Realized a few days ago that I never tried to work through my misfit slug selection with the .22, 1:32 6 groove polygonal barrel that's in my Veteran Long. And that's for obvious reasons.The twist rate is pretty dang slow for slugs.
I was shocked to see some semi-decent results with two different slugs.
The 28grain Varmint Knockers with a really big hollowpoint would put MOST shots into the same 2 inches at 100 yards. Occasionally a flyer, and a bad one at that.
And the 23 grain flat base NSAs, in the 0.217 size, were the other strangely decent slug. I shot something like 15 of these, also at 100 yards, and they all went into the same 1.75ish group. No flyers. These were good enough that I'm considering buying more.
Out of curiosity I pulled out the pinnacle of slug performance that has come through my hands, the .20/18.9grainer form NSA, and proceeded to shoot two five shot groups under an inch.
So these .22 slugs from the 1:32 were good, but not great. They certainly are not special like the .20/18.9gr NSAs, but they shot much better than I expected from a barrel with such a slow twist rate.
I was shocked to see some semi-decent results with two different slugs.
The 28grain Varmint Knockers with a really big hollowpoint would put MOST shots into the same 2 inches at 100 yards. Occasionally a flyer, and a bad one at that.
And the 23 grain flat base NSAs, in the 0.217 size, were the other strangely decent slug. I shot something like 15 of these, also at 100 yards, and they all went into the same 1.75ish group. No flyers. These were good enough that I'm considering buying more.
Out of curiosity I pulled out the pinnacle of slug performance that has come through my hands, the .20/18.9grainer form NSA, and proceeded to shoot two five shot groups under an inch.
So these .22 slugs from the 1:32 were good, but not great. They certainly are not special like the .20/18.9gr NSAs, but they shot much better than I expected from a barrel with such a slow twist rate.
