N/A Best .177 LW barrel for slugs?

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engfred said:
My .177 Redwolf Hp is supplied with what daystate calls an ART barrel, it stands for Accuracy Research Team. The barrel is a LW Polygon with a choke. And its a laser with slugs. Especially with Jsb Knockout and the Barrel likes speed too. I tested with 1065 fps at 100m it was still a laser.
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Thanks for your comment Claus 🙂
I was under the impression that it should be unchoked. Do you have an idea why yours comes with a choke instead of unchoked?
Perhaps a less aggressive? (Costom made for Daystate)
 
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engfred said:
My .177 Redwolf Hp is supplied with what daystate calls an ART barrel, it stands for Accuracy Research Team. The barrel is a LW Polygon with a choke. And its a laser with slugs. Especially with Jsb Knockout and the Barrel likes speed too. I tested with 1065 fps at 100m it was still a laser.
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Same here. Mine prefers the 12.5's but it is unbelievable for a .177 slug gun.
 
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Peashooter said:
Epic airguns is using a polygonal LW barrel for their #2 barrel option, not choked.
I will be interested in hearing what it will cost you to have a blank barrel chambered ASO
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I have found LW barrels in Holland, but I want to make sure that I get the right version.
Epic still have no designated slug shooter in 177. Asked them about a week ago.
 
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Motorhead said:
I use an LW 12g standard No choke at full length 23.7"
Shoots NSA 12.5 @ 1060 fps, and 15's @ 980 fps there about with fantastic accuracy.
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Scott,
What gun is that barrel in? 1060 is a bit out of reach for my RedWolf. I am shooting the same projectile right at 1000. I would love to try them at 1050 or so.
 
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VikingAirgunner said:
I have found LW barrels in Holland, but I want to make sure that I get the right version.
Epic still have no designated slug shooter in 177. Asked them about a week ago.
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There have been great results with both. Scott mentioned his unchoked the standard rifling barrel and mine is the poly. Interestingly, both he and I are shooting the same NSA .178 in 12.5 gr.
What liner and length are you shooting in your impact? I just picked up a 600mm superior heavy .177 liner to try in an FX.
 
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Lewis said:
Scott,
What gun is that barrel in? 1060 is a bit out of reach for my RedWolf. I am shooting the same projectile right at 1000. I would love to try them at 1050 or so.
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My modified JSAR raptor

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Lewis said:
Great looking gun.
How do you like it? What all have you customized?
My buddy bought one of the first ones but didn't keep it long enough to learn anything.
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I have had it since 2020 ... After working in the JSAR factory in late 19 & early 2020 just before and as the Covid 19 outbreak was happening, I was also a Sponsored shooter using the platform in Field Target tuned as such in a .20 cal configuration all threw the 2020 FT season
Tried a few type valve & hammer set ups to establish a tight ES, which led to further R&D to better the balanced valve design.
So now running once again in High Output mode it sports my own Balanced Valve design, Hammer & SSG. Has a very unique tapered transfer port set up along with some small design tweaks in other areas. Overall they have great potential, and in recent years the new owner of JSAR " Mathew" has done much in further refining the platform. How successful he is being selling these after the JSAR's troubled years I have no idea .. New owner never really reached out to get my R&D advancements, but liken seen plenty of threads posted along the journey on the GTA forum over 2 3 years of actively fiddling with it.

For me it has been an R&D platform used with .177 / .20 /.22 / .25 & .30 cal barrels with corresponding valve set up & general tuning applied.
As to power in each caliber achieved, being stout tho not maxed out @ this: .177 = 38 fpe .20 = 45 fpe .22 = 56 fpe .25 = 70 fpe .30 = 90fpe

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Lewis said:
There have been great results with both. Scott mentioned his unchoked the standard rifling barrel and mine is the poly. Interestingly, both he and I are shooting the same NSA .178 in 12.5 gr.
What liner and length are you shooting in your impact? I just picked up a 600mm superior heavy .177 liner to try in an FX.
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I must admit that Im a bit confused from the answers 😃
The upside is that the LW barrels seems to perform very well in many configurations.
Mainly shooting 16 gr slugs I do believe that the unchoked version would be better. And with Daystate using the polygonal barrel this might be the one that I choose.
Regarding the choke used in the ART barrel I cant imagine that it is similar to the stock barrel from LW. I strongly believe that theirs are made with certain costum specifications, so having to choose between a choke that might be tighter that the one Engfred mentions and an unchoked barrel that will fit a heavier slug better, it will probably be polygonal without choke🤓


Thanks for your input guys 🤗
 
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Lewis said:
There have been great results with both. Scott mentioned his unchoked the standard rifling barrel and mine is the poly. Interestingly, both he and I are shooting the same NSA .178 in 12.5 gr.
What liner and length are you shooting in your impact? I just picked up a 600mm superior heavy .177 liner to try in an FX.
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Ohh and Btw Im using the 700 mm heavy liner on my Impact and it performs really well 😎
16 gr Zan at 960 fps doing groups less that 2 cm every time I go shooting. Not every group ofcause 😂
Best group on camera 1,1 cm and best ever group a bit better 😉
 
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VikingAirgunner said:
I must admit that Im a bit confused from the answers 😃
The upside is that the LW barrels seems to perform very well in many configurations.
Mainly shooting 16 gr slugs I do believe that the unchoked version would be better. And with Daystate using the polygonal barrel this might be the one that I choose.
Regarding the choke used in the ART barrel I cant imagine that it is similar to the stock barrel from LW. I strongly believe that theirs are made with certain costum specifications, so having to choose between a choke that might be tighter that the one Engfred mentions and an unchoked barrel that will fit a heavier slug better, it will probably be polygonal without choke🤓


Thanks for your input guys 🤗
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You will get LESS power with a poly over a traditional 12g with equal tune settings.
Poly IS NOT a round bore but a 6 sided wave type shape that requires the projectile shot to be reformed to the bore shape when shot .. this absorbs power !!
As well due to much heavier handling / reshaping of a slug in a poly bore, leading as well typically greater :confused:

FYI ... good luck ;)
 
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Motorhead said:
You will get LESS power with a poly over a traditional 12g with equal tune settings.
Poly IS NOT a round bore but a 6 sided wave type shape that requires the projectile shot to be reformed to the bore shape when shot .. this absorbs power !!
As well due to much heavier handling / reshaping of a slug in a poly bore, leading as well typically greater :confused:

FYI ... good luck ;)
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Hmm but why does a campany like Daystate choose the poly over the standard? 🤔
 
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