Would like some input from some Safari or RW .25 HP owners please....
Got a new .25 Safari from AoA with Poly ART barrel. From the factory, they(AoA) test shot the gun at low, medium and high with JSB 33g pellets at 98 yards and said the gun shot very well. Did not get the test strip, so not sure what constitutes, "Very well." Out of box the three power levels are Low: 44 FPE, Medium @ 55 FPE and High @ 66 FPE.
I went once last week at my local outdoor range and shot at 98 yards and it was a so-so outing. Suffice it to say I was not expecting great things just yet, as it was my first real outing with the Safari. Essentially, had one solid NUAH target and 5 others were ok, not great. Also shot several 5-shot groups and they were just OK as well. Average CTC was between 1.5 and 2.5 inches approximately. The NUAH score cards were all around 48/50, but the CTC was again the same. Not bad, just not what I was expecting and I know I have to put a lot more pellets down range and break it in also. Gun was allegedly cleaned and polished by AoA before I got it, so I did not clean before the first outing. NOTE: I normally will clean a new gun before shooting, but since I asked and AoA confirmed Don cleaned it, I wanted to try it out. I have subsequently run some patches through after the first outing and it is clean now and ready to go for next outing.
Q. For those of you that have the Safari in .25 with ART barrel, can you share your experiences with what pellets and/or slugs you have shot at 100 yard BR; and what velocities you shot those targets at? I know I have to experiment with slugs and pellets, but I'm curious as to what others are finding as optimum based on their experience with the .25 caliber.
Thanks, Tom
Got a new .25 Safari from AoA with Poly ART barrel. From the factory, they(AoA) test shot the gun at low, medium and high with JSB 33g pellets at 98 yards and said the gun shot very well. Did not get the test strip, so not sure what constitutes, "Very well." Out of box the three power levels are Low: 44 FPE, Medium @ 55 FPE and High @ 66 FPE.
I went once last week at my local outdoor range and shot at 98 yards and it was a so-so outing. Suffice it to say I was not expecting great things just yet, as it was my first real outing with the Safari. Essentially, had one solid NUAH target and 5 others were ok, not great. Also shot several 5-shot groups and they were just OK as well. Average CTC was between 1.5 and 2.5 inches approximately. The NUAH score cards were all around 48/50, but the CTC was again the same. Not bad, just not what I was expecting and I know I have to put a lot more pellets down range and break it in also. Gun was allegedly cleaned and polished by AoA before I got it, so I did not clean before the first outing. NOTE: I normally will clean a new gun before shooting, but since I asked and AoA confirmed Don cleaned it, I wanted to try it out. I have subsequently run some patches through after the first outing and it is clean now and ready to go for next outing.
Q. For those of you that have the Safari in .25 with ART barrel, can you share your experiences with what pellets and/or slugs you have shot at 100 yard BR; and what velocities you shot those targets at? I know I have to experiment with slugs and pellets, but I'm curious as to what others are finding as optimum based on their experience with the .25 caliber.
Thanks, Tom