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Post by picks on Apr 7, 2011 22:25:05 GMT -5
has anyone tried a orange mmp sabot -.357/45 out of there pac-nor. I have 50 of them and was wondering where to start. I will have .358 hornady ftx bullet's and was wondering what kind of powder to try and how much? thanx Mike
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Post by dave d. on Apr 8, 2011 9:31:10 GMT -5
 picks the problem is your sabot is to thick for caliber. With smokeless velocities the bullet will push thru the bottom of the base which we call drilling. Now if you were using bp subs or a very low pressure load it might work but as far as getting them up to any beneficial speed I would be skeptical.
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Post by lwh723 on Apr 9, 2011 11:14:26 GMT -5
I tried 60grains of H4198 and was drilling sabots. Didn't bother trying anything else.
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Post by lakeplainshunter on Apr 9, 2011 11:30:43 GMT -5
Do you think they would work with the subs like Blackhorn 209? I was thinking about trying that same load as picks in my .45 Knight DISC Elite.
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Post by mountainam on Apr 9, 2011 11:57:03 GMT -5
It works great with subs, but then you can't achieve the velocities that you can using .40 cal slugs. The best I could do using a Hornady .357" 180gr XTP was 2289fps with 140grs FFFG T7. It didn't drill, but some may consider that overloaded. I also used a Hornady .358" 200grSP with a .004" paper patch and the same load would generate 2170fps which is 100fps faster than a .35Rem, but most guys want more speed out of their Pac-Nor. You may want to experiment with some of the slower burning powders like IMR3031 or Hodgdon Benchmark or the new XBR 8208 for powders with a very flat curve to curb drilling.
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picks the problem is your sabot is to thick for caliber. With smokeless velocities the bullet will push thru the bottom of the base which we call drilling. Now if you were using bp subs or a very low pressure load it might work but as far as getting them up to any beneficial speed I would be skeptical. 
