Accelerator rounds

[criticalbass]

I just posted a want-to-buy for some 30-30 Accelerator rounds. A friend of mine swears they were tack driving accurate in his old 30-30, but everything I see on the internet seems to indicate otherwise. He's a one gun kind of a guy, and has a stack of nice antlers to prove that if you use it right, the 30-30 will get the job done. I hope I can find him some of these rounds. I have recommended that he try some of the Hornady Leverevolution rounds.

Anybody got experience with Accelerators? I never tried reloading any of them since I have a few .22 caliber rifles with big 'ole brass and can get hyper velocities withoug the sabot approach.

 

[Okie4570]

I bought 300 .30/.22 sabots at a gun show last spring and have yet to do anything with them. Got a full box of factory .308 accelerators, just keep them for a conversation piece.

 

[dennishoddy]

I bought 300 .30/.22 sabots at a gun show last spring and have yet to do anything with them. Got a full box of factory .308 accelerators, just keep them for a conversation piece.

I'd like to score some of those sabot's. Make for some fun reloads to experiment with.
Was there a place they can be ordered?

I shot quite of few of the 06 Accelerators, and they were still for sale in the Remington inventory until two years ago.
I loved them for the lack of recoil, and the speed, but they didn't perform well at longer ranges in my rifle anyway.

Thinking some Barnes copper in the higher weight high BC might shoot better in my gun?

 

[Okie4570]

I'll send some your way, I picked them up at a Super Daves gun show in Claremore. A guy had several packages scattered on a table, cheap, so I took them all. Not sure on the bullet seating procedure, haven't researched it yet.

 

[Okie4570]

Sabot's and seater die here. http://www.eabco.com/remington-accelerator-sabots.html

 

[dennishoddy]

Thanks! I'll send you some $$ to reimburse your expenses.
I'm not sure on seating them either, but I'm sure between us, or somebody that has been down this road, it can be solved.

 

[doctorjj]

I might have some 50 BMG SLAP rounds. 360 grains of tungsten at 4000 fps is pretty cool.

 

[okietom]

I bet you could load cast lead .22 bullets in sabots and not have to worry about leading the barrel.

 

[victor3ranger]

Hmmm, now that I haven't thought about.

I only have 100 of these things but I was wanting to get at least that many more, Okietom, how many of yours come in a bag? Send me a pm if you are interested in selling a bag of them.

From the research I have done of them it says a boat tail bullet works best, so I am wanting to try out some of the 62g FMJ's in a 308 to see how they work. I took 3 of the sabots and seated the bullets the other day just to see how easy it was, and it was easy, now just have to seat the sabot into some laods and check things out.

 

[dennishoddy]

Sabot's and seater die here. http://www.eabco.com/remington-accelerator-sabots.html

Cool. I'll order the starter kit. Cheap fun here!
Just thinking I can not only load for the 06, I can also make a varminter with my Arisaka that has been sporterized, and rebarreled to .300 Savage.