Jari, you've had very impressive results at 200 previously, not to mention the outstanding 100 yard targets you've posted. When first getting into adult airguns, I could only manage similar results to your 200 yard (meter?) results at 50 yards, and on a good day Truly impressive shooting and hope you have the time, range and weather to continue long range target.
Following up on my most recent post, above.... I have been checking into the new JSB Knockout slugs, and I find it interesting that they are only offering them in one weight per caliber.... 25.4 gr. in .22 cal, 34 gr. in .25 cal, and 50 gr. in .30 cal.... These are the exact same weights as they use for some of the best shooting pellets they produce.... and all are within a very narrow range of SD, between 0.076-0.080.... and BC's between 0.084-0.093.... Do they know something we should pay attention to?.... I'm betting the answer is "yes".... At 950 fps (a reasonable velocity to shoot slugs at), that means a 50 FPE gun in .22 cal, 68 FPE in .25 cal, and 100 FPE in .30 cal.... On another note, here is a drawing of the boattail slug I plan to shoot in my new .183 cal Dual Tank Benchrest PCP.... Two 700cc bottles feeding a 3600 psi regulator....37 gr. as a HP, and 39 gr. as a Spitzer (~ 85 FPE)... NOE will be doing the mold, and I have the 5.9" twist barrel on order from LW.... Bob
I really must agree that the long range air gunning is super fun. I am sure having fun with my Akela at 100 and 150 yards. As soon as I finish putting up firewood I hope to clear another 50 yards so I can shoot 200 here anytime. I'm not doing any better than I had been at the NUAH but I'm shooting most every day a little bit and getting trigger time and walking in. It sure helps when I can open the shop door and shoot, rain or shine. Friday afternoon I opened the door to sit after laying out tile for the boss in her bathroom, and decided to shoot the kyl some. Which let to the steel at 100 and 150. Then the rain came...i realized you can dope the wind easier if you can see the wind all the way I went a couple of miles south Saturday to my buddy's house and hung 8" plates at 1, 2 and 300 yards for our .22lrs. I will be cutting out 1/3 scale ipsc/idpa targets out of 1/4 plate I hope this week for the airguns at the same distances. The rifle rated 8" steel is too hard to hear the .177 pellets ring. The 1/4 steel rings real nice when hung from mechanics wire, when hung from chain it dampens the ring some.Some rain on my range and the 150 yd plate.
I'll do a search, but do you have any links to your mods on the .177 Akela or the ammo you are using? I bought one today, and hope it will be a good addition. My first .177, but need something less noisy for pesting at the house.
Thanks Bob! Another bookmarked comment for further study!