Hello everyone. I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the beginning of Autumn. Here in Northern California we actually had a substantial downpour on yesterday. It only lasted less than an hour but when things are as parched as they are out here, anything helps. It packed down the dust and gave everything a fresh feel and smell. It’s also been much cooler at night and in the mornings, just awesome after such a dry, hot summer.
I normally test and shoot slugs out of the .25 Impact, Maverick or HM1000x. I’ve been doing it for a while out of these guns and have a good understanding of why some work, why some don’t, the velocity range I should be shooting for, etc… I really like 4-5 particular slugs in .25 caliber and know they’ll always work. I want to do more .22 slug testing especially with some of the new, super high BC slugs now available, so I’ve been on the look out for a new .22.
Recently I purchased a Daystate Red Wolf in .30 because it was a good deal and already had the Heliboard installed. I really wanted a .22 for shooting slugs & the Redesigns but the .30 was a really great deal and I can swap over to a .22. I’ve been testing the 44.75 & 50.15 grain pellets at different velocities & learning how to adjust the Heliboard’s power with the pulse length and voltage for each of the 12 power settings. I like shooting both weights of pellets, they’re very accurate, but in reality, the .30 is just not for me, I really prefer the .22 or .25, just preference above all else. I talked to Robert at AOA about switching out the barrel, probe & other small parts for a .22. Easy enough, but obviously they’re really busy right now prior to EBR. We decided to wait to take care of it until after EBR…So while I’m waiting to make the switch after EBR, I decided to try some more slugs out of the Red Wolf. I had already tested the 47.2 and 49.5 grain but didn’t have a whole lot of success and didn’t like the velocity I was getting on high power. I also didn’t want to mess with the settings at that point because my intention was to use the Impact and Maverick for slugs and the Red Wolf for pellets. I didn’t really do any serious testing with slugs in the Red Wolf.
The other day I got a small package and inside were some .30 FX Hybrid slugs. I forgot I had ordered them because they were lost in the mail, reshipped and ended up taking almost 3 weeks to finally arrive. It was a pleasant surprise. Today I went to the range to give them a little shot. I got to our range, grabbed the radar…Batteries dead! I decided to just shoot the Hybrids on power settings 10, 11 and 12 and see what they did, without worrying about the velocities. After I determined what power level worked best, then I could check the velocity and fine tune the gun for optimum performance. I loaded 8 Hybrids, shot the full magazine on power level 10 and at 50 yds, all of the holes were almost touching…Way high left, but almost touching. I switched over to power level 11, again very accurate, maybe even a little better. Power level 12, even better! I shot a few groups at 75yds, less than an inch. Moved to 100yds and the groups were maybe 1.5-1.75”. I didn’t tune the gun, fine tune the gun, nothing. I put it on power setting 12 and it shot great. I’ve tested a lot of slugs and not often do you get lucky like this. I’m sure I can fine tune the gun and get better accuracy. I’m also sure I can shoot better, it was cold with a pretty good breeze this morning.
The Red Wolf platform is new to me and I haven’t heard much about people shooting slugs out of them, certainly not in .30. After not having very good results with the slugs I tested prior, I didn’t have very high expectations. I should have known better…The .22 and .25 FX Hybrids both shot exceptionally well out of all of our air guns that we tested. The .30 caliber Hybrids were no exception.
As always, this post got a lot longer than I had originally intended. The point is…These Hybrids seem to shoot really well out of the Red Wolf’s .30 barrel. If you have a .30 Red Wolf and want to give slugs a try, they might be the answer. I don’t know the velocity yet but they were smacking the plywood backer on my target stands. I would guess they were shooting between 890-930fps but that’s a total guess.
Have a great day.
Stoti
I normally test and shoot slugs out of the .25 Impact, Maverick or HM1000x. I’ve been doing it for a while out of these guns and have a good understanding of why some work, why some don’t, the velocity range I should be shooting for, etc… I really like 4-5 particular slugs in .25 caliber and know they’ll always work. I want to do more .22 slug testing especially with some of the new, super high BC slugs now available, so I’ve been on the look out for a new .22.
Recently I purchased a Daystate Red Wolf in .30 because it was a good deal and already had the Heliboard installed. I really wanted a .22 for shooting slugs & the Redesigns but the .30 was a really great deal and I can swap over to a .22. I’ve been testing the 44.75 & 50.15 grain pellets at different velocities & learning how to adjust the Heliboard’s power with the pulse length and voltage for each of the 12 power settings. I like shooting both weights of pellets, they’re very accurate, but in reality, the .30 is just not for me, I really prefer the .22 or .25, just preference above all else. I talked to Robert at AOA about switching out the barrel, probe & other small parts for a .22. Easy enough, but obviously they’re really busy right now prior to EBR. We decided to wait to take care of it until after EBR…So while I’m waiting to make the switch after EBR, I decided to try some more slugs out of the Red Wolf. I had already tested the 47.2 and 49.5 grain but didn’t have a whole lot of success and didn’t like the velocity I was getting on high power. I also didn’t want to mess with the settings at that point because my intention was to use the Impact and Maverick for slugs and the Red Wolf for pellets. I didn’t really do any serious testing with slugs in the Red Wolf.
The other day I got a small package and inside were some .30 FX Hybrid slugs. I forgot I had ordered them because they were lost in the mail, reshipped and ended up taking almost 3 weeks to finally arrive. It was a pleasant surprise. Today I went to the range to give them a little shot. I got to our range, grabbed the radar…Batteries dead! I decided to just shoot the Hybrids on power settings 10, 11 and 12 and see what they did, without worrying about the velocities. After I determined what power level worked best, then I could check the velocity and fine tune the gun for optimum performance. I loaded 8 Hybrids, shot the full magazine on power level 10 and at 50 yds, all of the holes were almost touching…Way high left, but almost touching. I switched over to power level 11, again very accurate, maybe even a little better. Power level 12, even better! I shot a few groups at 75yds, less than an inch. Moved to 100yds and the groups were maybe 1.5-1.75”. I didn’t tune the gun, fine tune the gun, nothing. I put it on power setting 12 and it shot great. I’ve tested a lot of slugs and not often do you get lucky like this. I’m sure I can fine tune the gun and get better accuracy. I’m also sure I can shoot better, it was cold with a pretty good breeze this morning.
The Red Wolf platform is new to me and I haven’t heard much about people shooting slugs out of them, certainly not in .30. After not having very good results with the slugs I tested prior, I didn’t have very high expectations. I should have known better…The .22 and .25 FX Hybrids both shot exceptionally well out of all of our air guns that we tested. The .30 caliber Hybrids were no exception.
As always, this post got a lot longer than I had originally intended. The point is…These Hybrids seem to shoot really well out of the Red Wolf’s .30 barrel. If you have a .30 Red Wolf and want to give slugs a try, they might be the answer. I don’t know the velocity yet but they were smacking the plywood backer on my target stands. I would guess they were shooting between 890-930fps but that’s a total guess.
Have a great day.
Stoti
