Thompson Center sabots

[pupchow]

I'd been using the TC Shock Wave bullets, with their Super Glide Sabots (yellow), and a second load was always a bit tough to get seated fully w/o cleaning the "crud ring."

I had to zero a scope, and picked up a box of the TC Mag Express sabot (black). My first shot on the target was with a Super Glide sabot, which do seat easily. The first time. For a subsequent load, I tried the Mag Express sabot, w/o any cleaning beforehand. This took a bit of effort, but it seated a lot easier than the Super Glide sabot ever did in a dirty bore. And, I did it a third time. Not much more effort was required than the second. So now I'm confident that the Mag Express will not be a problem to load, if a follow-up shot is required in the field.

 

[boxerjake77]

ditch the crud ring with pellets, and move on with bh209.

 

[pupchow]

ditch the crud ring with pellets, and move on with bh209.

The pellets are just too convenient. And I've got almost a hundred of them left.

 

[boxerjake77]

The pellets are just too convenient. And I've got almost a hundred of them left.

pre measured charges with a bullet/sabot in a speed loader works for me.

I use either harvester scorpion pt gold in a crushed rib sabot or barnes spitfire tmz sabot. both load like butter, even after multiple shots.

 

[HorizontalHunter]

By a large margin my TC Impact likes the 250g Hornady Lock-N-Load SST Low Drag Sabot. It went down the barrel easier than any of the others I tried and it also grouped the best. This sabot is great. It has a tail that will hold up to 3 50g pellets (trim the tail if you only want to use 2 pellets) and the tail is constructed so the pellets don't slide off of the tail. The bullet, sabot, and pellets go down the barrel as a one piece unit which makes for a terrific field reload.

They will also shoot a ragged hole at 100 yards so when I miss I know that it's my fault.


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