A Day For The Birds .25 cal Style

[hunterone]

My Hatsan BT65 .25 LEGALLY taking crows and ground squirrels on a farming permission. Being used are JSB King 25.34gr and JSB King Heavy 33.95gr pellets. I have tuned the BT65 to send the King Heavy pellets downrange at an average of 934 FPS. Please see video below.

 

[plinker]

You are having way too much fun. those are great shots. The ' through the branch' one was awesome. Serious power. 

 

[Dan]

I like your videos. You are a great hunter and they show me the potential of my gun. I may have to start tinkering with it. 

 

[hunterone]

"plinker"

Thank you Plinker. I must admit, it is a lot of fun. I am enjoying the power of the BT65 and the new JSB 33.95gr pellet. Lots of possibilities

 

[hunterone]

Thank you Dan. The BT65 is a very capable platform when properly tuned. Not sure if you've checked out BWalton's (Airgun Hunter Extreme Channel) on YouTube but he has done some amazing things with his BT65. It is a hammer. My copy has not yet reached hammer status yet but it will very soon. More videos to come

 

[KYAirgunner]

King heavy's at 930 fps sounds mean! Do you know how many ft lbs that is? know wonder the the JSB kings are whistling. sounds like a pretty beast gun you've got.

 

[blackdiesel]

"KYAirgunner"King heavy's at 930 fps sounds mean! Do you know how many ft lbs that is? know wonder the the JSB kings are whistling. sounds like a pretty beast gun you've got.

That's a little over 65 FPE.

 

[hunterone]

Yes KYAirgunner, they are hitting pretty hard. The thing is, I still have the gun turned down on power. I want to run them in the 930s to maintain accuracy. I just hope the 33.95gr MKII pellets with the smaller skirts come out soon.

 

[hunterone]

Exactly Norman. Huge step up from my beloved AT44.

 

[FearnLoading]

Excellent video. Loved the 2nd crow shot. It was hanging on to that branch for dear life. Good shooting.

Question for you: You were swapping between the JSB and the JSB heavy. Did you notice any significant change in your zero while shooting the heavier pellets ?

 

[hunterone]

"FearnLoading"Excellent video. Loved the 2nd crow shot. It was hanging on to that branch for dear life. Good shooting.

Question for you: You were swapping between the JSB and the JSB heavy. Did you notice any significant change in your zero while shooting the heavier pellets ?

Hello FearnLoading,
The video was edited out of order of the shots. I was using the King 25.34gr initially but when I ran them over the crony and reviewed them on slow motion video, they were running at 950-970 FPS and spiraling (way too hot). I could not adjust the BT65 any lower than that for them. I then ran the King Heavy 33.95gr over the crony and they were running 870-890 at the same setting so I increased the power so that they would average low 930s. I did not compare the POI / Zero when they both were set at the same power.

 

[frambonian]

Great video and nice shooting. Subscribed!

 

[huntjunky]

Another job well done. Thanks for your time and effort in sharing the fun. Have you noticed any accuracy advantages, with the heavies over the 25.39s? I haven't heard much on this subject for any air rifles.

 

[hunterone]

"huntjunky"Another job well done. Thanks for your time and effort in sharing the fun. Have you noticed any accuracy advantages, with the heavies over the 25.39s? I haven't heard much on this subject for any air rifles.

Overall the accuracy is on par with the 25.39gr JSBs. What I have noticed is much better knock down power especially at longer ranges with the heavies. The 25gr pellets are more than sufficient at 50-70 yards. Anything past that and I have noticed flyaways or runaways; they all eventually fall or stop running but it just takes a little longer. I have stretched the heavies out to as far as 85 yards and its been pretty much lights out on impact or for the crows, maybe 1-2 flaps after.

Today I installed a regulator in my BT65 but regulated, I can only get the heavies to an average of 854 FPS. Unregulated, I can run them 930-940 FPS. I like the heavies so much I'm thinking about removing the regulator and running them stock. That should say a lot about how I feel about the new heavies. Hope this helps.

 

[Alex_VT]

How come video was removed?

 

[Monkyshine]

The video is not availabe for me to watch?

 

[hunterone]

Sorry but I had to remove it. I will edit and repost very soon. Stay tuned.