.25 Zans initial ( very quick down & dirty ) test / RTI Prophet w/RPB barrel

[jdanvers]

RTI Prophet Performance 1 - but with a recently purchased RPB barrel in it.

Currently setup shooting 36.2 NSA's @915'ish and shoot's them . . . pretty good. Not bad / not great - I'd like to see tighter grouping.

So . . . I picked up two packages of ZAN's - one 33g and the other 35g. They showed up yesterday, I just got home from work today and weather not to bad - slight breeze, temp low 40's. I made no change to the gun w/respect to hammer or regulator setup - just wanted to see how they'd group at 30yds in my back yard and see if one would reveal itself as "the one" to pursue further for a more thorough evaluation - ie; shoot 'em over a chrony and adjust hammer / reg as needed to see if can get grouping to tighten up.

. . .'eh - they're both not bad - the one 33g flyer I'm pretty sure was me - I pulled it. {sigh} ( 5x groups ) The 35g group was pretty consistent - somewhat vertical stringing though (?) and the poi on that one was definitely different - a little low and to the right.

Obviously they should be flying faster than the heavier 36.2 NSA's but again - I just did this real quick out in the back yard before light goes away so no clue how fast they were going. That 33 group wound up with a nice 3 shot clover leaf with the one flyer. ( and again - the other one I'm quite sure was me ) The 35 group seems like it was a little more consistent though . . . I think.

Weather is supposed to tank tomorrow ( figures . . . nice all week and then goes south on Saturday ) but is supposed to be better on Sunday. Weather permitting and I commit myself and a block of time to go out to the range with chrony, tools to adjust hammer, reg, air, etc . . . which of these would you spend some time with to see if you could get them grouping well out to longer distances? I want decent grouping out to 100 - ideally 150 - ideally would be . . . . . no more than a 1.5 / 1.75" out beyond the 100yd mark.

 

[Jasonmc]

I gotta follow this as I'm interested how the RPB performs on the prophet V1.. looking to get one in 22 for my V1.. I

 

[trlrman]

Try the 37's my redwolf loves em.

 

[jdanvers]

. . . a couple of days later. Kinda cold - 35* with a slight breeze more or less coming from my back. Same location - out in my back yard, and again - a quickie after work before temp drops even more and loss of daylight. So I did test the 35g's this past Sunday at a local range that I have access to and had those shooting 900'ish and . . . 'eh. 30 yds was great. 51 yds . . . not great but not terrible either. 92 yds - they fell apart. ( the oddly marked ranges are just where the target boards are at that place . . . don't ask me why - I'm guessing someone just walked / paced them out when they put them up?? )

So anyway - today. Gun at the exact same setting as Sunday - only difference being the lighter 33's. All in all I'm pretty happy with this. With all three groups though there's that ONE shot that kills the group!! Argh . . . lol {shrug shoulders} I didn't / forgot to shoot over a chrony so don't know how fast they're going - educated guess would put them in the 9-teens? Maybe low 920's?? ( the 35's were low 900's . . . these coming in at 33 . . . should be a little faster - yes? ) These look to have potential at whatever speed they are flying at. Some pics below. Yeah - angry / frowny face that that 70 yd group . . . that was shot #5 for that group. ARGH. I chucked a 6th one just to see if I could redeem myself / that group. ( lol ) 70 yds is as far as I can go in my back yard. Oh - that 30 yd group - yeah - thats 5 shots.