Sabot thickness or alternative

[da new guy]

In my other post I was shooting multiple sabot/bullet combinations to see what would load easily in my father's Omega. In doing so I was trying the 290gr. Barnes T-EZ flat base in the supplied sabot. This loaded a little tougher than I would have liked. I then tried the same bullet with a black crushed rib sabot and I felt it went down too easily... here is my question..would there be a sabot thickness between the blue EZ load sabot and a blach Crushed rib sabot? I am partial to Barnes and would like to find a proper fitting sabot...

 

[sdporter]

How do they shoot? Who cares about how “tight” it is. As long as it is snug going down so it doesn’t slip off the powder and shoots well.

 

[Sideshow]

In my other post I was shooting multiple sabot/bullet combinations to see what would load easily in my father's Omega. In doing so I was trying the 290gr. Barnes T-EZ flat base in the supplied sabot. This loaded a little tougher than I would have liked. I then tried the same bullet with a black crushed rib sabot and I felt it went down too easily... here is my question..would there be a sabot thickness between the blue EZ load sabot and a blach Crushed rib sabot? I am partial to Barnes and would like to find a proper fitting sabot...

This is where knowing your barrels dimmensions and knowing the sabot + bullet dimmentions comes into focus . If you knew that you wouldnt HAVE to ask !!! .002 to .004 is a good fit . Right now if you dont know that the crush rib loads much easier youre lost . You have no peace . Id fix that if i were you . You could throw your WALLET at it some more and buy the red crush ribs or both high perf mmps and still know nothing . Tryin to teach you something here that you wont forget . Feel any smarter ??? Im being an ass right now to prove a point . Small hole guages and even just a caliper sound good yet ??? And even if you do just shoot it , the acid test , wouldnt it be nice to know ??? Without the tools its kinda hard to be positive to know how to "tune" your sabot for this or ANY mz . Its also tough to say.exactly Which sabot to try next in all honesty and Why to choose That one . The more you know the better off you are . Informed choices are always Best . I do apologize for being a little tough but what i said is true and once done like this nobody can tell you different !!! If you got 8 lands in that barrel and four petals on a sabot put two lands per petal too if you want consistant accuracy . Line it up !!!

 

[LarryBud]

If you're set on the 290( which is a fine bullet ), buy the Harvester short smooth black( < 300 grains ), long smooth black ( > 300 grains ) and Crushed Ribs. It's very likely one of the three will get the job done.

 

[GM54-120]

The blue sabots that come with some Barnes are just a MMP HPH-24 sabot dyed blue. When it comes to solid copper bullets ive had much better luck tighter.