.22 FX Hybrid Slugs

[Jack_0106]

Shooting a Stoeger XM1 Ranger and picked up two boxes (sleeves?) of .22 caliber 22 grain fx hybrids. Excited to try them this evening but all I have is a 10 meter range at the minute. They stacked 5 slugs into one hole. Hopefully this is a good omen for longer ranges. (more recently I shout them at 40 meters and they clover leafed)

Now, I know slugs need to be pushed fast and I haven’t had a chance to chrony them yet but I’m currently shooting 16 grain FX diabolos at 874fps. 22 grain slugs probably around low 800s…maybe?

Problem is, I shot 3 of them into modelling clay and none of them expanded.

I would have thought ~800fps would be enough to cause expansion.

Any tips or ideas very much appreciated!

18 Grain cuda extreme against 2 of the FX Hybrids

Regards,

Jack

 

[6gun]

Guns either love hybrids or hate them. I'm glad yours likes them. They should expand like crazy if they're stabilized. Take notes of your current tune and see how fast you can send them. The accuracy is nice, maybe shoot a water bottle full of water in front of the clay? I was sending mine a 930 into clay (plumbers putty) and it was blowing the back of the slug out, right side of Pic.

 

[6gun]

Hybrids are relatively expensive, not the most consistent precision slugs I've tried but they win in 3 regards that are related. They're lightly constructed so they're not quite as destructive if they bounce down range, they shoot from almost all pellet barrels I've tried and they expand like crazy on animals and more fluid targets. Try a soda can filled with water, if it explodes they expanded and if there's a hole your mv is too slow. Super scientific.... I know.

 

[Jack_0106]

Guns either love hybrids or hate them. I'm glad yours likes them. They should expand like crazy if they're stabilized. Take notes of your current tune and see how fast you can send them. The accuracy is nice, maybe shoot a water bottle full of water in front of the clay? I was sending mine a 930 into clay (plumbers putty) and it was blowing the back of the slug out, right side of Pic.

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Thanks, yeah I'll set up a couple of 2ltr bottles of water to see if a more fluid target will get them to expand.