Greetings, here 20 ga lover's looking for 20 ga Non discarding sabots look here:
you got three choices of slugs ranging from 450 gr on left to 440 gr in the middle to 285-290 gr RB, all '575" in diameter!
If you were to try them be sure to call Circle Fly and order a bunch of .125-28 ga nitro cards from them for the above loads!
Wondering how do I cut my wads:
Here are your choices, the same .575" bullet 20 ga will also fit a 12 with a little bit extra work like this:
and here is your final 12 ga one piece non discarding Home made Sabot that you can proudly say " I made it "
Just to get you started in 20 ga:
Try using Fiocchi hulls as they are known to show pressure signs early on,
For 440/450 gr bullet in Sabot use CCI 209M primer and start at 33 gr of A. Steel and gradually come up 1/2 gr at a time, while watching for pressure signs like Ext. marks, flattened primer or hulls sticking in the chamber etc
Or 26.5 gr of HS-6 and gradually come up 1/2 gr at a time, while watching for pressure signs
Or 33 gr of Blue Dot and gradually come up 1/2 gr at a time while watching for pressure signs
Or 24 gr of LongShot and come up gradually 1/2 gr at a time while watching for pressure signs
******* For 285 to 290 RB load you could try 25 gr of WSF for about 1500 fps,
Or 28 gr LongShot for 1600+ fps
Or 34 gr Blue Dot for around 1600 fps
Or 19 gr Bullseye for 1500+fps
Please note the hulls in the picture above are Federal hulls that are made much stronger and do not easily show pressure signs, only at times. You will be better off choosing Fiocchi hulls as we know they are softer and will show pressure signs early on!
When we buy components from different vendors and mix and match the components, while hoping they will match:
Powder seeing is a serious problem but if you were to cut any paper 1 inch square and push it on top of the powder, you can help stop powder seepage!
Learn from my bad experience and mistakes, protect your hearing with good ear muffs that will block outside noise,
try this put your ear muffs on at home, now play very loud music and if you still do not hear your music, your ear muffs are Ok,
another test is clap your hands and you should not hear the clapping sound at all!
My mistake, I fell for nicer looking ear muffs that cost 4 times more and they were not good and failed to protect my hearing! !
Please use caution and common sense and fire them in a well made modern shotgun and not in a paper thin barrel and at your own risk.
Trust but verify for your safety comes first.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Ajay
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