Put a few down range and reading a lot of testing. My conclusion: size seems to be more and more important rather than barrel length , weight of slug or speed. Sizing the slug to the individual barrel. Your thoughts.
Slug weight and size.
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Lenweber2,
I've been dabbling with making my own .1775 pellets (slugs), to be used in a lower powered Field Target rig, of only 12 ft.lb. I've found that the balance of the projectile, as well as changing the base shape, determines a LOT on how it flies. I had pellets recovered from my RAW TM1000, and my Steyr LG 110 FT, and sent them to the die maker, so he could properly make the correct diameter for my slug endeavor. This insures that the fit of this slug is not too tight, or too loose, for my purposes. I've gotten decent results in testing, and I think with a few tweaks on the weight, and base shape, I'll have satisfactory results.
You can see some of my results, as well as how the slugs are made, at
U Tube Channel Field Target Tech,
and my website, fieldtargettech.com.
Tom Holland
Field Target Tech
I've been dabbling with making my own .1775 pellets (slugs), to be used in a lower powered Field Target rig, of only 12 ft.lb. I've found that the balance of the projectile, as well as changing the base shape, determines a LOT on how it flies. I had pellets recovered from my RAW TM1000, and my Steyr LG 110 FT, and sent them to the die maker, so he could properly make the correct diameter for my slug endeavor. This insures that the fit of this slug is not too tight, or too loose, for my purposes. I've gotten decent results in testing, and I think with a few tweaks on the weight, and base shape, I'll have satisfactory results.
You can see some of my results, as well as how the slugs are made, at
U Tube Channel Field Target Tech,
and my website, fieldtargettech.com.
Tom Holland
Field Target Tech
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Never ever undersized, always shoot for .0005-.001 over groove measurement. That means you need to always slug your bore and have a good way to measure it. This applies to uncooked barrels, I never got anything to shoot in a chocked barrel, evidently it can be done.
I liked cutting my own leads by hand with a Dremel with a lot of time and fitting with 1/4 inch Kratex bulb end goal was a bullet that fit with “wine cork” in a bottle feel and fit.
My first air gun mold was made for me 8 years ago by Veral Smith of LBT, I sent him a slug pushed through my barrel because I did not have an accurate caliper, using his put us on the same Page.
Best advice I can give and worked for me to 615 yards on cola cans. Google utube Roachcreek 615 yard Haley airgun cola can shot, you will see what I mean.
Also know what your twist rate is capable of stabilizing. I used TJ 257 barrels, a 1-10 for anything approaching 100 grains and 1-14 for 70 to 90 g grains.
Roachcreek
I liked cutting my own leads by hand with a Dremel with a lot of time and fitting with 1/4 inch Kratex bulb end goal was a bullet that fit with “wine cork” in a bottle feel and fit.
My first air gun mold was made for me 8 years ago by Veral Smith of LBT, I sent him a slug pushed through my barrel because I did not have an accurate caliper, using his put us on the same Page.
Best advice I can give and worked for me to 615 yards on cola cans. Google utube Roachcreek 615 yard Haley airgun cola can shot, you will see what I mean.
Also know what your twist rate is capable of stabilizing. I used TJ 257 barrels, a 1-10 for anything approaching 100 grains and 1-14 for 70 to 90 g grains.
Roachcreek
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