hello all,
i have a quick question.
are sabots legal in australia ?

here is a link explaining them and how they work. (mods please delete if i am not allowed to put links in forum.)

http://www.loadammo.com/Topics/March02.htm

thanks.

I would say yes,Have seen them forsale on Ebay australia.Have also seen them forsale in a shop before.But have heard they arent legal from one person.So i guess i cant help you buddy.I will try find out for you.Why do you ask?Personally i wouldnt bother with them myself.

The sabot ammo has not performed well in high velocity rifles here in the US. Most of it sold here is in the form of muzzle loader stuff at low velocities. Few folks on the forum have had good luck with it, but the majority found it fairly inaccurate.

the reason i asked is because i have in a ballistic chart where they use sabot rounds in a 30.06 and it made 4000 fps (using a 55gr projectile) compared to the standard 3000 fps.
same thing with the 30.30 win, with the sabot round it made 3400 fps (using a 55gr projectile)compared to the standard 2500 fps.
and the accuracy is unreal.
if they work like they are supposed to you basically have 2 guns in one, one a 55 gr super accurate high velocity round and one standard 150gr heavy projectile round.
these sabot rounds im talking about here are made by remington and are called accellerator" so there is a factory making them.

Yes, Remington makes them, but as faucettb states - most folks find the accuracy isn't there. They usually group about Minute of Barn Door.

They are fast, but that's about it.

Sounds like what you want is a 22/250 with 55gn pills doing 3600fps.I wouldnt bother going for a 55gn varmint round for the 243 or any other crap like it man.

Yep, they are legal here in Australia, have used em before and don't bother, yes they are quick, no they aint accurate. Used them in Rem ammo out of a 308 when they were available 10-15years ago. I would suspect that you would be hard pressed to find a supplier here in Australia as I havent heard or seen them since

thanks for the replies folks, much appreciated.
ah well if you reckon they are inaccurate i wont try them.
its just in the balistics charts i have show them really accurate, 1.7 inches compared to the standard 3.5 inches.
i was gonna handload them using 308 cases and 55 grain 224 projectiles but if you guys reckon they suck i will give it a miss.
thanks again for all the help fellas.