Scenario . . . upstate NY, this time of the year - daylight is precious thing. Granted we're getting more of it and it's not 'officially' getting dark now until just after 5:00pm - BUT - when you don't get off of work until 3:30 or so and live quite a distance from work . . . yeah - HUSTLE home when good weather presents itself as it did today with temp's in the mid to upper 40's. My FX Hybrid slugs finally showed up yesterday after having been on back order for more than a month but I didn't have time to do anything other than unbox them yesterday. I figured I'd buy a box or two just to try them out after seeing all of the initial reviews, write ups, etc that were so prevalent here and on youtube, etc . . . *EVERYONE* was all a ga ga over them but EVERYONE was also seemingly ONLY shooting them out of FX guns too.
Readers digest - I literally got home, setup a target out in the back yard - just paced it of by foot - 38'ish yards - and using these slugs managed to zero the scope and get consistent 5 shot groups at about the size of my thumbnail ( roughly the size of a US penny ). Target(s) were just heavy black "X" marks I sharpie marked on a 3/4" piece of plywood. Per the subject title - the gun is a US version (FAC for our British friends) of the Air Arms S510 XS Ultimate Sporter. Some (most?) of you likely know that this gun has a variable power feature on it - knowing that these slugs are "heavy" for this gun - I set it to full power.
So -- I actually got to shoot them, AND once zero'd, found them to be reasonably consistent and accurate. Light just about gone - but I'm not done playing - now I want to run them over a chrony that I have down in the basement. I fill the gun back up with air to 250 bar and then run it over the chrony. Oh dear . . . . 10 shots at FULL power - high was only 714, low of 701 - for an average of 706.
From everything I've (we've) read and scene via youtube videos and reviews - these slugs *really* are in their element at 900+ fps I believe. I'd sort of suspected that my AA wouldn't have the balls to sling these things like they need to be slung but figured I'd give 'em a go none-the-less. This gun wings out JSB 16's (15.89's) wicked good and I've taken pigeons at 75 yards with it. I do like the gun - just wish it packed a little more punch and had better shot count (bigger air reservoir) but - it is what it is.
I'm really looking at / waiting for the new RTI Prophet to get released, that Zbroia Sapsan looks interesting too - the JSAR Raptors look wicked too! So many new toys coming to market - so little funding for them. ( lol )
Readers digest - I literally got home, setup a target out in the back yard - just paced it of by foot - 38'ish yards - and using these slugs managed to zero the scope and get consistent 5 shot groups at about the size of my thumbnail ( roughly the size of a US penny ). Target(s) were just heavy black "X" marks I sharpie marked on a 3/4" piece of plywood. Per the subject title - the gun is a US version (FAC for our British friends) of the Air Arms S510 XS Ultimate Sporter. Some (most?) of you likely know that this gun has a variable power feature on it - knowing that these slugs are "heavy" for this gun - I set it to full power.
So -- I actually got to shoot them, AND once zero'd, found them to be reasonably consistent and accurate. Light just about gone - but I'm not done playing - now I want to run them over a chrony that I have down in the basement. I fill the gun back up with air to 250 bar and then run it over the chrony. Oh dear . . . . 10 shots at FULL power - high was only 714, low of 701 - for an average of 706.
From everything I've (we've) read and scene via youtube videos and reviews - these slugs *really* are in their element at 900+ fps I believe. I'd sort of suspected that my AA wouldn't have the balls to sling these things like they need to be slung but figured I'd give 'em a go none-the-less. This gun wings out JSB 16's (15.89's) wicked good and I've taken pigeons at 75 yards with it. I do like the gun - just wish it packed a little more punch and had better shot count (bigger air reservoir) but - it is what it is.
I'm really looking at / waiting for the new RTI Prophet to get released, that Zbroia Sapsan looks interesting too - the JSAR Raptors look wicked too! So many new toys coming to market - so little funding for them. ( lol )
