Remington Accelerators

[Ratdog68]

Anyone remember those puppies? Factory loaded ammunition for: .308, .30-30, .30-06 which were a .223 cal/55 gr. slug with a sabot.

In my .30-06, this round was a 4080 fps load with nearly 2100 lb/ft of energy at the muzzle.

The Feds made Remington drop this loading for the .308 and .30-06... for fear of it being used as a sniper load by civilians. As far as I know, it's still being offered for .30-30.

Guess what I stumbled onto about a year ago when I got to missing this bullet !! (I found one or two SINGLE loads on various auction places... going for $20 per bullet) I've still got at least one whole box of these stashed.

Anyhow... here's what I found, and got myself stocked up with.

http://www.eabco.com/remington-accelerator-sabots.html

 

[histopicker]

I remember these very well. Was working in a gun shop at the time, could not sell them.

 

[pruhdlr]

But yet you could easily buy a 220Swift or a 22-250......makes allot of sense. Anyway.....?.....the feds,always doing the dopey stuff.

Had some in 308 up until about 5 years ago. Sold them for $40 or so per box. IIRC they were extremely inaccurate. I have bought the sabots and different .224" bullets but never got better than 5MOA. Seemed too iffy to get the bullet into the sabot,then the sabot seated in the brass....all square.

Some guys are using sabots to shoot the heavy .308" bullets out of their 50BMG. --- pruhdlr

 

[Ratdog68]

My dad and I killed a LOT of caribou with these. I eventually went with a .22-250 as my caribou gun though. I don't recall groupings that large with mine... I'll find out as I load some up and try 'em out.

 

[histopicker]

I actually might have some of those for the 06 laying around here somewhere. I might have to go a hunting them.

 

[histopicker]

But yet you could easily buy a 220Swift or a 22-250......makes allot of sense. Anyway.....?.....the feds,always doing the dopey stuff.

Had some in 308 up until about 5 years ago. Sold them for $40 or so per box. IIRC they were extremely inaccurate. I have bought the sabots and different .224" bullets but never got better than 5MOA. Seemed too iffy to get the bullet into the sabot,then the sabot seated in the brass....all square.

Some guys are using sabots to shoot the heavy .308" bullets out of their 50BMG. --- pruhdlr

That's why we couldn't sell them. People had a hard time getting minute of whitetail out of them. Interesting concept though.

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

No riffling marks on the bullets so could not trace.

 

[histopicker]

No riffling marks on the bullets so could not trace.

Always thinking like a Lawman. lol

 

[Ratdog68]

No riffling marks on the bullets so could not trace.

Ding-ding-ding !!! We have a winner ! Exactly the first thing I thought when I bought my first box. Different caliber bullet, no rifling on the bullet. The Feds eventually caught on to that concept. Comically, though... the .30-30 was left alone... lord knows... NO one kills anything with those !!! (Where do these people come from????) LOL

 

[histopicker]

Ding-ding-ding !!! We have a winner ! Exactly the first thing I thought when I bought my first box. Different caliber bullet, no rifling on the bullet. The Feds eventually caught on to that concept. Comically, though... the .30-30 was left alone... lord knows... NO one kills anything with those !!! (Where do these people come from????) LOL

College!

 

[Ratdog68]

College!

LOL... and then law school.

 

[ZenArchery]

The Feds are watching now

 

[histopicker]

The Feds are watching now

Just now? But do they understand!