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VLD 6.5, saboted up to 7 feasible, or even possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="Max Heat" data-source="post: 636168" data-attributes="member: 43153"><p>Well, obviously .284 is the lowest caliber that Remington has determined to be feasible, for a 100gr case (like that's not already way overbore?). If THEY didn't take it down to .257, I trust that there is good reason. If they, or any major (non-wildcat) name did offer it, I'm sure I'd be buying one. </p><p></p><p>But even so, most of the possible gains that I had mentioned would not be possible without the sabot. I believe the primary reason that saboted bullets are not very popular, is because accuracy is forefitted, due to a greater amount of wobble within the barrel. But for a long bullet that is close to the caliber of bore that it is being shot out of, both the thinness of the sabot, as well as the long length of sabot, should contribute greatly to improving the accuracy.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how high the rifling lands are in the bore, but picture this:</p><p></p><p>A bullet that JUST fits inside of the rifling lands (to help prevent wobble), with a plastic (exactly what type of plastic, I'm not sure) "jacket" over the copper, being very thick, on the backside, and looking very much like a plastic shotgun wad. When fired, the rifling lands would be what cut the thin sides of the plastic sabot, so that it would open up like the petals of a flower, immediately upon exiting the barrel. The resulting projectile would have a better SD & thereby BC, and be completely smooth around it's diameter, thereby creating no turbulence from the rifling slots, resulting in the gains that I had mentioned.</p><p></p><p>Does this make sense to anybody?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Max Heat, post: 636168, member: 43153"] Well, obviously .284 is the lowest caliber that Remington has determined to be feasible, for a 100gr case (like that's not already way overbore?). If THEY didn't take it down to .257, I trust that there is good reason. If they, or any major (non-wildcat) name did offer it, I'm sure I'd be buying one. But even so, most of the possible gains that I had mentioned would not be possible without the sabot. I believe the primary reason that saboted bullets are not very popular, is because accuracy is forefitted, due to a greater amount of wobble within the barrel. But for a long bullet that is close to the caliber of bore that it is being shot out of, both the thinness of the sabot, as well as the long length of sabot, should contribute greatly to improving the accuracy. I don't know how high the rifling lands are in the bore, but picture this: A bullet that JUST fits inside of the rifling lands (to help prevent wobble), with a plastic (exactly what type of plastic, I'm not sure) "jacket" over the copper, being very thick, on the backside, and looking very much like a plastic shotgun wad. When fired, the rifling lands would be what cut the thin sides of the plastic sabot, so that it would open up like the petals of a flower, immediately upon exiting the barrel. The resulting projectile would have a better SD & thereby BC, and be completely smooth around it's diameter, thereby creating no turbulence from the rifling slots, resulting in the gains that I had mentioned. Does this make sense to anybody? [/QUOTE]
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