Who shoot slug in the Veteran .22?

[Thach2264]

Hello all-

I will be mostly shooting jsb pellets, but I do would like to try to slugs too. Who know maybe a target will shows itself at 100y some of these day. So what slugs weight and size are you shooting with your .22 Veteran and at what speed is most accurate. My Veteran come with the CZ barrel. I read Jacob thread he having a good success with his with 17.5 NSA, but his have the LW barrel though.

Also will I need a plenum or double plenum and or heavier spring to achieve certain speed? What do you guys modded your to shoot slug?

thanks in advance!!!

 

[Joedirt199]

I tried some 17 and 20 weight nsa .216 slugs in my veteran standard. I was only pushing them around 920 fps but they were showing promise in my basement range. Mine has the CZ barrel and when I slugged it, it was showing .216 after the choke. Need to push them at distance and see how they do.

 

[Thach2264]

That's good to hear. I am thinking of getting a few head size in 17.5g and 20g NSA to try out.

 

[Joedirt199]

The .217s I have didn't seem to shoot as well and were much slower.

 

[Vetmx]

If your gun is a standard don’t waste your time with the extra plenum. You don’t have enough barrel to make use of it. I shot slugs out of mine for a year before putting it back to a pellet gun. I had my reg turned up to 140b and a heavy spring. Sized the slugs to .217 and it was super accurate but couldn’t get more than 850fps even with the plenum extension. With where the gun was set for the 22gr slugs, I couldn’t jump back and forth to pellets. For the longevity of the gun because I really like it, pellets won.