Many hunters could be equally effective with handgun bullets teamed with sabots purchased separately. This both saves money and allows for selection of the bullet best suited for the game hunted.

Sabots are streamlined bullets encased in plastic much like bird shot is loaded into a wad. When the round is fired, the slug remains in the plastic casing and spins down the barrel until the ...

Nicknamed the “Silver Bullet,” during Operation Desert Storm ... The M829 round has an electric primer, propellant, sabot projectile, and depleted uranium penetrator with fins and a tracer.

many muzzleloader bullets must be used with a sabot. A sabot is a plastic skirt that holds the bullet in a cup. The sabot is caliber-correct, enabling it to press snug against the bore wall.

In addition to the use of Busters by handgun and lever-action shooters, the bullets, when teamed with plastic sabots of the proper size, could prove valuable to the muzzleloader hunter.

Browning Ammunition has new polymer-tipped sabot slugs for rifled-barreled shotguns capable of lethal performance beyond 150 yards, according to Browning officials. Browning’s new BSX slugs come ...

The current round uses a discarding sabot the shields a sharpened tungsten ... and more ballistically consistent with common, jacketed bullets. Dubbed “aeroshell” projectiles, the Crane ...