Best slugs for a .22cal Condor

https://www.altaros.cz/en/domu/140-turned-lead-bullets-atp-55mm-22.html



I don't know if these are best. Just curious about how they'd shoot. Based on my experience with similar looking slugs I think these would be great. They look like .22 versions of a slug I cast that shoots great out of my .25 airforce airgun (18" choked lw barrel).


I didn't look through there today I just copied and paste the link the last time I went it was like you have to pre-order them or something like that. Not sure how widely available they are maybe too expensive with shipping and all that. 
 
I have shot the nsa slugs out of my airforce .25. By the way I hope I am not wasting your time here I just assume that the barrels are similar since they're by the same manufacturer hopefully someone with more specific experience will set us straight.



The NSA slugs have a lot of contact on their flanks with the barrel so there's a lot of friction and they come out a little slower than slugs that use drive bands to decrease contact. Same thing with H and N grizzlies... They come out a little bit slow for their weight and I assume it has something to do with the choke in the barrel.


i cast my own slugs that have the drive band design. I have not had an opportunity to test them over long range so I don't know how good they are but I recycle my lead it works for me for my indoor range I am stuck to for now.


 
When my condor used to have the factory. 22 barrel by the way a awesome barrel..it will shoot flat base slug only up to 23g great because the drag on the barrel from that weight n up was simply to much..but if you buy boat tail slugs is a complete different animal sized .249 it will shoot boat tails up to 40g if you have the valve. hammer n spring to push them .. boat tails come from 28g to 44g ... it supposed to do good to with the knock outs in 216 = .249 size...you could go to Griffin slugs n order some 28g bt n se how fast those could be sent n go from there ..
 
Slugs from the factory 1:17.7 twist LW barrel can be absolutely amazing. You're probably not going to get superb accuracy from the JSB or anything else like H&N, etc. The RBT Griffin.22-25's will blow the flat base away at long range. All of this depends on how far you want/can shoot also. JSB Knockouts & H&N are used by me to play with the settings & plink at close range. If I'm seriously going to try for great groups at 100-200 yards, it's Griffins for me.

I've got mine set up to send Griffin .2175" 28 grain RBT slugs at 1070fps. 32's are going 1040fps. That takes a 10 coil heavy spring & a heavier hammer. I've used a 115g brass to send 36grain NSA's at 900fps, 3Kpsi start, and they were very accurate. I found I could use the lighter hammer, have way less drag and more consistent shot spread with a 95 gram hammer, 10 coil spring, .178" top hat about 0.012" feeler gauge between spin lock and top & use lower fill pressure, start 2500psi. Power wheel bottomed out & only use for fine tuning 



Shooting tethered with a step down in-line reg from a rested position it can print dime sized groups all day long at 100 yards with good slugs. I'm just a target/plinker guy; but I chase the accuracy for fun, so Griffins are worth that to me. 

They're the best, meticulously swaged and checked by hand slugs I have personally tried. Many others are probably just as good. Varmint Knockers are still done by hand I believe also.

Slugs aren't really worth getting into IMHO unless the shooter has a long range to stretch them out, or needs high penetration for pest skulls. Otherwise, .22 pellets at 880-940 are definitely going to outperform slugs & remain my main choice for general 75 yard or less airgun shooting. 









 
Does seating depth come into plat when shooting slugs with the Condor?

It did for me. 12.5 NSA slugs wouldn't even engage the rifling with finger depth seating and they would fall out unless the rifle was held level. Great groups interrupted with odd fliers. Seating with a tool eliminated the fliers. Might not be a problem for longer slugs or in all barrels.