Nice video @FranklinkStayed up late and got the footage cleaned up.
Skip this one completely if you're a critter lover. While some might consider them cute, these dudes are serious pests for the farmers. I've yet to be turned down when asking permission to shoot them on various properties. All up and down the little farming community where I live I've got people that have given me permission. Many of them I initiated, but some of them actually reached out to me, friend of a friend, etc.
Anyway, the wind was pretty stout this day. In the past, windy days like this would not have been a day I attempted getting after the pdogs, but these slugs make it not only possible, but quite successful.
Most shots felt like they were in the 70-125 yard range. What I included in the video are the cleanest kills from about 2hrs of shooting. I left in some misses. I also left in some hail mary's in the 215-220 yard range. Although even those hail mary's were just this close from connecting. The farthest obvious hit was at 169 yards, towards the end of the video, it was almost a double. There's also a solid 165 yard shot (death dance). The hold off for the wind was pretty evident on some of these, even with a 0.09-0.1BC slug.
If you're just joining in, these are the .20/18.9grain NSA slugs at 910fps from the Ghost. That makes it just shy of 35fpe.
As noted a few posts back, even on the far shots these slugs zip right through the prairie dogs. With a good clean vitals shot they often run 20 or so feet and then flop over dead. I left a couple of those in the video too.
It's also interesting to watch the dust splash after one of these slugs goes through a dog. They often change directions quite drastically, deflection off spine/skull is what I figure.
Anyway, just an example of what this Ghost is capable of when a slug/barrel jives really well. And also an example of how less is often more, specifically when it comes to fpe from airguns. I have a 50-52fpe airgun and rarely shoot it. The Ghost and the .20 NSA slugs are my long range airgun solution. I don't want nor need any more power than this.
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