groups of the day, shooting the 25 red wolf at long range

[Flintsack]

For the last month straight I have shot nothing but my new red wolf in 17. From the very first day I tried it with Crossman premier heavies on high, I have not looked back.

I had picked up a 25 Cal RW prior. I bought both rifles used.

I finally pulled the 25 back out this weekend. Frankly, I’ve been having so much fun shooting the 17, it’s like why change?

I wanted to compare and contrast.

I’ll tell you right now, the 25 recoils WAY MORE!!! It’s not even in the same ballpark. When I’m shooting the 25, it’s all about follow-through and control. When I’m shooting the 17, I’m pretty much allowing it to recoil, It hardly moves. major major difference.

First I tried king heavy. They shot OK. So then I went with some original Kings, much better. This is a generation one red wolf on high power.

All of the groups below were shot at 100 yards they are all five shot groups. All of the groups were shot towards the end of the day, it calmed down significantly at dusk.

The flyer on the target below, if you can call it that at 100 yards, was shot number four. It felt like an excellent shot. Number five went right back in the bug hole. Almost a perfect target. One 9 and four 10s. 3xxx

mike

 

[8thman]

With the.17 and cp heavy on high power what’s the speed?

 

[qball]

Fantastic shooting! 

 

[Flintsack]

With the.17 and cp heavy on high power what’s the speed?

A hair over 1100. It cracks the speed of sound every time.

 

[vmaxpro]

Very nice! Someday I’ll pick up one of these guns. I bet the 177 is a joy to shoot. I feel like ive been relearning how to shoot with good follow through messing with a .30 65gr slug at 980fps and a 35” barrel. Major room for messing up there! 

 

[JohnnyPDX]

Awesome shooting Sir! 100 yards is sooooo far out.

 

[Spray1Mark]

Hi Flint, so a 10.5g CROSSMAN pellet (sorry not familiar with these in England) at 1100FPS? what kind of groups with those?

I only ask as I have been shooting a RW HP .177 for a couple of years and have never been able to get it to shoot the JSB 10.34 well even on low power, it's just too fast for them!

 

[Flintsack]

Spray1mark

here is a post I did on some groups with the Crossman premiers at 100 yds. https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/long-range-five-shot-groups-with-pellets-its-fun-again-challenge-for-today/

 

[Flintsack]

Here is the best group I shot with the Crossman premieres.

And a crazy lucky 10 shot group at 100 yards.

 

[Spray1Mark]

Thanks I must have missed that thread, can I ask what power curve are you using on the REDWOLF .177 with the CROSSMAN's, hi, med?

I have found them for sale here but they would be current production I suppose? not sure they would be as good as the old ones, which I remember clearly were popular in the 90's with FT shooters, but the downsides was that they were very dirty from memory and needed washing/lubing etc.

 

[Flintsack]

I’m using high power. Over 1100 ft./s. And yes my pellets are old time Crossman premieres that I purchased from two different national champions. These are not dirty at all.

mike

 

[igolfat8]

Thanks for sharing your targets and shooting experience Mike. When you said "First I tried king heavy. They shot OK. So then I went with some original Kings, much better." are you referring to both of the 33 grain JSBs? What speed were you shooting these? Did you compare the 25 grain accuracy too?

 

[Flintsack]

When I said first I tried the king heavy. That was 33 grain pellets. And then I switched to the original 25 grain king at both medium and high power. They shot the best by far at medium.

mike