How many people are looking at the panthera as a viable contender?
What say you guys that are actually shooting in matches now?
What say you guys that are actually shooting in matches now?
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- Thread starter woogie_man
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If you’re a serious competitor and you haven’t at least considered this gun for prs/nrl style competition you’d better bring your A game because this thing is a game changer and you best believe I’ll be running one as soon as I can get my hands on it
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The local shop near me will be getting a few of them in, and I have been looking at them.
What caliber you thinking would work best?
What caliber you thinking would work best?
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I'm hoping 600mm .25 pans out. At least with a liner change, I should be able to throw my slug a in there.
Just unsure if I want to wield 49" of air rifle in a 700mm .22...and 600mm in .22 starts to become limiting on max slug weight for the heavier stuff (unless you're boyd!) Love the look of the 500mm but then I'd be giving up some plenum.
Just unsure if I want to wield 49" of air rifle in a 700mm .22...and 600mm in .22 starts to become limiting on max slug weight for the heavier stuff (unless you're boyd!) Love the look of the 500mm but then I'd be giving up some plenum.
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I have had very good results with H&N barracuda match, I have been getting 1/2-3/4 inch groups at 100 as long as the wind is down, my M3 has a 600mm barrel and I’m shooting at 875fps,
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I am thinking the same. Already have a ton of 22 ammo, but want to make sure of thr decision first
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Now that I got a Panthera on order I’m seriously thinking about trying out the local NRL22 matches. The Impact or Crown would work ok but think Panthera would work better simply due to the balance/ergonomics.
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Well that big airgun class rule change threw me for a loop. I was hesitant to reconfigure my Maverick from the compact setup that I've been running since the summer (50.15gr tuned for 850 with a little 330mm TJ .. it'll shoot faster than that, but it's just been too much fun with the 26 shot mag from Midwest Elite). The problem being that I've not been able to find alternatives that check enough of my boxes that put them on the same playing field.
Not saying that I don't have any other tack drivers, but I realized that it would be senseless not to use this ugly somebetch given that I literally fabricated nearly single upgrade that checked every one of those boxes. I also put about as much work into the 4 different barrels that I setup for it, every single one of which will follow me to the grave, so today I made the decision to do a bit of reconstructive surgery ahead of some upcoming matches:
Threw in a 600mm barrel and installed my longer locking barrel shroud. Rather than mill down my longer "Sniper" size K&L Arca rail (too long for the 300cc bottle), I threw in the 480cc. Turned the regs back up and swapped out the lighter hammer system:
I got it dialed in with 62gr Varmint Knockers in the 990's, but the recoil frankly sucks and I know that I would wind up missing the smaller KYL spinners and regretting the setup (like mental complex mitigation). So I dialed the reg back to 180 or so for .22/600mm for 34gr. This setup is actually one of the quietest tunes this rifle can have (very short, snappy, and consistent shot cycle). I'm going to run 2S nose in NRL, but this was with some older 34.1gr Varmint Knockers in a harder cast with a wider meplat than 2S:
Not saying that I don't have any other tack drivers, but I realized that it would be senseless not to use this ugly somebetch given that I literally fabricated nearly single upgrade that checked every one of those boxes. I also put about as much work into the 4 different barrels that I setup for it, every single one of which will follow me to the grave, so today I made the decision to do a bit of reconstructive surgery ahead of some upcoming matches:
Threw in a 600mm barrel and installed my longer locking barrel shroud. Rather than mill down my longer "Sniper" size K&L Arca rail (too long for the 300cc bottle), I threw in the 480cc. Turned the regs back up and swapped out the lighter hammer system:
I got it dialed in with 62gr Varmint Knockers in the 990's, but the recoil frankly sucks and I know that I would wind up missing the smaller KYL spinners and regretting the setup (like mental complex mitigation). So I dialed the reg back to 180 or so for .22/600mm for 34gr. This setup is actually one of the quietest tunes this rifle can have (very short, snappy, and consistent shot cycle). I'm going to run 2S nose in NRL, but this was with some older 34.1gr Varmint Knockers in a harder cast with a wider meplat than 2S:
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Yeah, the 43.5gr at 950 were VERY accurate in my old Impact with the slug A (despite the wind). 158bar, I remember that vividly. It was just difficult when the rifle would lose that fine tuning a weekend or two after (wasted a couple of Saturdays back to back trying to find that tune, and then sold the rifle LOL).
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I was seriously considering a Panthera but the 14in min length of pull makes it a no go unfortunately.
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I was seriously thinking about getting .22 rimfire until I saw the threads on the Panthera and now I'm all turned around. For all the stuff I've been checking out for PCP's and FT, I'd ignored all the slug talk thinking that was just for hunters. Now I'm looking at all of this differently. The only downside is the cost and extra bits. But after comparing things, I feel like there's benefits to airguns, like cross-discipline usage and of course, pellets and slugs and even pellugs (Halo) are cheaper. Quieter and no tax stamp nonsense. Now I have to rethink my PRS ideas...
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Just got my Panthera .30 cal in yesterday. Glad to retire my powder burner and start using a PCP. Look forward to taking it to the March NRL 22 match. So far only shot it in my back yard at 25 yards but I think it is going to be a beast. Hopefully take it out to the range next weekend and see what it can do at 100, 200 and 300 yards.
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I've had my 700mm Panthera for about a month now and have shot three matches (2 NRL22 monthly, 1 NRL22X) with solid results. Using the ZAN 30.5gr .218's at around 1000fps. 140bar on the reg, 23 macro, 2.5micro and I'm getting around 30 shots when filling to 300bar. Haven't really shot much paper with it but when I aim at a steel target and I hear a "ding" I don't really care what the group size is.
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Finally found a tune that allows the M-Rod to exceed 110 flb with a.25 cal 47gr! slug! I'm going to play the Lotto now!Upvote 0
I have shot my FX Dreamline in a saber tactical chassis in Nrl22 matches out to 100 yards with no issues. I was shooting an 18.13 pellet at 901 fps. I was lucky that there was no wind that day.
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I quit Field target all together when i had a glimps of PRS/NRL!!!!
So now i got 8 people enthousiastic to rebuilt there air rifles!
For now we can only go up to 50 meters, and were in contact with ranges that facilitate 100/200 meter outdoor!
So detuned the Priest to 40 joules or close to 30 ftp.. and with some ali express mounts and bipod made a start to do tryouts..
A re-used matchrifle airtube lowers de profile, and as soon as i get mij hands on some aluminium ( aluminum) lower it even more!
All the carbon parts and butstock are homemade..so turned my Priest from this…
To this…..
Trusted Optisan EVX 6x24….. 0 degree grip…..thumbrest….
Groupsize 5 shots at 50 meters
I’m quite chuft with this result so far!!
So now i got 8 people enthousiastic to rebuilt there air rifles!
For now we can only go up to 50 meters, and were in contact with ranges that facilitate 100/200 meter outdoor!
So detuned the Priest to 40 joules or close to 30 ftp.. and with some ali express mounts and bipod made a start to do tryouts..
A re-used matchrifle airtube lowers de profile, and as soon as i get mij hands on some aluminium ( aluminum) lower it even more!
All the carbon parts and butstock are homemade..so turned my Priest from this…
To this…..
Trusted Optisan EVX 6x24….. 0 degree grip…..thumbrest….
Groupsize 5 shots at 50 meters
I’m quite chuft with this result so far!!
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