NSA 38.9

Let us know how it goes after you shoot more at 100Y. I know we had talked about the NSA 43.5 at about 900 FPS. Do you think these at more accurate?

This exact slugs in .250 works wonder with superior standard, try it if you have one. 

5 shots at 50y I rattled off last night at 950 fps, std superior

The low shot was either me or the gun was still warming up. Was trying to rattle em off quick bc daylight was fading so didn't do my normal fire a handful first. 4 in one slightly larger hole and one low.

Pretty typical group for the 38.9's

@drumsnguns

It's been a hot minute since I've shot the 38.9's at 100y but easily under moa from previous testing. My fav slug ATM is the 34.9's. More because I can get those up to 1000fps without stressing the rifle out too much.

I should be heading to the range this weekend so I'll bring the 38.9's with me and get some 100y groups. 

And yes, I do lube with silicone. I wash first as well. Crazy the amount of stuff that gets stuck inside the HP's or sticks to the slug itself. Slugs are less forgiving with lead buildup in my experience so I do what I can to keep extra crap out of the barrel.

Once I start seeing my groupings open up more than moa, I know it's time to run some patches through. Not squeaky clean but pull out the chunks. I have yet to be able to 'shoot through' when the groups open up...A-bc I don't have the patience, B-dont want to waste a bunch of ammo when I can take 5 min to pull some patches through and get my groups back. 

And this is nothing against NSA at all, but I washed a whole box and this is what was left in the water (I normally do small batches and fresh water but wanted to see how much accumulated). Just the nature of production and they're still my fav slugs 

I usually pull alternate 6 wet/dry patches through every few hundred-ish rounds or so. I more look for when I started getting random fliers as my setup is pretty consistent. 

I use the wd-40 yellow right now. I've used superlube, then ran out. Also tried ptfe, didn't like that as much. 

And yeah, I'll report back on 100y after some range time this weekend. 

950ish is where the 38.9's seem to like my particular liner. 

Reg at 155 nowhere near close to maxed out on my hammer. I run one hammer weight from the slug kit. Hi-flow xfer port and probe (not the pin probe).

Here was the shot string from last night. Wasn't kidding when I said I was quickly just trying to rattle some off lol I usually warm up the liner with 10-12 shots normally before I start shooting groups. 

And yes...put a lot of ammo over the chrony lol And scarily do quite a bit of shooting without the chrony so those shots aren't tracked. I haven't reset my current string since end of April. It's turned more into a game now of seeing how high my shot count is getting when I have chrony time hahahah

Great thread! I'm shooting the 38 grain NSA at 920 in my superior standard liner and they are phenomenal.

Almost always moa even at 100 yards! Nice to see similar results. 

Here's the 38.9's from the range today. I did not retune so this is using my 34.9 tune. They were going right around 950, I think bumping it up a little in my setup I could have tightened it down to 1/2".

Was a 7-10mph swirly breeze out there today. That left lower shot was all me. Wind was switching from left to right to coming from my 8 o'clock. This was the best of the groups, the other was right at 1" and then .76" with 3 in the same hole. 

Edit--just noticed I had the wrong ammo label saved, this is the 38.9's

Here's the 38.9's from the range today. I did not retune so this is using my 34.9 tune. They were going right around 950, I think bumping it up a little in my setup I could have tightened it down to 1/2".

Was a 7-10mph swirly breeze out there today. That left lower shot was all me. Wind was switching from left to right to coming from my 8 o'clock. This was the best of the groups, the other was right at 1" and then .76" with 3 in the same hole. 

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Very nice! I got 3 boxes of the 34.9 to try, need to get out! That is very good group with the wind and shows the slugs buck the wind really well. 

Here's the 38.9's from the range today. I did not retune so this is using my 34.9 tune. They were going right around 950, I think bumping it up a little in my setup I could have tightened it down to 1/2".

Was a 7-10mph swirly breeze out there today. That left lower shot was all me. Wind was switching from left to right to coming from my 8 o'clock. This was the best of the groups, the other was right at 1" and then .76" with 3 in the same hole. 

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Very nice! I got 3 boxes of the 34.9 to try, need to get out! That is very good group with the wind and shows the slugs buck the wind really well.

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Yeah, the 38.9's shoot well, but I'm still a huge fan of the 34.9's. They like to go fast.