Hmmm, you might be on to something...but how would you make certain that the sabot would shed from the bullet?

Did you use the .40 cal casing as a sabot? I'd like to see more on this....

 

Muzzleloaders use the sabot and Remington had the 30-30 and 30-06 with sabots that utilized 22 cal bullets.

 

you betcha....don't know if they still do....these are old, and for the life of me
I can't remember much about using them...they couldn't have been too impressive
or I wouldn't have any left! I think I just liked hurling heavies...come to think, I still do!

 

I would rather have a tiny touch of lead to remove then a wack of plastic!
I think that when you add in the cost of a plastic sabot it would be a lot cheaper to shoot premium jacketed loads!
Jonathan

 

Roan444,
I use cut down .40 cal brass cases as a jacket, after I cut the .40 case to the proper length, I drop in a 125 gr rnfp .358 lead bullet then run them through a die I modified that swages the case to .429" and crimps the open end of the case to the .358 lead bullet leaving a small portion of the lead nose sticking out, therby making a .44 JSP.
A .40 cal case is so close in diameter to a .44 jacketed bullet that it hardly takes any effort to swag and crimp it, I use an ordinary single stage press to make them.
.40 cal cases seem to be littering just about every range I go to, and plain lead .358 rnfp are about $35 per 500, so it basically costs me about $35 and my time to crank out 500 jacketed .44's.

 

The only reason they invented plastic sabot's for inline muzzleloaders is so folks could use modern jacketed pistol bullets. Generally speaking I see the use of the sabot in small caliber ammo as nothing but a gimmick. The only place where a sabot is useful is in a cannon.