I recently purchased some of these in 22gr for my .22 Taipan Veteran. Just playing around / experimenting / testing. I've got the Vet currently tuned for 18 gr JSB pellets at around 900-910 fps and it's shooting really good. I didn't change the gun at all as I don't want to mess with it at present BUT . . . I do intend on playing with, coming up with a repeatable tune with slugs.
My wife brought home a watermelon yesterday and upon cutting it in half today she was not a happy camper as it is not very ripe. Can't take it back so it was just sitting in the sink for a while. I asked . . . - if we ain't gonna eat it - can I shoot it?
( lol ) She was agreeable. It's about 11" across ( diameter? ). I parked one half of it on an old milk crate at about 35-40 yards out in the back yard and sharpy marker'd on a bullseye. Again - no change to the gun - so knowing these are heavier I frankly expected a drop on impact but quite the opposite - they were hitting a little high and to the left. I figured out where and adjusted accordingly aiming low and to the right. 9 more shots on it and all but 3 went right on through. I cut it in half and then in half again to pull 3 out that were just shy of the far side of it. The "wound channel's" were pretty wicked - check the expansion on the slugs themselves.
.22 Vet Long tuned to 910'ish with 18gr jsb pellets. I really have no idea but a "guess" would have these 22gr slugs running low-to mid-800's? ( think? )
What might be a recommended tune for these slugs? My Veteran is a newer one and thus has a LW barrel vs. (apparently) the older ones came with the CZ's. From what I've read here and at other forums - apparently the CZ's are "better" with slugs? Nothing I can do about that - the LW barrel I have is the LW barrel I have. These slugs are 217's which are supposed to be better / easier (?) on choked pellet barrels. Everything I've seen / read says 920 - 930 plus for slugs - y/n?
My wife brought home a watermelon yesterday and upon cutting it in half today she was not a happy camper as it is not very ripe. Can't take it back so it was just sitting in the sink for a while. I asked . . . - if we ain't gonna eat it - can I shoot it?
( lol ) She was agreeable. It's about 11" across ( diameter? ). I parked one half of it on an old milk crate at about 35-40 yards out in the back yard and sharpy marker'd on a bullseye. Again - no change to the gun - so knowing these are heavier I frankly expected a drop on impact but quite the opposite - they were hitting a little high and to the left. I figured out where and adjusted accordingly aiming low and to the right. 9 more shots on it and all but 3 went right on through. I cut it in half and then in half again to pull 3 out that were just shy of the far side of it. The "wound channel's" were pretty wicked - check the expansion on the slugs themselves. .22 Vet Long tuned to 910'ish with 18gr jsb pellets. I really have no idea but a "guess" would have these 22gr slugs running low-to mid-800's? ( think? )
What might be a recommended tune for these slugs? My Veteran is a newer one and thus has a LW barrel vs. (apparently) the older ones came with the CZ's. From what I've read here and at other forums - apparently the CZ's are "better" with slugs? Nothing I can do about that - the LW barrel I have is the LW barrel I have. These slugs are 217's which are supposed to be better / easier (?) on choked pellet barrels. Everything I've seen / read says 920 - 930 plus for slugs - y/n?
