Title says all. I recently bought a used TalonSS and shoots great groups with crossman 14gr hollow points, but they do not buck the wind well and drop velocity very fast. They shoot about 860fps or so at the 10 power setting, and was very intrigued when I saw lightweight slugs with a great BC and was wondering if NSA 17.5gr slugs would be usable for ranges up to 100yds. also, myTalonSS is completely stock.
Will NSA 17.5Gr slugs in a TalonSS with 12” choked LW barrel work?
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I had bought a sampler from them. I have 10 left i can send you in an envelope in the mail. Free if you wanna PM me. They jammed in my Prod but my 2240 and 1322 they just slide out the barrel.
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Tried just that a few hours ago with poor results at 30 yards. They had a loose fit in the breech dropping right in.
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.2165 I’ll try the 20.2 .217 later today and see what comes of it. The 17.5 left the barrel at 780fps. I have some 15 gr griffin slugs also. It does shoot the JSB hades well.
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Tried the .217 NSA 20.2, Griffin 15 deep hollow base, and FX hybrids. Hybrids actually held a respectable group at 30 but open up at 50 with about a foot drop. Your results may vary but that’s about what I expected, worth a shot.
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How did the 20gr slugs do? It sounds like if I want to use slugs I might need a 24” barrel after all. Also, do the hades pellets do well long range? I heard they’re nasty when you hit pests with them.
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20.2 fit loose and grouped poorly, not sure a longer barrel alone is going to get you there. Never stretched much farther than 50 yards with the talon but they work well at 75 in my Dreamline.
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Well thanks for the info. Looks like I’ll have to use something else or maybe the FX hybrids if I’m going to try to shoot long range.
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PlinkForFun,
I have a chocked LW and I'm holding out till NSA gets their new diameter in — 0.216.
Like your gun, mine does not make a ton of power, and the .217 and .218's haven't been that great at 100y.
I'm suspecting that .216 will fit our chocked LW barrels better — and NSA will give us 4(!) slugs that weigh less than the unnecessarily heavy 25 grainer from JSB.
I hear that NSA will have the .216 diameter ready within a couple of months.
To me it's worth the wait. The price is the best of all the manufacturers I have surveyed, the quality is very high, US product, just need to find one that groups well enough for my purposes. 
Matthias
I have a chocked LW and I'm holding out till NSA gets their new diameter in — 0.216.
Like your gun, mine does not make a ton of power, and the .217 and .218's haven't been that great at 100y.
I'm suspecting that .216 will fit our chocked LW barrels better — and NSA will give us 4(!) slugs that weigh less than the unnecessarily heavy 25 grainer from JSB.
I hear that NSA will have the .216 diameter ready within a couple of months.
To me it's worth the wait. The price is the best of all the manufacturers I have surveyed, the quality is very high, US product, just need to find one that groups well enough for my purposes. Matthias
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We have .216 already but need to work out some internal issues worked out to get them to market. We also have .2165 and .2175 that will be out in about 2 months. In addition we have another 22 caliber slug coming with a different nose profile. There will be a huge selection, all priced similar to what is there now, coming by the end of the year. Lots of options. I also just drew the .20 caliber slug and will be sending that to the die maker next week and be ready this fall if testing goes well.
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PlinkForFun,
I have a chocked LW and I'm holding out till NSA gets their new diameter in — 0.216.
Like your gun, mine does not make a ton of power, and the .217 and .218's haven't been that great at 100y.
I'm suspecting that .216 will fit our chocked LW barrels better — and NSA will give us 4(!) slugs that weigh less than the unnecessarily heavy 25 grainer from JSB.
I hear that NSA will have the .216 diameter ready within a couple of months.
To me it's worth the wait. The price is the best of all the manufacturers I have surveyed, the quality is very high, US product, just need to find one that groups well enough for my purposes.
Matthias
I bought mine from a guy who was moving to NY. It was an old one and it was awesome, but I didn’t like how little power this gun had so I ended up selling it recently. I did try the .2165s, and they actually didn’t fit super snug in mine (I’m guessing LW may have had different crown and barrel diameters or something like that back when the guy who’s moving to NY bought it.) They shot barely under an inch at 30yds but any farther and it was a shotgun. I just bought a .25 cal FX Dreamline tactical with a bottle from Utah Airguns and I’m probably going to end up buying a slug liner later on and try more slugs out.
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My edgun m5r likes the nsa 20.2&17.5, the 17.5 .2165 exit the gun much faster and maybe the 20.2 in 2165 maybe best for windy days. I now only shot slugs nsa 36.2 slugs out of my impact mk2 25cal and pellets only when I run out of slugs. I hope to try the new nsa .2165 when they are available.
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