Who makes .25 slugs?

[ctshooter]

I'd try to get a variety of slugs to try in my Leshiy 2 .25 450mm barrel. I have a couple of options on order from Griffin. I'll hold on the NSA as they seem to mostly fall through atm. 

Some ones that are currently on my radar to try. H&N Grizzlies, FX .25 Hybrids.

Any input on other brands worth trying? Please let me know. 

 

[Calbarry]

I'm shooting the H&N Grizzly out of my Taipan Vet. Great accuracy and no problems. A plus is they're a lot cheaper than the other slugs.

 

[harrymoreland]

AVS (Air Velocity Sport), Varmint knockers.

 

[MrP]

Those varmintknockers are heavy at 47 grains. Very accurate at any velocity. Those slugs work especially well in choked LW barrels, which they were designed for and tested in. These are based on a mold from MP molds that was made for the Huben K1. I cast these all the time even though they are a little bit heavy for caliber. They shoot better than any other slug type thing out of my talon p. They are very penetrating however. They'll go through just about anything.


The drive bands fit very snuggly but the overall friction in the barrel is low so I get good velocity and energy compared to a slug like the NSA slugs at that weight which drag on the barrel too much and end up being slow. Grizzlies are good but Their drag is a little bit high in the choked LW barrels (not as much drag as the nsa slugs which have lots of contact area. I see this because they shoot with a lower energy than others pellets with the same mass or even lower mass. The energy loss must be due to the flat sides having too much contact with the rifling.

 

[DesertSilver]

AVS (Air Velocity Sport), Varmint knockers.

I second both.

 

[ctshooter]

AVS (Air Velocity Sport), Varmint knockers.

I second both.

I'll look into both of these, thanks.

MrP - thank you for the details. The Leshiy 2 .25 is an un-choked Alfa barrel as I understand it, so the Grizzlies may do well there.

 

[wimpanzee]

I use FX and NSA slugs in my Dreamline, but the AVS ones are far more accurate than either of those in my Wildcat MkIII.

 

[Bigredhunter]

Those varmintknockers are heavy at 47 grains. Very accurate at any velocity. Those slugs work especially well in choked LW barrels, which they were designed for and tested in. These are based on a mold from MP molds that was made for the Huben K1. I cast these all the time even though they are a little bit heavy for caliber. They shoot better than any other slug type thing out of my talon p. They are very penetrating however. They'll go through just about anything.


The drive bands fit very snuggly but the overall friction in the barrel is low so I get good velocity and energy compared to a slug like the NSA slugs at that weight which drag on the barrel too much and end up being slow. Grizzlies are good but Their drag is a little bit high in the choked LW barrels (not as much drag as the nsa slugs which have lots of contact area. I see this because they shoot with a lower energy than others pellets with the same mass or even lower mass. The energy loss must be due to the flat sides having too much contact with the rifling.

I love varmint knockers. My escape and 25 marauder love the 33gr small hp

 

[MrP]

That sounds like a different varmintknocker. I may have misspoken... thought these were 47 grain solid point in .25

 

[Parrotculler]

JSB Knockout Slugs. Not tried yet, have some on the way. JSB usually knows what they're doing.

 

[triggertreat]

There's the new Patriot Javelin Slugs over at Utah Airguns. They look like they are doing really good in the FX and daystate barrels according to some UK videos just out.

 

[AceRph]

I just got back from the range and shot 6 different weights of .25 cal AVS slugs at 50yds on the factory tune. I shot the Leshiy 2 (350mm with a Tishina 200 moderator kit) off a Lead Sled. The best groups from the slugs were 32gr and 38gr. The best groups overall were with JSB 25.4gr and 34gr pellets.

 

[ctshooter]

AceRph - those results are pretty disappointing with the slugs. If the best group you can get with the L2 and JSB is over an inch at 50 yards then these guns are having some serious accuracy issues. I can't even get groups that small and there is always one or two flyers per mag.

Note - someone claimed 0.5" at 50 yards. No picture of the target so I'm calling B.S.

 

[AceRph]

Yeah, they're disappointing b/c that means there's some tuning to be done. The gun has just become available. It ain't over yet.

 

[ctshooter]

But what can you tune? There's nothing to tune other than the regulator and that does very little and will cause issues if you go outside the unknown spec.

 

[AceRph]

Then don't buy it. Simple.

 

[ctshooter]

Then don't buy it. Simple.

Ummm - okay. But not really productive in the interest of getting accuracy out of slugs. 

 

[AceRph]

Now I get it. My apologies. I hope someone comes up with a solution. I've got more buckazoids tied up in that L2 than any of the powder burners I own. At least it's fun to shoot.

 

[Kaeokini]

Aloha ctshooter,

I have the L2 .25 350mm and so far I have not found a slug that’s accurate for me. I have tried nsa, vk, fx, jsb, and griffin. And all of them were loose in the mag. As for pellets the jsb mk2 34gr were the most accurate, the best group I got were 3/4” at 50 yards with winds blowing 15 mph. I haven’t played with my reg yet to see if shooting faster or slower will tighten up my groups.

Aloha,

Keone 

 

[Odoyle]

That's a HOLEYCOW group with the 25.4gr JSB Kings!!!