I don't really have a go-to slug. Still mostly use pellets. But when I want to fire a really pretty slug, it's an Altaros.
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Who's your go-to slug?
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NSA Gamo magnum .22cal g3
Pro slugs .510 cal AEA hp max
Mr HP .45 cal SY 909 light hunter
Fx Hybrids .30 cal AEA hp max
Pro slugs .510 cal AEA hp max
Mr HP .45 cal SY 909 light hunter
Fx Hybrids .30 cal AEA hp max
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Javelins. Not the most accurate in my gun but they absolutely explode avocados and various other fruit like nothing else I've tried. Mess up squirrel heads pretty good too.
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If I could grow avocados in my climate I wouldn't shoot any of them. Then again if I had them all my life I probably wouldn't love them so much. I did shoot a lot of black walnuts in my youth.
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Avocados make my mouth itch so I have no compunction about blapping a few here and there. They really do explode when you whack em with a soft lead hollow point.
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My Impact absolutely loves the H&N 30 grain HP II and also the 34gr heavy H&N's. Amazing accuracy!
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NSA 15gr 177 for my m3 since that caliber allowed in my country Indonesia... The other brands are not favourite to my m3
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so I listed jsb.. but after thinking about it it probably doesn't count.. I'm 22 caliber and I shoot crossman premier round nose, jsb 18 and I don't remember the weight but it is the jsb redesigned heavy.. which is probably technically a pellet although it's heavier than some slugs in 22.
I've got a question about slugs and pellets.. from what I've read slugs are more accurate than pellets because of less wind drag from the hollow base on the pellet??
also I have been wondering, I'm not into tuning, just shoot out of the box.. but with the new avenger X, I have been following the thread and wondering if in 22 it could be tuned to shoot the heaviest slugs that will fit the magazine (I don't know what will fit) and shoot it around 950 on the port high setting.. then if you want to plink switch to the port low setting and would that also be a good fit for the crossman premier round nose??
I just don't know how to find out what I'm trying to learn especially before I purchase my next rifle..
otherwise I'm tempted to go with the umarex gauntlet gen 2 30 caliber.. but all my guns are 22 and it is nice if you want to be able to go to Walmart and get the crossman premier if nothing else..
I also hope to use the gun and get back into long range shooting.. but I don't know ballistics.. basically comparing 22 with different ammo vs 30 caliber.. is the trajectory the same for different caliber of pellets as long as they are traveling at the same fps? am I better off in a heavy 22 slug than the gauntlet 30?
thank you for any help with my questions
Mark
I've got a question about slugs and pellets.. from what I've read slugs are more accurate than pellets because of less wind drag from the hollow base on the pellet??
also I have been wondering, I'm not into tuning, just shoot out of the box.. but with the new avenger X, I have been following the thread and wondering if in 22 it could be tuned to shoot the heaviest slugs that will fit the magazine (I don't know what will fit) and shoot it around 950 on the port high setting.. then if you want to plink switch to the port low setting and would that also be a good fit for the crossman premier round nose??
I just don't know how to find out what I'm trying to learn especially before I purchase my next rifle..
otherwise I'm tempted to go with the umarex gauntlet gen 2 30 caliber.. but all my guns are 22 and it is nice if you want to be able to go to Walmart and get the crossman premier if nothing else..
I also hope to use the gun and get back into long range shooting.. but I don't know ballistics.. basically comparing 22 with different ammo vs 30 caliber.. is the trajectory the same for different caliber of pellets as long as they are traveling at the same fps? am I better off in a heavy 22 slug than the gauntlet 30?
thank you for any help with my questions
Mark
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I shoot NSA because they are the least expensive. The squirrels don’t seem to care if I am shooting a 3/4” MOA or a 1 1/2” MOA. They act the same. Dead.
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Altaros .22cal 32.5gr slugs at 915fps work far and away better than anything else I tested (and I tested all of the slugs on the market 8 months ago at lots of different velocities) in my RAW .22cal HM1000X. Sub MOA groups consistently at 100 yards in light winds was my deciding factor.
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Altaros ATP Smooth in .25 caliber 49.5 grain at 885 fps. Good out to 300 yards, very accurate and a next generation BC of G1 0.21 (that's NOT a misprint). I actually use the G7 profile for boat tails and the BC is 0.111.
Altaros 40grain @ 911fps in 22 cal work pretty good out to 500 .
25 cal 49.5's inbound now.
25 cal 49.5's inbound now.
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I found that the groups at 100 and 200 yards were better with the 32.5gr ones. The 40gr were good but not near as good.
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Zan is my forst choice but nsa would be my second.. But this also depends on. what I am shooting
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Thank you very much for providing this cut-away photo! Very enlightening!
I assume the largest is a .30cal? Matthias
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Thank you very much for providing this cut-away photo! Very enlightening!
Matthias
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