Accurate slugs at 102 yds, 5 shot group

That's an insane group! Were you running the slug liner or superior heavy?

Yowsers! Are you sure that wasn't 12 yards and not 102? Lol jk 

Truly phenomenal!

Awesome, waiting for one of you team shooters to beat the rimfire guys at 100 yds! That will be the day!

Nice...I see it’s on the sighter section of one of your 100y ebr cards. How did the card come out?

Mike 

Centercut, funny you should mention this. Last Wednesday I went to my friends, to shoot for the second time, the Maverick sniper .22 After upping the reg 10 bar and adjusting the HS 1 1/4 turns, then testing poi, I ran my first string with the JSB KO shot @ 910. My first group on a 3" target was 4 shots measuring 3/8", and , I just couldn't take the 5th to wreak the group , but, none the less, it is the best group I have ever shot @100, ever. Each group after all the excitement was at least MOA or less. I have learned that slugs can be very accurate if I have the right tune and I do my part.

A thanks to you too for always sharing wonderful details, testing and how to be a better shooter. This is the results for me.

Haha. I said the latter, time and time again, but that was a while back. I totally agree with you now. It’s pretty crazy how fast slugs and liners have improved and how many options are available now. Everybody should be able to find something that will work now. You know I shoot the Slug A liner too but I haven’t tried the 43.5gr. Looks like I need to. The groups I got with the standard Superior liner and the Hybrids absolutely blew my mind. Six months to a year ago, I wouldn’t have believed it!

Stoti

Wow! Those groups spell TROUBLE for spring ground squirrels. LOL

That’s an incredibly good group at 100!!! I need to shoot more slugs!! 

 Haha!!! Thanks, now 10 is my new "4" 

Nice job on the tune & shooting Mike !

2L8 nice job too !

I am, as we speak, measuring and sorting my KO's for "The 10". I have found that these new Superior barrels in the Maverick are not to happy with anything larger than .217 , Rick and I can attest to this, .218 is a no-go.

That group was with KO's measuring averaging .2165

Centercut, what is your current approach to slug and pellet sorting, lubing and sizing?

Looks like you really got that thing shooting now. Great werq!

I'm with you CC, I don't sort pellets in any fashion other than to look for obvious damage, but I do check for chafe or flashing inside the skirt!

I don't shoot slugs but they seem very clean and consistent, It's unbelievable really, they rival center fire match grade bullets!

Looks like you really got that thing shooting now. Great werq!

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Thanks bio!, The tuning of this Maverick seemed easier for me than my Impact, not sure why, but I'm glad it werked 



Centercut, I do follow the same protocol with my pellets and slugs like you and nomojo65. This tune and (my) barrel seem to be very good in the Maverick. I like the accuracy at the lower speeds of 910 for the KO @100 but I'm betting I need to find similar accuracy out to 160-225yrds for Prairie dogs here in CO which means higher FPS for flatter trajectory at those distances. I will work on my part of the equation.

100yds+ is a tricky area to be accomplished in, but very exciting when you have the right tools to do the job. Right now I am very happy.

I did order 5 tins of the JSB Monster RD after you so eloquently shared your experience and data about them in a post that convinced me the right pellet will out preform a slug @100.

I will also say this Maverick shoots the FX Hybrids amazingly well too, but they are a little to light for my needs. I will go heavier in my tunes for the longer slugs and higher BC along with being a more stable projectile.