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[RedPaint]

Hello. Brand new to muzzleloading. I have IMR White Hots and TC Shockwave sabots. When I seat the sabot/bullet on the white hots, there appears to be a pocket of dead air between the bottom rim of the plastic sabot and where the actual bullet sits in the sabot. Is this okay? I don’t want to crush the white hots by forcing it too much. Thanks.

 

[RedPaint]

I think it’s the gas check. Does that sound right?

 

[HC]

It’s best to use light pressure to seat the sabot-bullet on top of the pellets. When I used white hots, I swabbed the barrel after each shot to remove the crud ring.

 

[Slingingslugs]

Hello. Brand new to muzzleloading. I have IMR White Hots and TC Shockwave sabots. When I seat the sabot/bullet on the white hots, there appears to be a pocket of dead air between the bottom rim of the plastic sabot and where the actual bullet sits in the sabot. Is this okay? I don’t want to crush the white hots by forcing it too much. Thanks.

Definitely don't crush those pellets. Don't want no inconsistency. White hots are just a hair bit bigger than a hodgdon pellet. They will take a powerbelt right over the top of em nice and snuggly. But not a traditions,tc, or hornady sabot they will respectively fit a hodgdon. The harvester sabots will take either. They have a slightly thinner wall on the gas check. Hope that helps...