.22 NSA 19gr squirrel and groundhog smackdown

[Dave]

 



I got a chance to try out the .22 cal 19gr slugs from NSA on a couple of squirrels and a groundhog with great results. 

The first squirrel was shot in the lungs at 30 yards since he wouldn't hold still long enough for a head shot. He only went about 5 feet from where he was shot.It definitely tore him up inside as a large pool of foamy blood was under him. 

Nice size exit hole as slug expanded on the way out.

The next was a direct shot to the eye as he was facing slightly toward me. the exit was out his ear hole.

The groundhog was at 25 yards and I put it directly in her ear, with no exit wound. She just rolled over and her feet twitched a few times. I wanted to recover this slug but didn't have a proper knife for this and it was starting to get dark. I will have to be better prepared next to so that I can recover the slug.

I am very pleased with the 19gr NSA hollowpoints, and can't wait till he has them coming off of the high speed press, which should be in a few weeks.

 

[Laity]

What speed are you running the 19's at boss ? I guess they must be super fast ??



Rog

 

[Dave]

What speed are you running the 19's at boss ? I guess they must be super fast ??



Rog

Sorry, I thought I posted that. I am Avgeraging HI 841/ low 831 / avg 837FPS /ES 10 / SD 3 

I could probably tune for more power, but with the consistancy of my strings at this setting I don't want to risk messing up my tune. I don't plan to pest with this at long range like 100 yards, so I am happy with the 30 ft-lbs at the muzzle.I actually like the higher bc projectiles cause you can tune for accuracy, and they retain more energy than a high velocity pellet at the longer ranges.

 

[russinbaja]

Dave, good shooting. After I get thru most of my 23gr. NSA's I'll definitely want to try some 19's. My Cricket like the 23's but there is quite a difference from shooting 18 JSB's.

 

[Bob_O]

Very nice!!

Which rifle?

 

[Hajimoto]

Excellent shootage and imagery.

Gotta love those NSA Slugs

I too am interested in what you used to sling them slugs.

 

[randy_68]

Great shooting and results Dave. You're shooting yours a lot slower than mine but same end result. So far I'm really like these .25 cal 29 gr NSA slugs.

Edit, just realized your shooting .22 and mine is a .25.

 

[Dave]

Very nice!!

Which rifle?

It's the .22 cal MRod with the Lothar-walther barrel and picatinny rail.

Great shooting and results Dave. You're shooting yours a lot slower than mine but same end result. So far I'm really like these 19 gr NSA slugs.

I could probably push them faster, but this is using the tune from my 18gr JSB's, which I would prefer not to adjust for now. However, once Nick has these slugs running with the high speed equipment I may purchase a large quantity after testing and retune for just slug usage.



I am thinking about putting a nice boyd stock on it in the future. 

 

[Dave]

More evidence for the capability of these slugs.. He moved about a foot from where he was shot at. I imagine that the heavier slugs with deep hollowpoint cavity expands much more, but the shorter length of these limits the depth of the cavity and overall expansion.

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