N/A .177 for slugs (primarily at least)?!

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Ydunn.223 said:
Hmm boat tail 177 slugs those are different.
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I got them from @mercado he's got them from griffin, I guess he still has the dies for these but doesn't sell them on the market. They fly great though!
Sicumj said:
I've looked at manny chambers that appear to have no throat at all. I don't know what the ultimate degree would be. We will know more as custom jobs are finished and results reported. Keep us in the loop please when finished and you are satisfied ot not on your project. Many thanks.
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I will take a picture of the chamber today before I drop it off.
 
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Sicumj said:
I've looked at manny chambers that appear to have no throat at all. I don't know what the ultimate degree would be. We will know more as custom jobs are finished and results reported. Keep us in the loop please when finished and you are satisfied ot not on your project. Many thanks.
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This is what I got so far, I also slugged the barrel and the drives seem to be somewhere between .176 and .1765. The slugged slugs were .177 16gr griffins and you can see the groves are more pronounce on some, rather than all of them.

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I just checked again slugging with 178 varmint knockers and the lands are .175 and groves are .176.

Also I figure out the reason for less contact on one side of the grooves is due to how I'm pushing with the rod, not the barrel itself.

I'm conflicted on where or not I should take it to get the throat opened up, it's not hacking the slugs or removing any material. I trust my guy to make the throat but I would regret it if it change the accuracy negatively.

 
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Heavyopp said:
I’m not sure I would touch that. Why fix what isn’t broke?

and the springs made it here yesterday
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Great to hear! Yeah my thoughts are the same. I will still go to the shop.Show him the barrel and show him the slugs and see if he thinks it's worth doing or not. Given that we go way back, it's not like he's making much money off of doing it, so it wouldn't skew his judgment.
 
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greenbeans said:
So whenever I pick the cal for a new rifle, I don’t even consider .177. I mean, there is whole countries out there being sad about the fact that that’s what they’re stuck with… I’ve got plenty of space to plink so why cripple myself (or so I thought… :)).

Yet, I find myself thinking about a .177 more and more due to “some” people’s influence (not looking at anyone in particular @JaceSpace1369 @RabbitofCaerbannog)… I am almost caving in so maybe talk me out of it? If you want to talk me (even deeper) into it that’s fine as well, ideally with a recommendation for a rifle in this case :) Since it’ll be an experiment of sorts for me I’d probably want to get a used medium tier one first to see how I like it, should shoot slugs though since I’d like to use it for small critters (besides plinking)… Thanks in advance!
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do it! i’m waiting on a .177 akela from airgunrevisions. i too have been thinking of the .177 and have been waiting for them to come back in stock since i didn’t want to spend more than 250$ on my next purchase. now i have 3 guns, .177, .22, and .25! happy camper here😁
 
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daddypaddy said:
do it! i’m waiting on a .177 akela from airgunrevisions. i too have been thinking of the .177 and have been waiting for them to come back in stock since i didn’t want to spend more than 250$ on my next purchase. now i have 3 guns, .177, .22, and .25! happy camper here😁
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You won't regret it, my Akela is/was a slug shooting 15gr vk .5" groups at 50yds repeatable.
 
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JaceSpace1369 said:
They feel pretty close to the same weight, but I don't have a small scale to compare.
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Looking forward to hear that you don’t hear anything from the U2 anymore :) U3 doesn’t ping but has a hard hammer sound as well, very snappy. It’s a different hammer but conceptually the same thing… so another candidate for the same medicin.
 
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greenbeans said:
Looking forward to hear that you don’t hear anything from the U2 anymore :) U3 doesn’t ping but has a hard hammer sound as well, very snappy. It’s a different hammer but conceptually the same thing… so another candidate for the same medicin.
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I wonder if the U3 hammer is compatible in the U2. Although I assume you'd likely have to swap both hammer and valve.

But I will update today!
 
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