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Does anyone lube sabots?


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when I first got my traditions lightning I had a hard time loAding and was told to use wonder lube to season the barrel and lube the sabots. I also shot the hornadys and I lubed them with the wonder lube and it worked fine but once I had the barrel seasoned I didnt need to lube them.

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I do. My TC Omega bore is pretty tight so I switched to the thinner sabots that have been posted before. I also put just a little bit of T/C bore butter on them. They slip down quite easily. I've done this with both 300 grain XTP's and 250 grain Barnes Copper's.

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i use wonder lube patches when i clean my gun. a little tub of round yellow, lubed patches. seems to make a hell of a difference when it comes time to load the muzzy, even after firing half a dozen shots through it, but then again, i use blackhorn 209 loose powder, which burns way cleaner than any pellet i've used, and i LOVE it!!

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I unloaded last night. Cleaned up everything real well and put a little bore butter on my sabot when I reloaded last night. It did seem to load a tad better than before. Maybe I will get some of those lubed patches after cleaning and in between shots.

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I use the 250 grain XTPs ).452) with the black CR sabots too. Haven't needed the lube as they load firm but I dont have to stand on the rod to load. I get good groups with that setup and Pinnacle 3F or Blackhorn.

I busted my range rod last year too.

One thing that helps with the regular rod is to use one one the folding power handles that screw in to the end of the rod. Thompson also makes a power rod with the handle but there is a screw in handle for your existing rod which work fine but I don't remember who makes it. That way you are pushing on a handle vs the quarter inch round rod. With the handle, there isn't a need for the range rod. Cabelas sells the screw in handle and it doesn't cost much.

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