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<blockquote data-quote="WRG" data-source="post: 323903" data-attributes="member: 13638"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">After incorporating all of Mike Bellm's accurizing products for the Encore and finishing all the testing the results are a success. 110 grains of Blackhorn 209 by volume and then scaled for consistency, Barnes 250 grain TMZ and Harvester crushed rib "yellow" high pressure sabot "made for boat tailed bullets" and the Winchester 209 primer. My rifle will cut the same hole at 100 yards and shoot a 1.5" group consistently at 200 yards. I fire two fouling rounds and then shoot for groups. The reason for the fouling rounds is, as with most rifles the point of impact changes after the first round from a cold clean barrel. I want to insure my follow-up shot "if needed" is the same as the first so this is where I have it zeroed and I will hunt with it this way. I will give it a thorough cleaning when the season ends. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">I now have over 200 rounds through this rifle and I am very satisfied with the out come. The toughest part of all the testing was finding a sabot that would consistently drop of the bullet correctly. The Harvester sabot is the best there is hands down. It drops of at around 8-9 yards from the barrel and opens up the same way each and every time. The second best sabot was the Barnes that comes with their bullet but from time to time, the sabot would have a pedal that was bent more or less than the others. This showed up on the target as a "flier". I cannot have that! It also would hang on to the bullet for about 20 yards before dropping off. To long for me! All other sabots are just plain junk! T/C shockwaves sabots are the worst of the worst and I would find them anywhere from 30-40 yards down range. The longer the sabot hangs on to the bullet in flight, the longer it takes the bullet to stabilize and that affects accuracy. The use of a "spin Jag" for starting the bullet down the muzzle and then using it to push the bullet down to the charge is the only way it should be done if any kind of accuracy is expected. If one is not used the sabot is pushed straight down the barrel and is scorn by the rifling, the proper pressure is not achieved, and this also has an effect on accuracy. By allowing, the sabot to spin down the barrel the sabot is now grooved the same as the rifling and you cannot get any better than that!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>WRG</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WRG, post: 323903, member: 13638"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]After incorporating all of Mike Bellm's accurizing products for the Encore and finishing all the testing the results are a success. 110 grains of Blackhorn 209 by volume and then scaled for consistency, Barnes 250 grain TMZ and Harvester crushed rib "yellow" high pressure sabot "made for boat tailed bullets” and the Winchester 209 primer. My rifle will cut the same hole at 100 yards and shoot a 1.5" group consistently at 200 yards. I fire two fouling rounds and then shoot for groups. The reason for the fouling rounds is, as with most rifles the point of impact changes after the first round from a cold clean barrel. I want to insure my follow-up shot "if needed" is the same as the first so this is where I have it zeroed and I will hunt with it this way. I will give it a thorough cleaning when the season ends. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]I now have over 200 rounds through this rifle and I am very satisfied with the out come. The toughest part of all the testing was finding a sabot that would consistently drop of the bullet correctly. The Harvester sabot is the best there is hands down. It drops of at around 8-9 yards from the barrel and opens up the same way each and every time. The second best sabot was the Barnes that comes with their bullet but from time to time, the sabot would have a pedal that was bent more or less than the others. This showed up on the target as a "flier". I cannot have that! It also would hang on to the bullet for about 20 yards before dropping off. To long for me! All other sabots are just plain junk! T/C shockwaves sabots are the worst of the worst and I would find them anywhere from 30-40 yards down range. The longer the sabot hangs on to the bullet in flight, the longer it takes the bullet to stabilize and that affects accuracy. The use of a "spin Jag" for starting the bullet down the muzzle and then using it to push the bullet down to the charge is the only way it should be done if any kind of accuracy is expected. If one is not used the sabot is pushed straight down the barrel and is scorn by the rifling, the proper pressure is not achieved, and this also has an effect on accuracy. By allowing, the sabot to spin down the barrel the sabot is now grooved the same as the rifling and you cannot get any better than that![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] WRG [/QUOTE]
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