Thinking about trying some different slugs. my question is does success have more to do with the type of barrel you have or how fast you can drive them. i have heard choked barrels are not good. can we overcome this with more fps
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Success has to do with the shooter, not so much as what the shooter is using. I've never seen any conclusive info to prove using choked or unchoked barrels...I've used both and noted no difference in the accuracy.
Trial and error is your best advice. Buy small batches of slugs/pellets and match them up...see what suits you.
Uncle Hoot
Trial and error is your best advice. Buy small batches of slugs/pellets and match them up...see what suits you.
Uncle Hoot
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What Hepotter said is right on. So long as the barrel is happy with the slug diameter it will shoot good. It's just that you have a far greater chance of matching a slug to a non-choked or slug barrel as many slugs are specifically made for them. As far as the velocity one drives the slugs at being a factor I got an MOA at 100 yard tune at 740fps with both the NSA and VK slugs and did not know I was shooting so slow until I put the slugs over the chrony near two weeks later. This was done with a .25 Impact slug barrel. I did notice that they started keyholing at near 150 yards though thus my reason for the chrony werq.
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Well, my experience is the opposite.
Small batches of slugs did not allow me to make any real judgements. Statistically meaningless .
Slugs shot at low velocity rarely grouped well.
Slugs shot at low velocity negate the advantage of slugs which have no advantage inside of 100 yards
My goal has been to find a slug or slugs that shot harder and further and more accurately at and beyond 100 yards then pellets This has not been easy to achieve.
Most of the claims of those who say it’s easy have shown little or no evidence of same
Air rifles even shooting at relatively high velocity (let’s say 950 FPS) have significant lock time and significant time in flight to 100 yards Slow enough that you can see the projectile in flight . Those facts in and of themselves make for extremely difficult MOA groups
It’s NOT easy .
Claims are made that air rifles can out shoot the 22 rim fire. My thinking is as follows The best shooter shooting the best air rifle in good conditions can probably accomplish that shooting against the typical 22 rim fire. The best air rifle shooting against the best 22 rf. Now that might be interesting. No doubt air guns are catching up
Small batches of slugs did not allow me to make any real judgements. Statistically meaningless .
Slugs shot at low velocity rarely grouped well.
Slugs shot at low velocity negate the advantage of slugs which have no advantage inside of 100 yards
My goal has been to find a slug or slugs that shot harder and further and more accurately at and beyond 100 yards then pellets This has not been easy to achieve.
Most of the claims of those who say it’s easy have shown little or no evidence of same
Air rifles even shooting at relatively high velocity (let’s say 950 FPS) have significant lock time and significant time in flight to 100 yards Slow enough that you can see the projectile in flight . Those facts in and of themselves make for extremely difficult MOA groups
It’s NOT easy .
Claims are made that air rifles can out shoot the 22 rim fire. My thinking is as follows The best shooter shooting the best air rifle in good conditions can probably accomplish that shooting against the typical 22 rim fire. The best air rifle shooting against the best 22 rf. Now that might be interesting. No doubt air guns are catching up
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Yeah, I have to agree with Bubbler on this one...The shooter matters of course, but so does the barrel and slugs. Choked barrels generally do not shoot slugs as well as non choked barrel unless the choked barrel is made especially for slugs like the FX slug barrels or you get lucky. It's pretty uncommon to just grab a slug and have it shoot in your gun. You generally have to try many, at various velocities to see what you can get to work. Even then, sub moa groups are not easily achieved. People have had success with slugs at various velocities but again, in general most slugs perform best at higher velocities since they are spin stabilized. I've had the best luck with most of the slugs I've tested at between 920-980fps.
Stoti
Stoti
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Oddly enough I am putting my PRS .22LR up against my Red Wolf soon for an accuracy test . I want to see what they can do at 50 , 100 , 150 yards and see which is more accurate . I use Cci Standard in my .22LR and Pro Hunter or H&N in the Red Wolf . Should make a good test I reckon ?? I know the Red Wolf using slugs still takes lees wind than the .22LR ?? how odd is that ?? I would have never had expected that ??
Rog
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Targets at 100 yards NSA 33.5 and another which I don't remember shot at 740fps. Bottom right target I shot three but could not see the cloverleaf hole so I tweaked the elevation turret up and shot three more. FX Impact 700mm .25 slug barrel. Center has one sighter to the right as I was adjusting my scope zero all shots fired at the center bull. Other shots on the target are from tuning the gun. I have shot sub MOA groups at 100 yards at velocities of 740fps to 980fps. Groups shot at 150 yards at 740fps opened up and showed signs of keyholing.
Slugs always have the advantage in wind even at less than 100 yards. I have to feed my CZ452 a very accurate gun $.20 a shot ammo for it to match the half inch groups my Impact shoots regularly when properly tuned for $.06 a round.
Slugs always have the advantage in wind even at less than 100 yards. I have to feed my CZ452 a very accurate gun $.20 a shot ammo for it to match the half inch groups my Impact shoots regularly when properly tuned for $.06 a round.
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