Pellets and slugs from the same gun and barrel at 100

[thomasair]

With the crazy wind here in spring...I spend mornings until maybe 11 testing what I need to test outside.

This is the latest pellet/slug Thomas shooting 75 pellets on the top group and 100 slugs on the bottom group....no changes except scope clicks. Monsters at around 980 and my new .218 slugs at 850.

I could shoot the slugs all day long as they are just so predictable and great in the wind.

100 yards

This extends the versatility of this gun tremendously.

Mike

 

[trlrman]

bull barrel ?

 

[trlrman]

LOL, I mean the design not what it shoots .

 

[jeffhernandez]

Nice groups

 

[thomasair]

bull barrel ?

The barrel is .875" diameter.

 

[Loufish]

Ah, so nice. That's the new way.
Watch the other manufacturers scramble to catch up.

 

[ThomasT]

Hello @thomasair

Pellets very close to the slugs, but those slugs are really grouped.

ThomasT

 

[thomasair]

The slugs are just plain easy to keep where you want.

Here they are at 50y from yesterday.

 

[Florida_Man]

Nice! What is the weight of your slugs ?

 

[thomasair]

Nice! What is the weight of your slugs ?

They are about 38gr.

Mike

 

[LDP]

Whats the reason for the velocity of your slugs? Is that where they have the best accuracy in your setup or some other reason? Good shooting.

 

[bdzjlz]

Terrific!

 

[thomasair]

Whats the reason for the velocity of your slugs? Is that where they have the best accuracy in your setup or some other reason? Good shooting.

Nothing improves if I go faster. It does make more noise, though.

 

[XSUltimate]

Just plain AMAZING Mike!!! That is very impressive! Both groups!
Thx
Dan

 

[LDP]

What twist do you run?

 

[igolfat8]

That’s a Very impressive combo barrel Mike. That’s an interesting ACS trigger too

 

[thomasair]

Don't hate on my trigger, Tim.

 

[igolfat8]

Regardless Mike ... ... Those are some impressive targets. I think you could outshoot the majority of us even if your trigger was a fence post!

 

[tommyb]

Mike

I’ll take that 50y N50 target any day.

Q. I thought there was a different Thomas barrel for slugs vs. pellets? Is this barrel a new design that shoots both slugs and pellets?

 

[jps2486]

That's incredible, Mike. You are probably the first to develop a gun/barrel combination that shoots both projectiles equally.