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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
VLD 6.5, saboted up to 7 feasible, or even possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="backwoods83" data-source="post: 636889" data-attributes="member: 29890"><p>7mm= .284", 6.5mm= .264" with the 7 having .276" grooves and the 6.5 having .256" grooves, that means putting a sabot of atleast .022" to have any crush effect on the sabot, and a piece of plastic hard enough to withstand that kind of pressure would get squeezed hard enough to engrave the bullet as well so your back at square one. If it is thin enough just to graze the lands then the sabot will be spinning and the bullet will not, and with that said the stability factor would be non exsistent. Sorry, better go back to the drawing board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backwoods83, post: 636889, member: 29890"] 7mm= .284", 6.5mm= .264" with the 7 having .276" grooves and the 6.5 having .256" grooves, that means putting a sabot of atleast .022" to have any crush effect on the sabot, and a piece of plastic hard enough to withstand that kind of pressure would get squeezed hard enough to engrave the bullet as well so your back at square one. If it is thin enough just to graze the lands then the sabot will be spinning and the bullet will not, and with that said the stability factor would be non exsistent. Sorry, better go back to the drawing board. [/QUOTE]
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