.177 slug shooters - nsa 15's? ( vs jsb ko's @13.43 which are REALLY good )

[jdanvers]

I've been shooting the jsb ko's in 13.43 in my RTI Prophet Performance for a couple of months now and the thing is deadly with them. Accurate, hard hitting ( sometimes hilariously loud "thwack" when it hits starlings and/or pigeons ) - I've no complaints with them. They're going about 980-985'ish fps. I'm down to a couple of tins left . . . I either need to re-stock *OR* . . . . try something a little heavier / beefier like the nsa 15's??? (( or do I? ))

Those of you shooting .177 slugs - opinions on the nsa 15's ( or some other brand that is heavier than the ko's? ) - OR - just stick to what I know works and leave it be? The wind does still move them around some ... yeah I know - .177 - small & light - what do you expect? ;-) Thus - sort of toying with possibly playing with something a little heavier.

 

[Cannonball]

Did you see where H&N is now making the Slug HP in .177? They are doing 13, 16 and 20 grain. Link below.

H&N Slug HP now in .177

We are happy to finally be able to announce a new product for friends of the .177 caliber: The H&N Slug HP .177 The new slug expands the caliber range of H&N slugs (now .177, .22 and .25) and is designed for long-distance hunting and target shooting with high-performance airguns. We only...

www.airgunnation.com

 

[FelixS]

Try the Zan slugs; I had good results with the 16 gr. They compared well to the JSB KO 13.43s and hit harder, but, those KOs are still my favs. I'll have to shoot the Zans more to see if it's the tune. Anxious to try the H&Ns as well.

 

[SorenDrost]

ZAN slugs in 16 gr are very accurate out of my Daystate .177 rifles and also my RTI Prophet Performance .177

 

[jdanvers]

Good stuff - thanks guys.

@SorenDrost - would it be ok for me to inquirer what your reg and speed settings are for the prophet with these - ie; reg @160, and 960 fps for example - just so I could have something to start out with as a reference if I pick some up to test.

Oh -- @Cannonball - yeah - those H&N's look nice. They don't appear to be readily available anyplace just yet though. I shoot them in my .25 RTI @34g and they are deadly accurate.

 

[SorenDrost]

Good stuff - thanks guys.

@SorenDrost - would it be ok for me to inquirer what your reg and speed settings are for the prophet with these - ie; reg @160, and 960 fps for example - just so I could have something to start out with as a reference if I pick some up to test.

Regulator at 155 bar and shooting the ZAN 16 gr slugs at 920 FPS

 

[jdanvers]

TY!

 

[jdanvers]

Guys -- so the RTI's .177 barrel isn't very long @500'ish mm ( I think ). Gerhard ( the South African guy ) was shooting the new H&N 20's out of his FX but he also has a 700mm barrel in that thing. The H&N's don't even appear to be available yet so . . . looking around I came across ( remembered actually ) about the guy(s?) @griffin and thought - why not? I'm just experimenting anyway - I'm happy with the 13.4 JSB KO's - so what have I got to lose? I ordered up two bags ( 120 count per bag ) of Griffin's 16g and 18g slugs - these ones.

The 18's are *awesome*. I'm chucking them @910-915 fps and they are dead nuts accurate out in my back yard from 10 - 70 yards. 70 is as far as I can go @home. 33 ft/lbs - and accurate - out of a .177. Nice. I'm getting a decent 60-70 shots out of it too.

The 16's on the other hand - weirdly - they were *horrible*. Shotgun city. Its weird how such a seemingly small difference in ammo can make such a huge difference in performance in a given barrel.

Anyway - picture below is my RTI .177 slugger after just having finished up ranging it out in the back yard.