Hollow points or solids in a sabot

[nealglen37]

When you guys use a sabot have you found that hollow points or solid points are more accurate around 100 yards..............................as a side note how do buffalo bullets 385 grain hollow points work at 100 yards?

Thanks

[simonkenton]

It depends. I get a little better accuracy with the hollow point xtp than I do with the sold sst. In other cases, a solid may be more accurate than the hollow point.

[SHOOTALL]

HP for me ! in a TC encore , 45 cal in a 50 the 44 cal did not work as well for me !

[Semisane]

At my last range session, I got exactly the same accuracy with 300 grain Hornady XTP hollow points as I did with Sierra 300 grain jacketed soft points (which have a flat lead nose). 

The load was 100 grains Triple 7 with a Harvester crush rib sabot.

A fifty-yard five shot group of the Hornadys measured 1 5/8" center to center and chronographed at 1747 fps (average for 5 shots).

A fifty-yard five shot group of the Sierras also measured 1 5/8" and chronographed at 1737 fps.

A fifty-yard five shot group of 250 grain Speer Gold Dot hollow points measured 2 1/8" and chronographed at 1850 fps.

[Blammer]

In both of my MZ's (50 cal) HP and solids work at the same accuracy level.

I like the buffalo bullets and have had good luck with accuracy with them.

[Biff Mayhem]

Hollow-points are much more popular for sabot use.

Conicals like the Buffalo 385s must be tested by the ML owner - when dealing with a fast twist sabot gun. Many shooters had more success with conicals over 400 grains in fast twist rifles.