Hey guys, how’s it going? I hope you’re all having a great weekend!
I was going to use my Impact M3 for the Precision Marksman at RMAC but couldn’t validate the dope, so I ended up using my Silver MKII that many of you have seen here on AGN over the years. All was going well until three stages from the end of the competition… My set up took a dump on me with three stages to go. Because that was very frustrating, I decided to go a different route for my next Precision amarksman, NRL22 match.
My son Cooper has been shooting a .25 RAW HM1000x for a long time and was super lucky to win a Masterpiece Arms chassis for it at the RMAC banquet. The RAW has been the most simple, reliable, durable, accurate airgun in our lineup and we have some nice airguns. The addirion of the MPA chassis made Cooper, his brother Alex & I all fall in love with his airgun again.
So, I’m sure you can see where this is going… Cooper hasn’t been shooting airguns much since our return from RMAC. School, football, girls & deer season have him busy doing other things. I asked him if I could borrow his RAW for an upcoming NRL22 match in Sept. & he said yes. I got it set up specifically for NRL22 matches. I mounted a new optic on Eaglevision rings, added a Tier One ATAC bipod, an MDT electronic level, a Midwest Elite Airgun high capacity magazine & a carbon fiber Donnyfl Tanto… The new Donnyfl Yokozuna & RYU get here today & they're sick!!! The Ryu will go straight on the RAW! We know which slugs shoot best out of the .25 RAW so I tested those slugs, found the best & tried to validate dope out to 350yds. It was dead on to 160yds but got weird past that. Since I‘m shooting the Varmint Knocker 32.8gr slugs, I called Dale to confirm the BC & talk about using multiple BC’s for different distances… 0-150, 150-250 and 250-350. He agreed the multiple BC idea works but suggested I shoot them even faster. They perform best out of the LW polygonal barrel at 980-1000fps and the BC matches, or is much closer to matching the Kestrel and Strelok.
As many of you know from when I started posting .25 slug data back in 2017/18, I’ve always been a proponent as shooting slugs as fast as possible, not only for stability & accuracy but also the higher BC & retained energy at long range. I was shooting these slugs around 950fps, about all I could get out of the RAW without pushing it too hard. As I mentioned, Dale suggested I shoot the 32.8gr faster, at 980-1000. I adjusted the regulator which increased the velocity a bit, then I tuned the gun with the hammer spring. I’m now close to the velocity Dale suggested but would like the ability to test the higher velocities and also turn down the hammer spring.
Finally, to the point oft this post…
I’m trying to find out if any of you have, or know where to get & external plenum for the RAW? Although very cool, I am not interested in Mubhaur’s design. It will not work with the MPA chassis & I don’t like aesthetic. I am looking for the in-line design(I attached a picture). I do know someone who’s brother makes & has them for sale but he is out of town for a while. I was also told that Martin makes them, he too is out of town until Sept. 6th. If anyone knows someone who makes them or has one they’d sell, I would really appreciate it. I’m normally not in a hurry like this but the match is in three weeks. I need time to install, get tuned, validate dope and practice a little bit.
Thank you, have a great rest of your weekend!
Stoti
I was going to use my Impact M3 for the Precision Marksman at RMAC but couldn’t validate the dope, so I ended up using my Silver MKII that many of you have seen here on AGN over the years. All was going well until three stages from the end of the competition… My set up took a dump on me with three stages to go. Because that was very frustrating, I decided to go a different route for my next Precision amarksman, NRL22 match.
My son Cooper has been shooting a .25 RAW HM1000x for a long time and was super lucky to win a Masterpiece Arms chassis for it at the RMAC banquet. The RAW has been the most simple, reliable, durable, accurate airgun in our lineup and we have some nice airguns. The addirion of the MPA chassis made Cooper, his brother Alex & I all fall in love with his airgun again.
So, I’m sure you can see where this is going… Cooper hasn’t been shooting airguns much since our return from RMAC. School, football, girls & deer season have him busy doing other things. I asked him if I could borrow his RAW for an upcoming NRL22 match in Sept. & he said yes. I got it set up specifically for NRL22 matches. I mounted a new optic on Eaglevision rings, added a Tier One ATAC bipod, an MDT electronic level, a Midwest Elite Airgun high capacity magazine & a carbon fiber Donnyfl Tanto… The new Donnyfl Yokozuna & RYU get here today & they're sick!!! The Ryu will go straight on the RAW! We know which slugs shoot best out of the .25 RAW so I tested those slugs, found the best & tried to validate dope out to 350yds. It was dead on to 160yds but got weird past that. Since I‘m shooting the Varmint Knocker 32.8gr slugs, I called Dale to confirm the BC & talk about using multiple BC’s for different distances… 0-150, 150-250 and 250-350. He agreed the multiple BC idea works but suggested I shoot them even faster. They perform best out of the LW polygonal barrel at 980-1000fps and the BC matches, or is much closer to matching the Kestrel and Strelok.
As many of you know from when I started posting .25 slug data back in 2017/18, I’ve always been a proponent as shooting slugs as fast as possible, not only for stability & accuracy but also the higher BC & retained energy at long range. I was shooting these slugs around 950fps, about all I could get out of the RAW without pushing it too hard. As I mentioned, Dale suggested I shoot the 32.8gr faster, at 980-1000. I adjusted the regulator which increased the velocity a bit, then I tuned the gun with the hammer spring. I’m now close to the velocity Dale suggested but would like the ability to test the higher velocities and also turn down the hammer spring.
Finally, to the point oft this post…
I’m trying to find out if any of you have, or know where to get & external plenum for the RAW? Although very cool, I am not interested in Mubhaur’s design. It will not work with the MPA chassis & I don’t like aesthetic. I am looking for the in-line design(I attached a picture). I do know someone who’s brother makes & has them for sale but he is out of town for a while. I was also told that Martin makes them, he too is out of town until Sept. 6th. If anyone knows someone who makes them or has one they’d sell, I would really appreciate it. I’m normally not in a hurry like this but the match is in three weeks. I need time to install, get tuned, validate dope and practice a little bit.Thank you, have a great rest of your weekend!
Stoti
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....no need to cut into ones stock. Anyway, sorry if I was not helpful...
. I do hope you can find someone that can fabricate one for you. And, good luck competing!
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. Will see …..
