullets. I only tested one powder charge in each just to see if they would even slightly work. The 69 grain actually shot better than the the 55's. As i recall i got about a 4 inch group at 50 yards with the 69 grain hpbt bullets and about an 8 inch group with the 55's.
The 10 twist in my 30-06 was enough to stabilize the 69 gain bullets fine so those are what i will continue to experiment with.
The real problem with loading the sabot is controlling bullet run out, which i'm still sorting out.
Do the current problem getting bullets, primers and powder I'm going to re-visit this and focus on tweaking the load. I'm sitting on 1000 69 grain Sierras but am low on my 30 cal.155 grain Palma bullets and i got cabin fever!
The 10 twist in my 30-06 was enough to stabilize the 69 gain bullets fine so those are what i will continue to experiment with.
The real problem with loading the sabot is controlling bullet run out, which i'm still sorting out.
Do the current problem getting bullets, primers and powder I'm going to re-visit this and focus on tweaking the load. I'm sitting on 1000 69 grain Sierras but am low on my 30 cal.155 grain Palma bullets and i got cabin fever!