FX Panthera & slugs VS Skout in windy conditions

[bdzjlz]

Had some fun today. My .22 Panthera came back from FX today after having a leaking off issue repaired under warranty. I reinstalled the AccuTac bipod and Sightron scope and proceeded to validate that all was as it should be using my 18 yard indoor range, testing both the ZAN 30.5 Gr and H&N 34 Gr Heavy slugs.

I then went to the outdoor range and put the target out to 84 yards (the max distance I have available) and in really gusty wind conditions (weather channel indicated 13 mph plus gusts) shot the two groups below shown below. I thought they were pretty good considering the wind so to compare, I brought out the .25 Skout shooting King Heavy IIs sorted for both head size and weight to within a 10th of a grain. The effects of the wind on the pellets was certainly greater than on the slugs. A fun exercise.

 

[Motorhead]

Looks like the SKOUT group is more reactive to wind than velocity spread ?

 

[bdzjlz]

Looks like the SKOUT group is more reactive to wind than velocity spread ?

Scott - hope you are well. It is shooting an SD of only 1 to 2 ft per second - especially with the hand sorted ammo. On a calm day, pretty much a 3/4” hole at 85 yards. Interesting enough, with the MKII pellets, the majority came out to be 6.37 MM and they prefer the largest diameter liner.

 

[Scotty1]

Scott - hope you are well. It is shooting an SD of only 1 to 2 ft per second - especially with the hand sorted ammo. On a calm day, pretty much a 3/4” hole at 85 yards. Interesting enough, with the MKII pellets, the majority came out to be 6.37 MM and they prefer the largest diameter liner.

Have you tried any slugs in your Skout yet? My .25 works well with the standard and the plus barrels, currently wearing the standard. I’ll try weight sorting, but like you, my SD has been 1 or 2.

 

[bdzjlz]

I have not tried slugs yet.