Impact X .22 at 200 yards with pellets.

[Swish]

I shot some amazing groups last weekend at long range that blew my mind. I showed them to a couple of of buddies but said I wouldn't post them because it had to have been a fluke. There is just no way 18 grain pellets can stay together at that distance. Especially when you load them straight out of the tin unsorted and outdoors.

So I went out again this morning to recheck my Optimizer yardage marks and see if I could get lucky again before the morning wind kicked in.

Keep in mind the better groups were shot in near perfect conditions. I had wind flags and strings hanging and if they moved even slightly the groups opened up big time.

Above is from last weekend.

This group is from this morning. Just the slightest head breeze made them drop.

Then I went ahead and confirmed my 183 yard mark when the wind died for a minute. The low shot is from dropping off the reg. By the time I aired up the wind was back and the party was over.

 

[Swish]

My view from the bench.

 

[Kgphotos]

Impressive shooting. It is interesting to see the effects of even the lightest wind on the pellets. I’ve got an Impact MKII .22 on order so I’m very interested in your results. Thanks for sharing.

Kenny

 

[Outback]

I shoot in our clay pigeon ground which is an old quarry , I can hit old clays at 136 yards no problem and at the weekend 180 was the farthest I could hit from were I was placed , The pellet is the 21.14 Barracuda match at 908 fps .

Like you the slightest wind and its off , you did well at 200 yards the breeze in the quarry is a subtle bitch though . good idea on the wind indicators . 

 

[Swish]

I honestly didn't think FX could improve on the original Smoothtwist barrel but there is no way my old .25 Wildcat with 25grn JSBs could do that. It was a tack driver but fell apart at about 175 yards. I think FX finally perfected the twist rates.

 

[Doug-T]

Where are you shooting at? This looks amazingly similar (transmission structure framing, terrain) to the Blue Mountains in Oregon.

 

[Outback]

I use a Hatsan BT65 which I modified and fitted a Huma reg , I saw Matt Dubers youtube on the FX barrel development so fair play to them on a good product .

 

[Swish]

I've got a slug liner and slugs on the way so next weekend should be very interesting. I'm very excited. 

 

[Outback]

We are waiting for the slugs to arrive here in the UK but who knows , The FX with the slug liner and the adjustments on the gun should be a very impressive rifle , you should document the project here so we see your results .

 

[pcparmy]

Very nice shooting swish. I dont think you will see your “no wind” groups improve, but those headwind issues will largely go away when you get the slugs.

I have also snuck out at dawn many times to beat the wind to get initial drop data. I think in the future though i will wait for that odd calm day, because my dawn shooting is always like 20 degrees too cold to be relevant to when i get shots at woodchucks.

My aerodynamic jump did not improve with slugs. Actually i think pellets handle it a little better because of skirt drag. I hit low in a left wind and high in a right if its 10 mph or more. About one moa at 150. At least its quantifiable.

 

[Bob_O]

Nice Swish!!

I just got done at the range shooting 18gr from the 700 slug liner in horrible conditions. 20mph wind with rain and hail. Mostly to zero at 25yds and test shot count.

Shot a bunch at 100yds and was surprised at the results when the wind was consistent. 940fps with 1:15 twist and they did just fine.

 

[Swish]

I've been able to do a lot of side by side shooting at long range with .25 pellets and slugs. My Wildcat with pellets along side my friends Cricket with slugs.

We would aim at the same spot in windy conditions at 150 to 200 yards, count to 3 and shoot at the same time. It was usually inches vs feet is the best way I could describe it. So I'm really hoping for some big improvements. Just the overall consistency of the projectile should hopefully offer some gains.

Pcparmy, you've inspired to pay closer attention to spin drift and other factors that I've always writen off as wind. I'm going to try to train myself to keep better notes of all the variables.

 

[Swish]

Thanks Bob_O, you've been a big inspiration as well. I've got some 22 and 24 grain VKs on the way!

 

[Tweeter]

Nice shooting man! The powerlines is where I sneak too for some long range fun also haha.

 

[edosan]

With good conditions 18 grainers are amazing, congrats! Awesome shooting

 

[stoti]

Yo Swish, Nice shooting. Where are you up in Oregon? I steelhead fish up there pretty often, just curious.

Have a good one. Stoti

 

[Swish]

Thanks guys, I'm in the Grants Pass area.

 

[Keyman62421]

That's a long way on 22.

Its a long way for ME!

 

[Outback]

Do you use a ballistic app ? I use Strelok Pro for several rifles has all the details if you need them .

 

[Bob_O]

You'll like shooting slugs I'm sure!!