With all the hype about air guns that shoot slugs, has anyone figured out the fastest way to slug nirvana (make and model of gun with enough air to get the job done, barrel/liner length). Do any guns shoot pellets and slugs reasonably well? Any other considerations ie optics or must haves?
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The FX guns with slug liners in 600 & 700mm and in .22 & .25 will get you there. But it can take some tuning and a few hundred slugs to get there. It's a wonderful thing when sub moa at 100 yards is more the norm than not. My impact 700mm slug liner shoots pellets as well as it shoots slugs when there is no wind. I hear that there are other guns that shoot slugs well also but I don't have any of them.
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I'll shoot you straight with what I know first hand - the EdGun R5 .30 (Long) shoots 47gr and 50gr NSAs our of the box. It also shoots 44.75gr pellets almost as well as slugs to 100y on windy days and 140y on calm days. I did add a Huma reg to it for ease of tuning and for efficiency. I've heard mixed feedback on the smaller caliber Matadors, YMMV.
FX rifles are capable (with great potential) with some leg work, unless you just want to shoot light slugs on calmer days - they have higher drag coefficients than the heavier slugs generally.
AirForce rifles can shoot slugs out of the box, but you're going to wind up doing a bunch of work to them.
The RAW HX1000X is slug capable out of the box with a polygonal barrel, but they're no treat to tune. I did get mine to shoot well, but it took some time and patience. I'm also not a huge fan of the barrel, and I'd consider this rifle 98% BR and 2% masocism.
Thats all I got for you.
FX rifles are capable (with great potential) with some leg work, unless you just want to shoot light slugs on calmer days - they have higher drag coefficients than the heavier slugs generally.
AirForce rifles can shoot slugs out of the box, but you're going to wind up doing a bunch of work to them.
The RAW HX1000X is slug capable out of the box with a polygonal barrel, but they're no treat to tune. I did get mine to shoot well, but it took some time and patience. I'm also not a huge fan of the barrel, and I'd consider this rifle 98% BR and 2% masocism.
Thats all I got for you.
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Rapid Air Weapons. My HM1000X .25 LOVES slugs out of the box. Best shot so far is a slug induced head shot at 172 yards on a ground squirrel. His buddy took one gracefully at 161 yards.
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Thanks for all the replies. It seems that it is possible to get an out of the box gun that will shoot slugs and pellets, some with more work and suffering than others.
Looks like there are no R5M longs, only super longs available
Looks like there are no R5M longs, only super longs available
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How do you determine the correct slug weight and diameter? Trial and error I assume. How do slugs feed from a magazine or is this pretty much a single shot deal?
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Diameter is dictated by the barrel's bore diameter. As for which types they like, mostly trial and error.
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