Leshiy .25 issues with slugs

[DrAngler]

Good afternoon everyone.



I hope someone can chime in. I recently bought a Leshiy. Wonderful gun BTW. I have been shooting Griffen slugs and Seneca .25 hunting pellets in 43 grains through my Wildcat with single tray without issue. And Hatsan Flash QE without issue. Single load obviously.

Now i am trying to shoot the slug through the Leshiy, which single load by virtue of the gun itself. I cant get the pellet to go in. It feels as though i am jamming it in, and i dont want to do that. is there a variance in diameter of .25 barrels between manufacturers...???

 

[BigTinBoat]

Are you sure you don't have the barrel in backwards? It is easy to get it switched around. See if it will chamber easier in the muzzle end. If you have it backwards you are actually trying to load it in the choked end.

 

[Bander124]

Yes leshiybarrels are tight. The 22 is like .215. Seen ppl have good luck with sizing slugs down

 

[Bask]

My .25 leshiy barrel is tighter than my .25 fx streamline barrel.

 

[DrAngler]

That is what i figured. Which is ok. Its not like i have to shoot a 40 grain slug through a 200mm or 300mm barrel. That would probably be better in a full length barrel. It was just a try to have fun thing.

Yes i am fairly certain it isnt in backwards. I just received it and the gentleman had been using it for a while. So i assume its been installed correctly.. 

 

[Vetmx]

I just built a slug barrel for my Leshiy in .25. You have to cut the leade/chamber to fit the slug you want to shoot for best results. Your leade is cut perfectly for pellets. That’s one of the reasons Leshiys are shooters.

 

[DrAngler]

I just built a slug barrel for my Leshiy in .25. You have to cut the leade/chamber to fit the slug you want to shoot for best results. Your leade is cut perfectly for pellets. That’s one of the reasons Leshiys are shooters.

What do you mean by Leshiy are shooters... (you mean accurate??)

 

[Vetmx]

Yes. Very.

 

[ctshooter]

The EdGun Leshiy barrels are not suited to slugs. I've tried many different sizes, weights, brands in .177, .22 and .30 and they all shoot 1-1.5" groups at 15 yards where's pellets are stacking. If you get a un-choked barrel machined to fit it should work better.

 

[Dairyboy]

My Leshiy .22 did great with NSA 17.5gr slugs sized to .215. as good as pellets at 30yds with a red dot. But sizing was the key for them to fit nicely with minimal pressure.

 

[DrAngler]

Sounds like the wisdom of the crowd is to shoot pellets until I get used to and “tired” enough of If (lol) that I am ready to do barrel mods.


thank you everyone 

 

[towle]

Yes leshiybarrels are tight. The 22 is like .215. Seen ppl have good luck with sizing slugs down

Tight in the chamber area as it should be, you want the pellet to stay put while folded and esp. with the barrel pointing up, you do not want the pellet to fall back into the valve system and there is no pellet probe behind to hold it in place