Slugs behavior, any one have an explanation?

Vetmx said:

I can understand the 13 and 25gr pellets not shooting well. But the 18 grain pellets should have done well. If you tried them in the 850 to 930fps range and they sucked, then you definitely have a gun problem. I had a .25 Krait and it shot several pellets pretty good. But it shot only one pellet great. I would think the 18.1 would have the best chance of being the great pellet. You needing hammer weight is another thing that baffles me. How come nobody else needs it to shoot over 135b? I had no trouble cracking the valve with my Krait at 140b and had plenty of hammer spring left to go. Maybe you just got a bum gun. I know I did. Got rid of it.

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Yup the 18s are the best and i had no doubt that it would shoot them accuratly, but what a curved ball! my chinese springer, Airforce condor "factory" and "Airforce home made" shot all of these pellets wonderfully! i was shocked when i used them in the Krait and it sucked big time! i even tried them on even shorter distance about 16yrds and couldn't manage to land them in the same hole! it boggeled me a lot! and about the hammer, even the dealer was telling me if i crancked the spring all the way in, the speeds will drop and 150b is the max pressure i could run it on! i was stupid to not walk away from it at that time! but "the stupid me" was like " i can do it and make this gun shoots like a champ! well! it came back to bite me!

and to tell you the truth, it kept me in circles trying to figure it out! so, for now with hammer mod i'm so pleased with it, cuz i cracked one issue and have the speeds going solid like that.

one down for now! and i'm going after the rest!

also, on the other hand i can't sell it as is! i won't do it for anyone .. if i couldn't fix it, i might transform it to be a spear gun!

i have those barrel blanks laying around. so they might be the answer for my prayers!