I have never in my life been so busy as this summer, which made it near impossible for me to edit shorter pesting sessions. With that said, I put together the majority of pest shots for the summer of 2025. Enjoy!
The FX Maverick VP .30cal has awaken from it's winter slumber! Shooting the 50gr H&N Slug II at 930fps. Video recorded with the ATN X-Sight 5 5-25LRF scope.
I use primarily two types of slugs in my FX Maverick VP .30cal: FX Hybrid Slugs 44.5gr H&N Slug IIs 50gr The Hybrid Slugs almost completely hollow design offers phenomenal expansion as well as a great ballistic profile when used on groundhogs. Here is a recovered Hybrid Slug after a full...
I personally am a huge fan of the Ballistic Calculator. After you chronograph your projectile to get an average velocity over a five round group, put in the other parameters and the Ballistic Coefficient of your ammo, then enable the Ballistic Calculator. With this information, you never have to...
I also own this scope, and many more in the ATN line. The first thing I would ask is are: Which firmware version to you have? Are you using the ABL Laser Rangefinder? Do you have the Ballistic Calculator Feature enabled? The first thing I would do is turn off the Ballistic Calculator. If you...
I have had phenomenal luck with the .30cal FX Hybrid Slugs. The quality was exceptional and looked nothing like those you have shown. I also have had good luck with these in .357cal/9mm. Maybe the manufacture of these in the smaller calibers is causing an issue?