Ultimate squirrel rifle setup(PCP/piston)
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How does the Uragán 2 shoot. I have a Vulcan 3 in 22 for prs and coyotes. Shoots lights out.
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Huntsman Revere in .22 works great for me. 10 to 40 yards is my favorite. And it serves me well. Before this it was a HW 97k in .20 but that one got pretty heavy on long walks in the woods.
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A few years back I got a Brocock Bantam Sniper HR in 177. Factory setup is about 18-19ft lbs when dialed up on the power knob.
Best skwirrel gun I ever have used. Still smacking tree rats with it
Best skwirrel gun I ever have used. Still smacking tree rats with it
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They do have 177 barrels in 380mm, give Utah Air a call. You can also put a 300mm dreamtac compact 177 barrel!
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I wonder what kind of power you can get out of the 177. 380 barrel in the crown. I would like for it to like pellets and knockouts
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you might be surprised at an HW . Fit and finish is top line . I might suggest an HW 35e https://www.krale.shop/us/weihrauch-hw35e/
Or a used one tuned from reputable person on here .
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Oh I have wanted the 97 synthetic or 98 for quite some time. I've tuned txs but not any hws. My current tx I got from Cameron and had him tune it to about 11.3fpe and put the magnetic catch on it and he polished bore and did some trigger work. It is amazing gun.
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My preferred squirrel setup is a .22 Diana 350 with a Mantis 4-12 AO up top and Sportsmatch rings w/recoil stop. I use H&N Barracuda 18 pellets. Good out to around 60 yards.
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Thanks. My other squirrel gun is a .177 D48. Love the Diana sidelever guns. Gotta try a 54 someday. I set the 48 up with an old adjustable steel RWS "C" mount and a Dianawerk muzzle weight. I've also taken some squirrels with my .22 HW98, but it's too pretty to go banging around in the woods with, so it's reserved for yard duty.
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I know and have shot 12.5g NSA slugs out of my crown with 380mm barrel at about 900fps, very doable as long as you don’t try to tune it with low reg setting. Lots of power, accurate and lots of shots if you tune it correctly. The 13 grain knockouts are very good out of FX 177 barrels and only ~10-15fps slower than 12.5 NSA with the same tune.
My current tune is shooting 12.5g NSA @820fps. If I get the wind call right I can hit soda cans at 220 yards.
The 300mm Dreamline barrel maxes out at about 800fps, can be pushed a little harder but much harder to tune.
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That's what I needed to hear. I have never messed with any fx rifles. What kind of reg presure are you working with.
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My current setting is 140 bars, it was 150 bars but I lowered it for pellets and too lazy to put it back. If you want to shoot slugs then go straight to 150bars and use power wheel to tune. It still shoots pellets great even at lower power, the power/speed delta between hammer settings is bigger when using higher reg pressure.
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