Accelerator rounds

[DFX]

I may load the ones I have in .308.
Just hope I can get minute of coyote at 300 or 400 yds.

 

[ldp4570]

I bet they could be fun in a .30 carbine too.

Remember the sabot is plastic, and would play hell with the gas system on the little carbine. Now if you were shooting them out of a Ruger Blackhawk there shouldn't be any issues.

 

[Okie4570]

Any issues with the sabots as it leaves the cylinder and jumps into the forcing cone?

 

[dennishoddy]

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

Finally got off my arse, and ordered the starter kit, and the neck flaring die.

 

[okietom]

Remember the sabot is plastic, and would play hell with the gas system on the little carbine. Now if you were shooting them out of a Ruger Blackhawk there shouldn't be any issues.

I have one of the Universal carbine copies or clones. It has a provision for rotating the gas piston and making it a "bolt action". If I had problems I could just set it that way until I was done playing and then clean it out.

I bet .22 bullets with sabots in the carbine would be about like that .22 Johnson cartridge that Iver Johnson made or their carbine copies.

 

[okietom]

Hogdon has data for several bottle neck cartridges for Trail Boss that are really low velocity. That could be interesting with a sabot and light bullet.

 

[Hannibal7]

The last accelerator rounds I had were for my 30-06 and they were horrible. Tumble, tumble, tumble... But I might have just gotten a bad box..

 

[Master Carper]

I use to shoot the 30-30 Accelerators out of a Marlin 336 back in the early 80's out to 150 yds. or so, I found them to be superbly accurate, and some of the best turkey loads I ever used...

Now days, I shoot the EABCO sabots in an N.E.F. single shot 30-30. My most accurate load is shooting a 55 gr. Hornady V-Max at just over 3,500 fps.. 3 shot groups stay under an inch at 100 yds. and around 1 1/2" at 200 yds.. It works well on crows and coyotes....

DAVID

 

[Blitzfike]

Dennis, here is another link to the sabots.. I have ordered from these folks and experimented with them.
http://www.polygunbag.com/bullets.html go down to the 30 cal section and find the sabot selection. 500 of them for $40.00 plus $12.95 shipping. I tried them in 30-30, 308, and '06. 30-30 seemed to work best for me.

 

[dennishoddy]

Thanks for the link! I got an email yesterday saying my order had been placed on backorder. Didn't get a date they expected them to be back in stock either.