Hello everyone,
I was watching videos on YT the other day and stumbled across this video, by a you-tuber BlockethOutdoors:
The guy diesled the 135 Carnivore, a .30 caliber break barrel from Hatsan and tried out the diesling process with some 44.75 grain FX (I believe he had FX pellets), and achieved a staggering velocity of up to 800 fps, but around 770 fps in general by diesling the shots with petroleum jelly - a vaseline supplement. A power level of that magnitude generated around 60+ foot-pounds of muzzle energy, which was more than enough (penetration wise), to cleanly dispatch the critters he was hunting, he was going after ground hogs.
Another thing I'd add in terms of penetration is, that we were able to clearly see that a .30 caliber pellet, at a lower velocity, certainly delivers greater knockdown power down-range, by naturally having a greater overall weight than a .25 cal. pellet or even slug, but the penetration (without diseling the shots) is far lesser than that of a faster flying .25 cal. The shot he took on that groundhog's head did NOT finish him off right off the bat, like it should in order to deliver a clean kill, but instead likely ricocheted or bounced off of it's head in some direction, whilst at the same time delivering enough kinetic energy to cause serious internal bleeding within the animal - that's why traces of blood were noticeable.
One more thing, DO NOT diesel your shots, because it can and most probably will cause serious damage to both of the seals in the gun, the piston one and the one on the breech. The guy here in the video is most likely going to destroy this one at some point for the views...
I was watching videos on YT the other day and stumbled across this video, by a you-tuber BlockethOutdoors:
The guy diesled the 135 Carnivore, a .30 caliber break barrel from Hatsan and tried out the diesling process with some 44.75 grain FX (I believe he had FX pellets), and achieved a staggering velocity of up to 800 fps, but around 770 fps in general by diesling the shots with petroleum jelly - a vaseline supplement. A power level of that magnitude generated around 60+ foot-pounds of muzzle energy, which was more than enough (penetration wise), to cleanly dispatch the critters he was hunting, he was going after ground hogs.
Another thing I'd add in terms of penetration is, that we were able to clearly see that a .30 caliber pellet, at a lower velocity, certainly delivers greater knockdown power down-range, by naturally having a greater overall weight than a .25 cal. pellet or even slug, but the penetration (without diseling the shots) is far lesser than that of a faster flying .25 cal. The shot he took on that groundhog's head did NOT finish him off right off the bat, like it should in order to deliver a clean kill, but instead likely ricocheted or bounced off of it's head in some direction, whilst at the same time delivering enough kinetic energy to cause serious internal bleeding within the animal - that's why traces of blood were noticeable.
One more thing, DO NOT diesel your shots, because it can and most probably will cause serious damage to both of the seals in the gun, the piston one and the one on the breech. The guy here in the video is most likely going to destroy this one at some point for the views...
