Made the shooting bench my home for a good part of yesterday to run some slugs through the mighty Brocock Bantam Sniper HR Magnum and was very impressed with my initial results.
I previously tuned the rifle to shoot the 21.14gr H&N Baracuda Match 5.51 at 900fps.
I got great groups with that pellet but would get occasional flyers at long range.
Out comes the 23gr Cup base .2193 AVS slug. It's a nice looking projectile! I increased the hammer a bit (reg set at 155) and 5% from peak got me to shoot the slugs at 890fps.
The target tells the story...
(10 shot 100yd w/ pellets with a right to left crosswind)
(And the first 3 shots with slugs in same shooting conditions)
Only downside I can see is that the slugs don't sit in the brocock or carm rotary mags super well, but the 21gr Baracuda's now sit at 930fps accurately so have a closer range option and can single load slugs for when the starlings sit further!
Next up, seeing how the 34gr shoot at the ~750fps they come out at...
I previously tuned the rifle to shoot the 21.14gr H&N Baracuda Match 5.51 at 900fps.
I got great groups with that pellet but would get occasional flyers at long range.
Out comes the 23gr Cup base .2193 AVS slug. It's a nice looking projectile! I increased the hammer a bit (reg set at 155) and 5% from peak got me to shoot the slugs at 890fps.
The target tells the story...
(10 shot 100yd w/ pellets with a right to left crosswind)
(And the first 3 shots with slugs in same shooting conditions)
Only downside I can see is that the slugs don't sit in the brocock or carm rotary mags super well, but the 21gr Baracuda's now sit at 930fps accurately so have a closer range option and can single load slugs for when the starlings sit further!
Next up, seeing how the 34gr shoot at the ~750fps they come out at...
