Hello everyone. I hope you're all doing well and surviving all the crap going on in the world right now!
My son shot a digger squirrel this morning with the Impact MkII and a 32.8gr. Varmint Knocker going about 990fps. The squirrel made the mistake of running out right behind our 120yd gong so we knew that the range was about 123yds-125yds. Cooper was already shooting from our bench, pointed down range and was as stable as could be. The scope was already on 50x, he dialed 3 clicks shy of 125yds, aimed at the squirrel's head...Thhhwwacckkk, dead squirrel!
At that range, I thought the slug would lose some velocity/energy but still have enough to kill the squirrel. The slug may have lost some energy but still had plenty to blow a massive hole in that squirrel! The hole it made was almost unbelievable for a mid caliber air gun at 122yds. The Varmint Knocker 32.8gr slugs have a very large hollow point and these were some new slugs that Dale sent me to try with an even larger hollow point. The HP's size combined with the very soft lead and shot placement blew the squirrel almost in half. He was only attached by a small piece of skin. Gnarly! We were totally shocked by the amount of damage!
My boys and I shoot lots of digger squirrels because they make so many holes in the pasture which are very dangerous for the horses. Most kills are between 30yds-70yds and if they're much farther than that, we just leave them. Foxes, coyotes, or birds will scavenge them by the next morning. We've seen some massive damage but like I said, I didn't expect a slug from a .25 air gun to almost blow it in half at 120yds.
I love testing .25 slugs and am absolutely amazed at their exterior ballistics and terminal performance. Although we've seen huge leaps and bounds in performance lately, we are in for some great performance advancements in the next couple of years! With the power we're getting out of Impacts, Veterans, Crickets, Prophets and other new guns in .25 caliber and everyone getting in on slug production, long distance hunting and shooting is going to get crazy!!!
I hope you all have a great day, despite all the craziness! Stoti
My son shot a digger squirrel this morning with the Impact MkII and a 32.8gr. Varmint Knocker going about 990fps. The squirrel made the mistake of running out right behind our 120yd gong so we knew that the range was about 123yds-125yds. Cooper was already shooting from our bench, pointed down range and was as stable as could be. The scope was already on 50x, he dialed 3 clicks shy of 125yds, aimed at the squirrel's head...Thhhwwacckkk, dead squirrel!
At that range, I thought the slug would lose some velocity/energy but still have enough to kill the squirrel. The slug may have lost some energy but still had plenty to blow a massive hole in that squirrel! The hole it made was almost unbelievable for a mid caliber air gun at 122yds. The Varmint Knocker 32.8gr slugs have a very large hollow point and these were some new slugs that Dale sent me to try with an even larger hollow point. The HP's size combined with the very soft lead and shot placement blew the squirrel almost in half. He was only attached by a small piece of skin. Gnarly! We were totally shocked by the amount of damage!
My boys and I shoot lots of digger squirrels because they make so many holes in the pasture which are very dangerous for the horses. Most kills are between 30yds-70yds and if they're much farther than that, we just leave them. Foxes, coyotes, or birds will scavenge them by the next morning. We've seen some massive damage but like I said, I didn't expect a slug from a .25 air gun to almost blow it in half at 120yds.
I love testing .25 slugs and am absolutely amazed at their exterior ballistics and terminal performance. Although we've seen huge leaps and bounds in performance lately, we are in for some great performance advancements in the next couple of years! With the power we're getting out of Impacts, Veterans, Crickets, Prophets and other new guns in .25 caliber and everyone getting in on slug production, long distance hunting and shooting is going to get crazy!!!
I hope you all have a great day, despite all the craziness! Stoti
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