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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: HoofsandWings on February 21, 2009, 07:24:35 AM

Title: sabot trivia
Post by: HoofsandWings on February 21, 2009, 07:24:35 AM: According to the book I am reading:
Sabot is pronounced "sah-bow" not "sah-butt". Apparently it is a term the French used for wooden shoes worn by peasants. Now the word means bushing.
Title: Re: sabot trivia
Post by: mrgoodwrench on February 24, 2009, 09:01:55 PM: Thats what the gun nuts at work tell me.....but you sound like a Frenchy saying it that way.....shoot powerbelts and you don't have to worry about it=)
Title: Re: sabot trivia
Post by: bobcat on February 26, 2009, 04:41:06 PM: Yes I know that but often I will just say it the wrong way otherwise people look at me funny and don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Kind of like when you pronounce "Leupold" the correct way. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: sabot trivia
Post by: HoofsandWings on February 27, 2009, 06:00:09 AM: Oh I agree. For 30 years I called my pre-64 Sako rifle, "sayko", but now I am told it should be "socko".
Needless to say, I can not rename it after a pair of socks.
Title: Re: sabot trivia
Post by: shag on March 01, 2009, 04:30:19 PM: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sabot