I'm really wanting to make this a part time slug gun so it doesn't have to compete with the Vixen and maybe the wife will let me shoot it on occasion. Reading the superior heavy is the way to go for anything over 26/27 Gr. Anyone have experience with the heavy 700 mm and what slugs do well?
Ordering a Maverick .22 sniper.
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I've been really digging the H&N's for the Vixen as well.. Match.. Weights hardly vary at all.. Have some .25 slugs also and same with them weight and uniformity. Thanks for the tip.. Is yours the Sniper?
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I gotta say, three liners, 12 slugs, carbon fiber stiffener, o-rings, the .25 is awful at long range.
.30? .22? Fantastic!
.25 is garbage.
.30? .22? Fantastic!
.25 is garbage.
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Yeah I have the 700mm .22 with a tungsten hammer and the k&l l tech so I can fling those bad boys at 1,010 fps. With the heavy slug liner they’re lasers.
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The L-Techs are pricey.. Nice machining though for sure. I have the heavy hammer kit and pin probe set coming but not the heavy liner yet.
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I had the option for a .30 or .22 and the wife wants nothing to do with .30 so .22 it was. Besides the V3 we have is already ( out of the box) likely above and beyond for power what I would have to tune for on the Mav IMO. I know they can get it but with the AGT it was already there. So no need for another .30 and wife is happy. I would have picked up the .25 if they has it so I guess I dodged it. It's still strange the .25 has issues.. Maybe a bad batch of liners.
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Nope, look for .25 across the FX catalog, you will see constant distance issues with the .25 caliber. Under 75y, its great, some have found top shelf slugs to work OK but for $.15 each, that's a steep price for a decent shot.
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I’ve owned the 25 FX Maverick 700 mm with a slug liner shooting 34 .9 NSA just over 1000 thing was a laser anywhere from 50 yards to 180 yards easily a friend of mine shot it took it from me as soon as he shot it. I ended up getting an other 22 Maverick 600 mm barrel with slug liner got that tune it’s amazing It’s not the gun. It’s the tune, the slugs, the barrel they all gotta work together. I heard someone say that any gun can shoot properly if tune correctly. Thanks Joseph !! I own two FX M3 25 700 mm barrels shooting 34.9 slugs NSA at over an 1000 both rifles are lasers. I wouldn’t get rid of them for anything and , good luck with your decision and is important finding the right slugs and there is a lot of good people on here !!! Here’s the 22 Maverick and M3 25 results both shooting slugs
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I found a unopened box of NSA 28.5 218's in my ammo drawer I bought for something years ago. I'm going to try them out and see how they go but that seems to be what the heavy likes 218, At least for you? The HP is much narrower on these than the H&N's so they might now work and H&N's are very close in weight to each other. Did you ever try .217's in the heavy liner?
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Agree as I remember Steve’s (AEAC) review of the mav .25 sniper showed excellent results with nsa slugs at 100 yards. Possibly the .25 is just way more finicky.
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Are you running the 250 stock bottle? 480? 580? How many shots per fill at those numbers with the H&N's? If you don't mind what's your tune like?
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I saw Steve
I saw Steve's video (AEAC) about the Maverick sniper in .25 and the results at 100 yards were outstanding ....
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Maybe has found the right slug in .25. I use zan 33 in my Crown mk2 with Superior Heavy twist barrel. Laped barrel. Thing shots lights out at 970.
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Then FX gave him what's not available to us. I have never seen a .25 Maverick shoot slugs well at 100y.
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