This evening I was on my porch relaxing and taking in the beautiful weather since that heat wave passed. There were starlings down by my 100 target so I retrieved my DRS slow motion slug shooter. Looked at the gauge when I got outside and hoped I still had some shots left. Still waiting on an email reply on that issue. I knew the gun was a smidge low and right last night at 100. So I held high left and pop, one dead with a cold shot. Another one came back to investigate its fallen brethren and pop, it was dead. I was just sitting on the steps with my elbows resting on my knees. A no towering scope, no tube or bottle true traditional rifle is just so easy to shoot.
I can’t leave the gun this way. I’m 14 clicks from 30 to 50 yards. I’m 48 clicks for 75 yards and I’m over 100 clicks for 100 yards. But if I would have the time to range every animal to the yard, it’s dead out to 100 and who knows how far beyond.
I‘m having some wallet emptying thoughts but I need to think this through. My gun is as long as I can stand with a mod on it. So I would stick with 500mm in .22. If I were to buy another walnut .22 to make a slug shooter, making sure the dealer checked the gauge threads before shipping, would it still shoot this slug if I turned the gun up. I think I’ll wait until there is a plenum bigger than mine but smaller than that gigantic thing available. Judging by where my HS is set on 115b, I think I would need a little hammer weight or maybe a little more spring. I would be shooting for the 920-930fps range. I would just try with my gun but I’ll wait to see where the 500mm .22’s run out of gas reg vs hammer from someone on the forum. I don’t want to jack around with this gun. My reg doesn’t budge after sitting.
I can’t leave the gun this way. I’m 14 clicks from 30 to 50 yards. I’m 48 clicks for 75 yards and I’m over 100 clicks for 100 yards. But if I would have the time to range every animal to the yard, it’s dead out to 100 and who knows how far beyond.
I‘m having some wallet emptying thoughts but I need to think this through. My gun is as long as I can stand with a mod on it. So I would stick with 500mm in .22. If I were to buy another walnut .22 to make a slug shooter, making sure the dealer checked the gauge threads before shipping, would it still shoot this slug if I turned the gun up. I think I’ll wait until there is a plenum bigger than mine but smaller than that gigantic thing available. Judging by where my HS is set on 115b, I think I would need a little hammer weight or maybe a little more spring. I would be shooting for the 920-930fps range. I would just try with my gun but I’ll wait to see where the 500mm .22’s run out of gas reg vs hammer from someone on the forum. I don’t want to jack around with this gun. My reg doesn’t budge after sitting.
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