Hatsan 8mm shotgun

Here are some pictures of the shot patterns. I'm not totally happy with the way my first sabots are working and have a couple of ideas to make them better. I will be making some new prototypes and testing them using a lighter wad material and another crimping style. I have 25 more of the first batch of sabots to test also.

Tested again today with a new prototype sabot.

New second generation sabots

 

https://youtu.be/xoyB14l953c

https://youtu.be/8KvqKEFepZQ

Made shots using BB lead shot will be testing on Monday. 

I wonder if one could buy the. 30cal sabots and make it work in a hatsan. they are .310 size so know if that would be to tight in the bore.

Click to expand...

It is bored and polished to 8.1mm that makes it closer to a .32 caliber. The .30 sabots would be to loose.

Tested today with #8 and lead BB shot. A video will be up later.

https://youtu.be/5zCIdrCcyig

Will be testing some new sabots for my 130QE 8mm shotgun mod this weekend. These are the 3rd generation sabots. The second gen ones work okay but I think there's always room for improvements. 

Have shot soup cans, apples, cans of soda etc.... vis targets two rats a squirrel and a starling. And when I'm shooting it on my range it always 25ft or less and wear eye protection

Lead BB shot loads