prod's 15 ft-lbs

[wyshadow]

AJ tuned my prod to shoot around 15 ft-lbs and believe it or not, I have been taking my prod over my matador to shoot ground squirrels. I use to have the gun set at 12 ft-lbs but I just didn't like the pellet's loopy trajectory (hat's off to the UK shooters). I decided to make a target stand made of a 20 gauge plate of steel with a three 2 inch holes cut in and three 1 inch thick washers tack-welded over the holes. I wanted to place another 20 gauge plate of steel behind the three holes to do two things; to stop the pellets and to make a satisfied ringing sound. Before I cut the 20 gauge plate, I decided to test the plate to see if it will stop the pellets. Here are the pictures:
My target stand


One shot with CHP at 20 yards



12 shoots


You can see a slight dent on the right from the one pellet shot



After I saw I was able to shoot through, I decided to test the target's plate it self and I was glad the plate of steel wasn't phased after 20 shots


Decided to shoot one of the screws


I decided to test the tact welds on one of the washers and I saw I need to weld a bead around the washer to beef it up. I was very surprised to see the metal bent and the tact weld broke.






I recovered some of the pellets



I'm very surprise at how much damage a .22 15ft-lb pellet can do. Every time a get a ground squirrel or a pigeon, I know the pellet carries enough energy.

 

[ajshoots]

Mine is current running 17fpe and I absolutely love it!! It is about the only gun I shoot at home anymore. Actually thinking about buying another to setup for my son.

 

[wyshadow]

An update of how my target stand is holding out. This is after a hold day of shooting with the prod, the matador, and the cricket. As you can see it didn't hold up very well. The target stand was set from 20 to 50 yards

18 shoots with the matador:


The power of the cricket:






My revised target stand:




18 shoots with the matador:


4 shoots with the cricket:


testing the back plate with the cricket. I'm always impress with the power of today's pellet guns:

 

[outdoorman]

I'm getting 17fpe out of my Diana 34 (Vortek spring). I practice a lot with a Gamo squirrel knockdown field target made of heavy steel. I repaint it often and take the squirrel off the mount to do so. It is always bent and I am amazed at the force required for me to bend it back flat.