This is a VITAL thread

[intenseaty22]

Got one this morning. Huntsman Regal in .20 at 32 yards with the new Zambezi slugs. The tail basically fluttered, but was pretty much DRT. Spine was severed, hit major vessels, lungs, possibly the liver. Exit wound was pretty pronounced compared to the entrance which was just a pinhole.

 

[intenseaty22]

Another one goes down to a .20 Zambezi Slug. Huntsman Regal, 24ish fpe at 28 yards, yup, the ol’ Pecan Tree again. Right on the shoulder and out the rib-cage on the other side. Just dropped it! Pretty instant, saw it quiver for like 2 seconds and it was done. Got it on video and will stitch something together soon as I can.

 

[AmosBurton]

Nice shot!
I'll be protecting peach trees soon but wish I had a pecan tree!

 

[Long_Shot]

Interesting post. I always shoot for the heart/lung area. This Squirrel never moved, fell over stone dead.

 

[EdinGa]

10.3 Knockouts do a number on them too.

 

[EdinGa]

This is a 100 yard hit on a mini Pepsi can with 10.3 Knockouts. Muzzle velocity around 980. They dump all that energy into a squirrel at 30 yards too. It's worth investing a few bucks to find out if you have a gun that likes them in my opinion.

 

[intenseaty22]

I would ask the 177 shooters using a 10 grainer to try a JSB ultra shok with the head scored at 3 places- in gel the pellet expanded to almost .25 cal! Should be the ticket for vital shots

Will see if I can test these. The real question will always be their accuracy level my particular guns. Definitely awesome expansion.

 

[intenseaty22]

10.3 Knockouts do a number on them too.

Yup! These I have tested for sure, and are very accurate on some of my guns. The one I remember now is my HW95K. What I don't recall is if they expand well enough or not.

 

[intenseaty22]

Another one bites the dusta! Still running the .20 Zambezi Slugs. Gotta say: They’z wicked!

25 yard shot to vitals, it moved slightly forward as I pulled on the trigger, so shot came in low vitals. Yet, still! Ran 2 yards right, 2 yards left & it gave it up.

Complete pass through as noted on pics. These will need to be shelved and saved for field work only. Way too much energy for the backyard.

 

[intenseaty22]

Two more for the vitals. The first one was another win for the Zambezi .20 Slug out of the Regal. This was a 28 yard shot to the vitals that hit high. I just re-zeroed the gun as I didn’t realize that it had been zeroed at 35 yards or so. Now it is spot on at 30. So, the squirrel was still breathing and required a follow up that I delivered point blank out of the HW30.

Second customer came in today. 27 yards out of the .177 HW30 Urban Pro, dishing out a mighty 5.5fpe. Lazer accurate! This was a chipmunk! 27 yards! 5.5fpe (did I mention that?)

 

[intenseaty22]

Upping the Trolling ante with this one this morning. 5.5FPE (that’s Five point Five foot pound) at 22ish yards with my laser accurate HW30 (off a bench and bag) .177 H/N pellet to the right shoulder, slightly forward. Wiggled all of 3/4 yards and gave up the ghost.

 

[intenseaty22]

This one took an H/N to the cervical area out of my 5.5fpe HW30 Urban Pro at 28 yards in light wind.

 

[beerthief]

shot a squirrel yesterday through the base of the head/ neck shot , blew the spinal cord right in half and out of the back of the neck head joint,
kicked one leg 1.5 times then motionless .

 

[Motorhead]

No need to think about it .. yea I'm hit !!

 

[Vetmx]

I built a P15 slug gun back in 2017. Exotic internals, slug barrel, then the hours of testing and tuning. I found two slugs that worked. One slug on a straight slug tune and a completely different slug shot fantastic on a pellet tune. I got burned out with the gun so I just put it back on pellets for probably the last 3 years or so. Last squirrel season while hunting with Polymags the gun had a reg oring failure so I just put it away. Last week I finally tore the gun down and made the repair. I seized the opportunity to test a new pellet while I was dialing in my pellet settings. As I put the gun back in the safe I saw the extra mags for the gun in the door and noticed one was loaded with slugs so I weighed them. They were my pellet tune slugs. I thought, what are the chances this gun will still shoot these as good as pellets all these years later. Well it does and it came at a perfect time because I have a couple or had a couple critters gathering and headed straight to my house. First pic is a red shot at 70yards. Second is this zipmunk who has been zipping back and forth from my front porch. I went for the vitals on the munk but because he was quartering to me I had to place the bullet just behind it’s right ear at 30 yards.

 

[intenseaty22]

Another one to round off the day. This one was at 25 yards with the 5,5fpe HW30 in .177, it loves H/Ns so I don’t argue with it! Shot at a squirrel with a polymag yesterday & tore it’s ear in half. I was aiming for the vitals, oops! Well, if it’s H/Ns it likes, that’s what I will buy it.

Chipmunks are small critters! And at 25 yards, this one is a testament to the accuracy of this gun & the efficacy of Vitals Shots.

 

[intenseaty22]

This one stood up facing my way at around 25 yards. Took a .20 14gr NSA to center mass. Actually ran off about 3 yards back and finally realized what had happened.

These NSA in .20 are wicked too! The Huntsman Regal likes them a lot. Very accurate and consistent. I think it wasn’t a pass through, may dig it out & see

 

[EdinGa]

I've been watching this guy for about a week and finally had enough of his bullying. I'd say the 10.03 Knockout did it's job well.

 

[intenseaty22]

@EdinGa Heck yeah! Those are excellent!!

Well, try as I might, I couldn’t find the slug, and there was no exit wound to be found either. However, it looks like the slug did it’s job just fine. Piercing the heart through and through.

 

[EdinGa]

This one was quartering towards me and I hit it just below the ear. It traveled through the base of brain and lodged in the shoulder.