Cheapest sabot slugs?
- Thread starter Spearhunter
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anyone?I gave up on looking for sabot slugs as in the small comunities around me they only carry foster riffled slugs, even in the bigger cities foster slugs are what is carried. These usually go for $5.50 to $7.99 a box of 5. Walmart and Canadian tire are where I can find them most times, the outdoor place close to me just doesn't seem to have them in stock very often as they only order vey few. Winchester powerpoint and Remington slugger are what I have been buying.
Brutus
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I think you already found the cheapest sabot slugs on the market.
I have some Winchester Supreme Gold & Platinum sabot slugs, and they cost me $14.99, two years ago.
(.45 calibre, 260 grain nosler bullet in a 20 gauge shell)
I am unsure what Remington Copper Solids, or Sluggers cost, but I bet they are closer in price, to what I paid out.
I think everybody except Brutus missed the word "Sabot".
Cheapest I have found are at Cabela's.ca.
Don't buy the Remington - they are through the roof but if I remember they have Winchester and either Federal or Hornady for about $13.00 for 5.
Cheapest I have found are at Cabela's.ca.
Don't buy the Remington - they are through the roof but if I remember they have Winchester and either Federal or Hornady for about $13.00 for 5.
I was about to point that out. SABOTs 
And yes, I need to zero my scope first before I pick the actual ammo I will use so I figured the cheapest of the lot should do.
Here's what I have found around TO and how much they are going to cost me. I was hoping there would be others. I wonder if I can shoot non-rifled slugs (if there is such a thing) in lieu of sabot slugs just to zero? Folks shooting slugs only should be happy.
Winchester BRI 2 3/4" $9.99
Federal Fusion 2 3/4" $12.99
Federal Fusion 3" $13.99
Remington Premier copper Solid 2 3/4" & 3" $14.99
Federal Premium Barnes Expander Vital Shok 2 3/4" $14.99
Hornady 300g SST $15.99
Winchester Partition Gold 2 3/4" $16.99
Winchester Supreme Partition Gold $19.99
And yes, I need to zero my scope first before I pick the actual ammo I will use so I figured the cheapest of the lot should do.Here's what I have found around TO and how much they are going to cost me. I was hoping there would be others. I wonder if I can shoot non-rifled slugs (if there is such a thing) in lieu of sabot slugs just to zero? Folks shooting slugs only should be happy.
Winchester BRI 2 3/4" $9.99
Federal Fusion 2 3/4" $12.99
Federal Fusion 3" $13.99
Remington Premier copper Solid 2 3/4" & 3" $14.99
Federal Premium Barnes Expander Vital Shok 2 3/4" $14.99
Hornady 300g SST $15.99
Winchester Partition Gold 2 3/4" $16.99
Winchester Supreme Partition Gold $19.99
Perhaps. It is unlikely that one can reliably predict whether that part of the process will take so many rounds that there will be a significant saving, and it is entirely possible that there will be some of the cheap ammo left over. My secondhand boresighter cost me $50 with a good variety of arbors for rifle calibres. Adding a 12ga arbor for it cost me a little more than a five round box of sabot slug ammo.
Negative. Unless the B.C. and muzzle velocities are similar, then the P.O.I. can vary greatly. Thus, shooting some cheap slugs first would infact result only in a lighter wallet and a bigger bruise on your shoulder.
As was said already, the cheapest to zero with will be what you are going to hunt with. Shoot one at 25 yards and adjust. That will get you on the paper at your zeroing distance. Remember to shoot a group at your zero instead of just 1 and adjust...1 and adjust. I know it hurts to watch the $5 bills fly downrange at paper, but it's the only meaningful way to zero. You should count on shooting at least 1 box, if not 2 boxes to also verify your trajectory at different distances.
You'd be surprised. We saw some significant differences last fall between the Remington Copper Solids and the Core Lokt. You can also print the sabot in addition to the slug at 25 yards, which is something we hadn't thought about. One shot and 2 holes can cause some pretty confused faces! Sometimes the sabot will print on paper at 50 yards too, but not usually.
Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Confirm this then....
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The truth may confirm or disprove, your gut feeling.
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- Central Alberta
I found that in my area (Central Alberta), the cheapest sabot slugs available were the Federal 1 oz hollow point cast @ $15 and change, and I ended up paying $23 and change for the Winchester Platinum tips. RIPOFF!!!!!! So, I basically figured that an average of $4 a round (25 rds cost me about $100) is too much, invested in both the Lyman mould as well as the Lee drive key slug, and those ripoff artists (Federal and Winchester) can now suck me dry and call me dusty!
if your shooting a 12 gauge and dont want to waste a long time or money i suggest you purchase a bore sighter from cabelas they only have it in 12 gauge but works very well it puts you on paper and then you fine tune with what you will use to shoot regularly, you will have to buy the bore sighter and the proper sleeve. https://www.cabelas.ca/index.cfm?pageid=79&SrchSection=0&SrchValue=boresighter
cheapest I seen was $16.99 for Hornday SST's on sale. They were 14.99 last year. Now like 19.99.
most expensive is the Federal Barnes V-shok sabot I think they are called. $24.99 a box of 5.
suppostly all sabots are going up again next year. I got 10 boxes of SST's, few rem accu-tips and some old partition golds that shoot pretty good as well. I'm going to keep buying SST's when I see them for 16.99 a box.
most expensive is the Federal Barnes V-shok sabot I think they are called. $24.99 a box of 5.
suppostly all sabots are going up again next year. I got 10 boxes of SST's, few rem accu-tips and some old partition golds that shoot pretty good as well. I'm going to keep buying SST's when I see them for 16.99 a box.
