im planning on getting one next week. i want to use it as a dedicated slugger shooting heavier nsa slugs. is it hard to tune with the proper AAA tools?
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Balancing accuracy, range and power? One projectile for 2023 - what are you keeping?
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If I had to choose between JSB 18.13gr .22, and JSB 33.95gr MkII .25, I would always and forever regret my decision either way. My favorite is the .25, but I honestly shoot the .22 5x has much.
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You don't really need those tools unless you are set on tinkering with the regulator adjustment. It was designed as an accurate, rugged hunter and bench rifle around pellets and medium weight slugs (in .30 caliber) and is set-up and shot from the factory for accuracy and optimal air usage, with no adjustment necessary. That said, all that you really need to tune it to heavier ammo is a set of Allen wrenches to adjust the hammer spring pressure to get more speed. It likely won't need a higher pressure regulator setting to achieve max speed because of the short barrel.
Mine is set a little hotter than factory stock by only a couple hundred pounds on the reg, with decent spring pressure. Like this it waists some air with pellets and light slugs, but also pushes longer slugs decently fast with it's short barrel with no adjustment. Today I shot it for close to four hours, throwing pounds and pounds of lead down range of all kinds of grain weights with nothing more than a scope adjustment. Yes, I could have fine-tuned each weight with a spring adjustment for better accuracy, but I wasn't there for that. It's a really nice, quality piece of American engineering.
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Sweet that just sealed the deal for me! I upload some pics next week. So did you use the EVOL tool to the reg? I do plan on slinging heavier slugs and leaving it like that for good
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Yes, you need the spanner to remove the barrel lug to start the tear-down after de-gassing. They are top shelf tools made for the job. Generic spanners and wrenches can work but will mar up the finish.
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Nielsen 34.9 Grain 25 Cal. Will work on anything from a Chipmunk up to a CA Coyote with an excellent balance of weight/energy, BC, and FPS.
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Yes, only the spanner is needed to remove the barrel to start disassembly. However I'd buy them all. You never know if you will need them for a bad o-ring or maintenance. If you do end up needing them, then they are priceless. If you never need them then you have some priceless tools in a box.
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I’m choosing the .25 cal Hades. I don’t shoot much past 75yds, and these will do just fine to that distance. The knockdown power is unreal, and they’re not badly priced.
if price wasn’t an option, it would be the .25 cal king heavy. Buck the wind like a slug, and stupid accurate from everything I’ve fed them to.
if price wasn’t an option, it would be the .25 cal king heavy. Buck the wind like a slug, and stupid accurate from everything I’ve fed them to.
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The powder coat doesn't foul the barrel? Any improvement in accuracy using it vs the raw lead pellet? What gun/guns are you shooting them out of?
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im not devoting my capital to expensive 'candy' pellets that the gun HAS to be dialed and sighted to, face that fact, you cant switch between pellets without completely re-setting up a gun, so it wont be in any state of readiness doing that ... other than .22 and .17 pellets are going to be expensive and those guns mostly sit until needed for specific tasks .. but for everyday actual use, all my .22 and .177 guns are dialed as best as they can be to readily available cheap crosman pellets ..
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It keeps the barrel clean instead of fouling it. Accuracy doesn't seem to be affected as far as I can tell. I shoot them in all my guns. The ones in the picture are .25. I shoot them in My Flashpup, my .25 Stormrider and my .25 Bandit.
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I know they are expensive but the FX Hybrid slug just might be the highest BC/weight ratio projectile out there. In practical terms that equates to better efficiency of air usage per shot concerning wind drift, downrange energy, and thus also accuracy.
In my Taipan Veteran Long I consistently shoot sub 1/2" groups at 50 meters.
In my Taipan Veteran Long I consistently shoot sub 1/2" groups at 50 meters.
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