I noticed that NSA offers .17 cal slugs with a BC that's 3x better than pellets. Has anyone tried them? What's an ideal speed for them? Max range for 1 MOA accuracy?
Anyone shooting .177 cal slugs?
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I have a few different ones for my R5M, just haven't gotten out to test them yet. Though from close distances they seem to work great. Buy a box and give them a try
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I have an old Airforce Condor that I've taken on as a project and one of things I'm considering doing is changing calibers (it's a .22 and I have lots of .22's). I haven't had much luck (accuracy wise) with .25 so I'm considering .177. Barrels and ammo are relatively cheap, so why not right?
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I'd be interested to see how these do as well, the bc could be huge for being able to use a .177 on say a pigeon atop a silo
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The NSA site says that the 20 grain slugs did well in a "LW choked barrel". Well, that's exactly what an AF Condor has so that may be worth a go!I'd be interested to see how these do as well, the bc could be huge for being able to use a .177 on say a pigeon atop a silo
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I'm shooting NSA 12.5gr at 880fps out of a Hatsan Vectis and they shoot great! There's hope fore the cheapskates.
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Not much success in my FX Dreamline. I tried three different barrel liners with both NSA 12.5 and JSB KO 13.4. Accuracy is so so, but these barrels foul quickly because of the tight chokes.
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Ordered a box over the weekend. Going to see how well they group from an rti compact. So far I've only tried the JSB KO. The results we different.. they didn't group quite as well as pellets at 50... but the slugs grouped better than pellets at 80 (furthest I've tested them so far) not sure if the NSA will be any better but I'm gonna see
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I am looking to shoot them out of an Impact Compact mk2. Currently shooting jsb 13.43 and it does wonders and will like continue to shoot those but if there's an out of the box slugs that could yield me a little more distance with accurate I'd have at it
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I've been doing a bit of 177 slug testing lately. I have 3 guns I've been testing with. Impact M3, RTI Priest2 and AGT Vixen. The Impact does OK with the JSB KO 13gr and Zan 13gr in the 940ish fps range. I have had the new 177 heavy barrel on order at SPAW for seems to be about 9mo so hopefully it comes in soon. I cant get the Impact to shoot anything heavier than 13gr well with any slug with its stock liner. The RTI loves the JSB 13gr and the Zan 13gr. I think the Zans do a bit better. Its sweet spot seems to be around the 940 - 960 fps range. I just started testing with the Vixen. So far its been shooting the NSA 12gr super good around 870 fps (stock settings )but I have more testing to do. I also want to bump the reg up a bit from its stock 100bar setting to get the slugs above 900fps. So far Ive tested the JSB 10 and 13gr, Zan 10, 13, 16 and 20gr, NSA 12 and 15gr. I also have a box of NSA 20gr but haven't ran them yet. I have a few tins of the H&N 16gr but haven't found them to work well at the speeds I've tested. I also have some Howlers to test so results will come in soon for those. I will start posting some pics of group sizes and speeds here!
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Been shooting .177 slugs in my Daystate rifles for almost 3 years now and performance and accuracy is very good 
Also shooting slugs in my RTI Prophet Performance .177 and it is a laser with the JSB KO 13.43 gr and ZAN 13 gr
Also shooting slugs in my RTI Prophet Performance .177 and it is a laser with the JSB KO 13.43 gr and ZAN 13 gr
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What speed are you getting your best accuracy out of your RTI with the 13gr?Been shooting .177 slugs in my Daystate rifles for almost 3 years now and performance and accuracy is very good
Also shooting slugs in my RTI Prophet Performance .177 and it is a laser with the JSB KO 13.43 gr and ZAN 13 gr
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Only shot groups twice to sight in and my 50 yard group in 3-5mph winds could be covered with a nickle. I have a hanging soft seal 5" target at 120 yards that I can hit consistently. I can watch the pellet flight to it and it flys beautifully. I have never plinked at 120y with a .177 before, the .07bc changes everything.
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12.5 grain NSA shoots very nice out of FX 177 barrels with the right tune.
The 8 shot group is about 1 inch thanks to the wind or my miss reading of the wind, the 5 shot cluster is about 0.58 inches C2C. This is at a windy 100 yards.
It certainly isn’t the .22 38 grain slugs but for 177 it’s phenomenal.
The 8 shot group is about 1 inch thanks to the wind or my miss reading of the wind, the 5 shot cluster is about 0.58 inches C2C. This is at a windy 100 yards.
It certainly isn’t the .22 38 grain slugs but for 177 it’s phenomenal.
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