Dan I had my Challenger SL 357 out in the woods yesterday to make sure it was sighted in good before Monday (opening day here), first shot went right through the heart of a fox squirrel and the second shot touched the bull on a target I pinned up, it knocked the target down so I called it a day, I'm ready
Thanks Bob, there's been a lot of bow hunters this year and I haven't been seeing the deer this year like I normally have there in the past several years. It might just be me though because I spend more time looking up in the trees than I do looking at the ground
Bob right now the fox squirrels, black and gray squirrels are spending more time on the ground so I'm sure that I'll still get opportunities to bag a squirrel once I'm out there til mid day and the deer are all in the swamps. We've got a little snot on the ground right now and it's supposed to snow some more today so tomorrow with be a good opening day probably with trees dripping water and the deer will be moving around.
So adding washers moves the power band up in pressure but doesnt really add anymore power or much in shot count. What is the point of raising the powerband like this? I only see negative results like needing a higher fill pressure and probably being louder. Am I missing something? If it was adjustable as the pressure went down itd be great like on my discovery with hammer spring adjuster.
Quote from: fatmike on November 15, 2021, 07:15:01 PMSo adding washers moves the power band up in pressure but doesnt really add anymore power or much in shot count. What is the point of raising the powerband like this? I only see negative results like needing a higher fill pressure and probably being louder. Am I missing something? If it was adjustable as the pressure went down itd be great like on my discovery with hammer spring adjuster. I was thinking the same,.....no thanks no washers for me
Quote from: Nomadic Pirate on November 15, 2021, 07:23:32 PMQuote from: fatmike on November 15, 2021, 07:15:01 PMSo adding washers moves the power band up in pressure but doesnt really add anymore power or much in shot count. What is the point of raising the powerband like this? I only see negative results like needing a higher fill pressure and probably being louder. Am I missing something? If it was adjustable as the pressure went down itd be great like on my discovery with hammer spring adjuster. I was thinking the same,.....no thanks no washers for me So Manny you bought 1 of these gun's ? , and did you actually look at the video ? because very simple math shows that you have a bigger more even shot count with 3 washers added LOL ! Trust me there is a reason Jerry would be sending washers to add more pressure to the hammer when fired ... I am adding the 3 washers in my gun , no question after seeing Bin's video that it makes a big difference ...
I can't decide if I want to deal with the shims or not for my .45
I ordered 3 new molds a 105g / 125g / 158g .358 sized all in flat nose bullet design , that should be here with in a week ... as soon as they get here I am going to cast a chunk of each size around 200 of each then start doing the testing of this gun , so I will have 6 different bullets , and 3 to 4 pellets if I choose to test those , I am more interested in the bullets of course with this 30 inch barrel , but it will still be interesting to see how fast and accurate this gun shoots pellets , I am thinking this gun will crack the speed of sound with 105 g , and below testing will tell the story on that one .... I just have not had the time to test the last weeks but now it looks like I have enough cleared out of my schedule to do some testing coming up ....
Quote from: Dan H on December 02, 2021, 03:32:53 AMI ordered 3 new molds a 105g / 125g / 158g .358 sized all in flat nose bullet design , that should be here with in a week ... as soon as they get here I am going to cast a chunk of each size around 200 of each then start doing the testing of this gun , so I will have 6 different bullets , and 3 to 4 pellets if I choose to test those , I am more interested in the bullets of course with this 30 inch barrel , but it will still be interesting to see how fast and accurate this gun shoots pellets , I am thinking this gun will crack the speed of sound with 105 g , and below testing will tell the story on that one .... I just have not had the time to test the last weeks but now it looks like I have enough cleared out of my schedule to do some testing coming up .... Assuming you can get enough hammer strike, I wouldn't be surprised if you are able to go supersonic with a properly sized 125gr. The 105's should easily go supersonic, again assuming enough hammer strike. The Challenger's high pressures and that 30" barrel should do the trick. As a reference, with 29" barrel and 3800PSI my mod bulldog can send 130gr just over 1100fps. Based on what I've seen in videos, etc the Big 9 appears to have pretty big porting, so I think it really boils down to how much hammer strike/dwell can be developed to take advantage of those high pressures and 30" barrel. Looking forward to seeing how things progress.