FX FX King @ 100yds

In the last couple trips to the range I have been comparing my 22cal FX King to my accurized 10/22. It kept up with the rimfire performance until 100 yds. It did get a bit breezy by the time I got out to 100yds. Though I am not displeased, I feel better groups can be achieved. I had the gun tuned by Justin W. In Arvin Ca. to shoot 34gr slugs 970fps. The ammo I’m using now is H&N precision 33gr/.218 slugs. Any suggestions on improving my 100yd groups would be gladly accepted.

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Well I don't shoot slugs in Air rifles but I shoot a lot of 22LR at 100 yards in F Class. The vertical string tells me that it don't like that slug per se at that distance. Unless you had a really strong headwind or tailwind and that will affect that vertical string. But that could be slugs in an air. I'm just giving you what I find in my 22 rifles for competition. When I'm shooting a distance to see if a certain lot of ammo shoots good I don't mind the left to right dispersion because that could be due to wind but I don't like any vertical dispersion because that's not an accurate lot in my barrel. So you might have to tune it different. Some ammo shoots really great at 50 that falls apart at 100 and people can argue that if it shoots great at 50 it'll shoot great at 100 I don't think that's the case because I've seen it too many times. Also a lot of people get hung up on SD and ES and think their guns gonna shoot good because of low numbers not necessarily the case either. You just gotta shoot it at that distance that you're wanting to shoot out mostly see how it does. Ithis is all for 22 LR which I've done for years and I have no experience with slugs in air rifles. And if you're shooting off a bipod you could be loading it different on shots it could be different grip pressure different cheek pressure when you get behind the gun there's tons of variables. My advice is to get consistent trigger pull cheek weld pressure on the gun and see how it shoots. Some air rifles and other rifles like more pressure or less pressure into the shoulder stuff like that. Good luck it's fun shooting anyways.

Remember follow-through is important to especially in slower projectiles like in an air rifle so the more movement even after you squeeze the trigger just for a hair second can affect down range accuracy.
 
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In the last couple trips to the range I have been comparing my 22cal FX King to my accurized 10/22. It kept up with the rimfire performance until 100 yds. It did get a bit breezy by the time I got out to 100yds. Though I am not displeased, I feel better groups can be achieved. I had the gun tuned by Justin W. In Arvin Ca. to shoot 34gr slugs 970fps. The ammo I’m using now is H&N precision 33gr/.218 slugs. Any suggestions on improving my 100yd groups would be gladly accepted.

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You can do it, the rimfire leans on its velocity. You'll have to be more particular about when you squeeze a shot off I think but you should be able to halve that group size.
 
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Well I don't shoot slugs in Air rifles but I shoot a lot of 22LR at 100 yards in F Class. The vertical string tells me that it don't like that slug per se at that distance. Unless you had a really strong headwind or tailwind and that will affect that vertical string. But that could be slugs in an air. I'm just giving you what I find in my 22 rifles for competition. When I'm shooting a distance to see if a certain lot of ammo shoots good I don't mind the left to right dispersion because that could be due to wind but I don't like any vertical dispersion because that's not an accurate lot in my barrel. So you might have to tune it different. Some ammo shoots really great at 50 that falls apart at 100 and people can argue that if it shoots great at 50 it'll shoot great at 100 I don't think that's the case because I've seen it too many times. Also a lot of people get hung up on SD and ES and think their guns gonna shoot good because of low numbers not necessarily the case either. You just gotta shoot it at that distance that you're wanting to shoot out mostly see how it does. Ithis is all for 22 LR which I've done for years and I have no experience with slugs in air rifles. And if you're shooting off a bipod you could be loading it different on shots it could be different grip pressure different cheek pressure when you get behind the gun there's tons of variables. My advice is to get consistent trigger pull cheek weld pressure on the gun and see how it shoots. Some air rifles and other rifles like more pressure or less pressure into the shoulder stuff like that. Good luck it's fun shooting anyways.

Remember follow-through is important to especially in slower projectiles like in an air rifle so the more movement even after you squeeze the trigger just for a hair second can affect down range accuracy.
I'm waiting on a shipment of the same slugs, but in .217. Perhaps they will perform a bit better. At 50yds, both CCI/40gr hp's and Wrench Chester
40gr PP performed comparably. At 100yds the CCI was amazingly better.
 
I'm waiting on a shipment of the same slugs, but in .217. Perhaps they will perform a bit better. At 50yds, both CCI/40gr hp's and Wrench Chester
40gr PP performed comparably. At 100yds the CCI was amazingly better.
With rimfire air rifle you have to find what that barrel likes and then buy lots of that particular lot if it's 22 or whatever they do for slugs in Air rifle if you can buy a particular lot I don't know. I doubt it. Trying to find the perfect round slug ammo for a gun can get expensive. with air rifles harmonic plays a huge factor and you just gotta find that node where your barrel perform the best. It could be as little as 5 ft./s and the groups just shrink like we said earlier slugs and Air rifles can be very frustrating I bet. A lot of variables to try to control. But the best part of it is you're behind the trigger and having a good time regardless of the groups. It's called group therapy and I enjoy it immensely no matter what I'm shooting.
 
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With rimfire air rifle you have to find what that barrel likes and then buy lots of that particular lot if it's 22 or whatever they do for slugs in Air rifle if you can buy a particular lot I don't know. I doubt it. Trying to find the perfect round slug ammo for a gun can get expensive. with air rifles harmonic plays a huge factor and you just gotta find that node where your barrel perform the best. It could be as little as 5 ft./s and the groups just shrink like we said earlier slugs and Air rifles can be very frustrating I bet. A lot of variables to try to control. But the best part of it is you're behind the trigger and having a good time regardless of the groups. It's called group therapy and I enjoy it immensely no matter what I'm shooting.
I'm gonna use your "group therapy" saying...the checks in the mail.
 
I would check with chrono. Air rifles can have reg creep,etc. The King is a very tunable air rifle so by shooting with chrono you will know if you need to fine tune it. When I tune my air rifles granted not slugs. I am using the garmin the whole time shooting groups to find most accurate node of fps. I don't look at SD or ES just fps. When the group shrinks I note fps and start going up or down from there until group open up and note fps. Going by up in down in fps gives you that window that you know to stay in.