slugs for Akela

Normally I shoot at full power or minimum power. There are no set detents, or partial power will be a guessing game for repeatability. For the slugs, go wide open, full throttle, balls to the firewall. 

i have an akela. i’m totally new to this. 

i plan to hunt medium game ... fox and coyote. 



should i even try slugs - i hear they are for more advanced air gunners. are slugs better for hunting ?

Slugs are expensive and they take more time to tune the gun for. Learn to shoot with pellets first.

Fred- please do some research and investigation into the power a .22 pellet rifle puts out before you consider shooting at a fox or coyote. I'd also check your local laws to see what permits and licenses you need to hunt either. You could get yourself in trouble if you come across a game warden before taking a single shot. Right over the boarder from you in PA, you cannot hunt animals that large with a pellet gun and you cannot take a fox with a standard hunting license, you need an additional furbearer license. I imagine MD is similar, but that's just a guess. Despite foxes and coyotes being despised by farmers, they still deserve to be dispatched humanely and not wounded to suffer and die over a period of days or weeks. In that vein, my advice is to spend 400 bucks on a Remington 22-250 and save the pellets for the squirrels and pigeons.

1. Slugs are expensive and

2. they take more time to tune the gun for. 

3. Learn to shoot with pellets first.

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Jim,

I totally agree with your no. 2 and 3.



However, considering that www.NielsenSpecialtyAmmo.com has drastically reduced their prices last year (and others had to follow suit to remain competitive), I feel slugs are no longer an expensive niche option....



I'll attach an overview of available .22 slugs — finally the common shooter can enter the slug game without risking an expensive gamble.



Matthias



Attachment: Slug Table

View attachment SLUG Table. 052. 2020-10. TABLE.1603386150.pdf

JungleShooter Great info. Thankyou +1

 I agree with goodoldbvc . It’s better to be over powered than under powered.No sense in wounding and having an animal die a long horrible death. A 22-250 Will definitely do the job but people use them because they are very flat shooting. I would use at least a 222 Remington.And if hunting laws permitted I would use at least a 30 caliber with slugs.