Check out air velocity sport on youtube. Stephen is shooting a modded ATI nova liberty in .22 at 100yards at less than an inch for 10 shots with his slugs. His and mine are making 50 fpe +.
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I'm absolutely with Franklink and Bucketboy on this one though. Been testing slugs and they are interesting and capable for sure, but if I feel the NEED for slugs, I'm definitely breaking out the rimfire. Even with a rimfire, would that really be ethical hunting over 100 yds? I've been around plenty of guys that would "throw one out there and see" in mentality. No my style and don't care for it.
Bob
I'm absolutely with Franklink and Bucketboy on this one though. Been testing slugs and they are interesting and capable for sure, but if I feel the NEED for slugs, I'm definitely breaking out the rimfire. Even with a rimfire, would that really be ethical hunting over 100 yds? I've been around plenty of guys that would "throw one out there and see" in mentality. No my style and don't care for it.
Bob
I'm also with Bob and the others on this one. Shooting greater than 100 yards, and I've seen up to almost 300 yards on AGN posted video, is pretty cool. But lets face it, at anything much over 100 yards, are you shooting for the kill zone/head shot, or are you shooting to hit the general shape of the target? My bet is the latter more than the former. Don't get me wrong, I like trying to hit targets in excess of 100 yards, its fun. And shooting slugs makes it much easier if the gun/slug/speed combination is correct. But as Bob says above, the "just throw one out and see" mentality isn't my style either. Have I done it? Yep, that's why I know its not my style, and I always felt guilty when I know I hit the animal, but couldn't find it later on since the general target at that range is just an overall shape. It may be a little more palatable with birds that frankly die pretty easily, but ground squirrels are very tough, and require a head or heart/lung shot to anchor them close to the POI. For the shot to be "one shot deadly", you need to be able to hit a one inch circle (head) or 1.5 inch circle (heart/lung). And buddy, if you can do that repeatedly in the wind at longer than 100 to 125 yards with your first shot, you are one infreakingcredible shot, and should shoot RMAC in 2020 to claim your $20K.