I just scored a .25 Vet Shorty. Wow, for such a small package, it's a beast! Before I start playing with the HS, I was wondering what you guys have your fps set at for best group sizes? CZ barrel, shooting JSB 25 gr. Thanks in advance!
Question for you .25 Vet Shorty owners
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Congrats! I have a Vet Long in .22. It likes JSB 18g at around 925fps. I tried to tune it down to around 870, like conventional wisdom, but my groups opened up. I also have the CZ barrel. Enjoy your new gun. They are wonderful rifles.
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With that size pellet, I found some where between 840-880 FPS resulted in tightest groups. But that was gun dependent . My recommendation is start at 820 FPS and work up higher speeds. Rick 1721 had his lazering at 940 FPS. It will be trial and error.
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With such a short barrel and therefor no where as efficient as longer barrel standards and longs .... If you really lean on it for power it will get MUCH louder and become an Air hog for nominal gains in performance.
Just sayin ...
Just sayin ...
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Mine is a .22 Standard, so two significant differences from your .25 Compact. I would be inclined to start around 880, and begin slowing it down, see what happens. If you see good accuracy at, say 840 or so, you can then see where you are in your tune balance, and adjust the reg accordingly, if needed. I'm sure you didn't get a shorty with the intent of maximum power, so if sound, air consumption and accuracy are your criteria, you should be satisfied.
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Hi.
I have .25 compact Veteran.Mine likes Hades better then kings.If i remember corectly best speed was around 850-860.
Regards Marko
I have .25 compact Veteran.Mine likes Hades better then kings.If i remember corectly best speed was around 850-860.
Regards Marko
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Well, after shoveling some snow off the patio, and setting up the crony, looks like the magic number is 865.
50 yds, calm winds:
50 yds, calm winds:
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Well, after shoveling some snow off the patio, and setting up the crony, looks like the magic number is 865.
50 yds, calm winds:
Nice shooting
Gotta love the Vet shorty!
Edit: My .25 shorty came to me shooting 860-870 with the 25.4.
Shoots so well I've never touched the HS.
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Depends on the "distance" to be shot, as much as the pellet weight..!
You can go very slow at 25 yards. The farther that the pellet is expected to go, the faster it needs...to go.
With my guns (a bunch !), because I shoot a shorter distance, I've turned all of my (adjustable) rifles down to around 800fps. Guess what, they all still shoot very well..! And only two needed the sight readjusted. I just fully understand that if I extend the distance, I need to reset the speed.
To me, there's NO NEED to push the speed if it's not required.
Plus, it really doesn't matter what everyone else is doing..! It's YOU and YOUR gun. The gun is adjustable for you...to learn it and adjust as you...see fit. Push the power (pressure) or make it easy on the guns internal parts if you don't...need...the power !
Mike
You can go very slow at 25 yards. The farther that the pellet is expected to go, the faster it needs...to go.
With my guns (a bunch !), because I shoot a shorter distance, I've turned all of my (adjustable) rifles down to around 800fps. Guess what, they all still shoot very well..! And only two needed the sight readjusted. I just fully understand that if I extend the distance, I need to reset the speed.
To me, there's NO NEED to push the speed if it's not required.
Plus, it really doesn't matter what everyone else is doing..! It's YOU and YOUR gun. The gun is adjustable for you...to learn it and adjust as you...see fit. Push the power (pressure) or make it easy on the guns internal parts if you don't...need...the power !
Mike
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Mine groups well shooting 25.39 FX pellets in the 890’s. I have also tried the JSB’s and the FX did a little better for me, I might have just received a better batch of the FX’s compared to the JSB’s that I have on hand. Below are three 50 yard groups from mine shooting the FX pellets. I could have done a little better if my scope was higher magnification, it only goes up to 4x.
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Mine groups well shooting 25.39 FX pellets in the 890’s. I have also tried the JSB’s and the FX did a little better for me, I might have just received a better batch of the FX’s compared to the JSB’s that I have on hand. Below are three 50 yard groups from mine shooting the FX pellets. I could have done a little better if my scope was higher magnification, it only goes up to 4x.
Yeah man those groups are terrible!
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