A few years ago, I was shooting my newly acquired .35 cal Jkhan N400 at 50 m with JSB 81 gr pellets with reasonable accuracy. I was approached and asked what am I shooting, after explaining what I am shooting and that the 50 m accuracy is ok but at 100 m I can’t get acceptable accuracy. He said why don’t you try some of my Inferno .357 cal 130 gr HP/ RBT slugs and proceeded to show me a photo of a grouping he shot in a big bore rifle competition with his air rifle.
He said he came third and I knew I am going to like this guys because that is something I like doing, shooting an air rifle against a rifle.
I purchased a tin of .35 cal Inferno slugs and with a small amount of testing was able to shoot my first sub MOA grouping at 100 m.
Being mainly a pigeon shooter, I want to shoot slugs which I manufacture. I purchased a 30” TJ .224 cal 1:14 barrel and a NOE mould. I installed the barrel on a Kral Puncher One and a mighty fine pigeon shooting air rifle was born.
A few months ago, my wife’s tells me, she wants me to stop cast slugs as she is concerned about my health . I agreed because as I grow older it’s becoming a grind to cast, size, weigh and lube slugs.
I purchased a 700 mm Slug A .22 cal liner and proceed to test JSB and H&N slugs, sorry they just don’t match up to the pure awesomeness of 44.2 gr at 860 fps.
I purchase a tin of Inferno .25 cal 43 gr HP/RBT slugs, after a few test shots I found the sweet spot .
This slug really cut through the wind and was matching fpe, accuracy ( 3 shot grouping 1/2 MOA) and DRT factor. The real test came when I tested them on one of my favorite and hardest pigeon shoot because of far distance and strong winds.
Well the 25 cal RBT slug hammered the pigeons and this shoot produced my best success rate. My poor SPA P12 was straining to shoot these slugs , it was maxed out and stressed to the point where parts started to break in the air rifle.
Now I have a great slug but no air rifle to shoot them in and I am in no hurry to buy another slug liner. Sometime back I convert my 357 cal to a 30 cal with a TJ liner 1:26 twist which shoots JSB 44 gr sub MOA in ideal conditions but not out in the field in high winds.
I scratch my head why I don’t read more about RBT slugs on the forum because to me they are great.
I contacted Inferno to see if they have 30 cal RBT slugs, I was told they have ordered dies from Corbine but are waiting for delivery. Six months later I receive a call from Inferno to say they have received their dies from Corbine.
Straight away I order a tin of their 30 cal 70 gr HP/RBT.
First few shots at 890 fps produced a respectable grouping, I increased the velocity to 920 fps and the grouping started to open up. I dropped the velocity to 880 fps and the grouping tightened up.
Man these RBT slugs just don’t disappoint, the litmus test will be a pigeon shoot .
He said he came third and I knew I am going to like this guys because that is something I like doing, shooting an air rifle against a rifle.
I purchased a tin of .35 cal Inferno slugs and with a small amount of testing was able to shoot my first sub MOA grouping at 100 m.
Being mainly a pigeon shooter, I want to shoot slugs which I manufacture. I purchased a 30” TJ .224 cal 1:14 barrel and a NOE mould. I installed the barrel on a Kral Puncher One and a mighty fine pigeon shooting air rifle was born.
A few months ago, my wife’s tells me, she wants me to stop cast slugs as she is concerned about my health . I agreed because as I grow older it’s becoming a grind to cast, size, weigh and lube slugs.
I purchased a 700 mm Slug A .22 cal liner and proceed to test JSB and H&N slugs, sorry they just don’t match up to the pure awesomeness of 44.2 gr at 860 fps.
I purchase a tin of Inferno .25 cal 43 gr HP/RBT slugs, after a few test shots I found the sweet spot .
This slug really cut through the wind and was matching fpe, accuracy ( 3 shot grouping 1/2 MOA) and DRT factor. The real test came when I tested them on one of my favorite and hardest pigeon shoot because of far distance and strong winds.
Well the 25 cal RBT slug hammered the pigeons and this shoot produced my best success rate. My poor SPA P12 was straining to shoot these slugs , it was maxed out and stressed to the point where parts started to break in the air rifle.
Now I have a great slug but no air rifle to shoot them in and I am in no hurry to buy another slug liner. Sometime back I convert my 357 cal to a 30 cal with a TJ liner 1:26 twist which shoots JSB 44 gr sub MOA in ideal conditions but not out in the field in high winds.
I scratch my head why I don’t read more about RBT slugs on the forum because to me they are great.
I contacted Inferno to see if they have 30 cal RBT slugs, I was told they have ordered dies from Corbine but are waiting for delivery. Six months later I receive a call from Inferno to say they have received their dies from Corbine.
Straight away I order a tin of their 30 cal 70 gr HP/RBT.
First few shots at 890 fps produced a respectable grouping, I increased the velocity to 920 fps and the grouping started to open up. I dropped the velocity to 880 fps and the grouping tightened up.
Man these RBT slugs just don’t disappoint, the litmus test will be a pigeon shoot .
..the first time I shoot that .257 it was at 170y and it made it look like child play..n I knew I have to find a way to make the .223 because there were a lot of similar bullet molds between the two..long range shootin it's what I really enjoy about this sport..way to much to learn..