30 Carbine / Sabot

[Nestor Rivera]

Has any body out there tried using a plastic sabot with the 30 carbine cartridge I am thinking about trying it and would like to find out if it will work before buying the dies and such.

 

[DIRK]

I haven't tried it myself. I have read several articals. It works and it does boost the velocity quite well. Accuracy is where there is a compromise. You won't improve accuracy of the gun your shooting. At best it will be equal to an average load without sabots. You will probably see accuracy drop off.

 

[hicard]

I tried it once and found that there was not
enough velocity to separate the sabot from the bullet at carbine speeds and dropped the project

 

[Spectre]

Hicard,

That is interesting. Especially since even lower-velocity munitions such as saboted shotguns rounds seem to work fine. Perhaps it was your bullet or sabot design.

 

[hicard]

I know the 30 cal sabots are a lot stiffer than shotgun sabots which make a big difference in the way they react.

hicard

 

[irv]

In my carbine the sabots do not produce enough impulse (pressure time) to actuate the tappet. Accuracy was about like the regular 110 gr.