FLEX .30 field test and Review

[only1harry]

Great groupings.  Thanks for posting. 

The .308 sounds very interesting.  I am very curious to see what it does with heavier slugs.

Harry

A hundred grains at 950 would be sweet... 93 gr BBT and a 14" twist barrel ought to be just the ticket.
cheers,
Douglas

Yes, 200fpe would be the ticket, but I am not greedy.  I would settle for 900-925fps with 100gr .308 for 1 or 2 more shots

Harry

[floridaboy]

I've had my Flex for a few days now. The bolt now is second nature, but I have yet to be in a position to rush a second shot.  A couple weeks before I can go after pigs again.

I have nothing to contribute to the discussion, but your profile picture gives me nightmares

I have nothing to contribute to the discussion either, but every time I read one of your posts, I hear Sam Jackson's voice.

[Tofazfou]

I don't recall the thread, but somewhere here on GTA there was talk of great accuracy from a .257 TJ barrel while shooting .25 pellets. Remembering this gave me an idea, this could be an ideal gun if the magazine and probe could chamber and seat both bullets and pellets then this could span the spectrum from plinker to, er... plunker
I don't know if doing that with the same magazine is possible or if you would need another magazine for pellets. I had a Ruger single action revolver that could fire .22 LR or .22mag by swapping the cylinder. Maybe that concept could work with the Flex. The .25 Super Flex, plink or hunt in 100 yards with ease using pellet or crank it up and load a magazine of .257 to comfortably take on targets beyond 500 yards.

Oldpro, is that even possible or am I off my rocker? If I'm not of my rocker then I want one.

Scott,

Much more to it than the bolt proble seating both projectiles.  The reason this PHENOMENON happened is because for 1, and most importantly, the owners 257 barrel was a little bit under bored.  Or, SMALLER than 257".  When you have this issue, pellets can become very accurate as the bore is UNDERSIZED a tidy bit and it suits the pellet more and more the smaller it is.  Then with shooting a slug, you just need the right sizer to match your barrels specs.

My barrel on the other hand is about .2572" and will not shoot pellets well at only 900 fps (lowest power setting) even at 25 yards.  Kodiaks, JSB's and a couple of HandN's shoot horrible in mine.

TJ barrels bores WILL VARY SOME between each barrel.  We have found this to be very true.  Some bores are tighter than others.

But MAYBE if barrels were made with lets say a inner dimension of .250" - .256" or .249" - .256", maybe pellets and slugs could be accurate in the same gun.  MAYBE

[Extreme]

 Thnx WhiteFang, think I might try a tin. Just for kicks to shoot out past 100yds. The 44gr preformed great. Maybe a little heavier pellet at 920-930 in dry West Tx might do well. Won't know until you try it.
Take Care Fellas

[scottyhazzard]

Thanks for that explanation, Tofazfou. I love the knowledge I gain here, thanks!

[rkr]

I don't recall the thread, but somewhere here on GTA there was talk of great accuracy from a .257 TJ barrel while shooting .25 pellets. Remembering this gave me an idea, this could be an ideal gun if the magazine and probe could chamber and seat both bullets and pellets then this could span the spectrum from plinker to, er... plunker
I don't know if doing that with the same magazine is possible or if you would need another magazine for pellets. I had a Ruger single action revolver that could fire .22 LR or .22mag by swapping the cylinder. Maybe that concept could work with the Flex. The .25 Super Flex, plink or hunt in 100 yards with ease using pellet or crank it up and load a magazine of .257 to comfortably take on targets beyond 500 yards.

Oldpro, is that even possible or am I off my rocker? If I'm not of my rocker then I want one.

Scott,

Much more to it than the bolt proble seating both projectiles.  The reason this PHENOMENON happened is because for 1, and most importantly, the owners 257 barrel was a little bit under bored.  Or, SMALLER than 257".  When you have this issue, pellets can become very accurate as the bore is UNDERSIZED a tidy bit and it suits the pellet more and more the smaller it is.  Then with shooting a slug, you just need the right sizer to match your barrels specs.

My barrel on the other hand is about .2572" and will not shoot pellets well at only 900 fps (lowest power setting) even at 25 yards.  Kodiaks, JSB's and a couple of HandN's shoot horrible in mine.

TJ barrels bores WILL VARY SOME between each barrel.  We have found this to be very true.  Some bores are tighter than others.

But MAYBE if barrels were made with lets say a inner dimension of .250" - .256" or .249" - .256", maybe pellets and slugs could be accurate in the same gun.  MAYBE

.249" land diameter should be good for "bore riding" pellets. .250" is a tad bit more than the nose of most .25 pellets. Perhaps TJ could start making barrels that are .249" at lands so they could be used for both pellets and bullets.

[Nomadic Pirate]

I like the idea of a .308, plenty bullets out there even roundballs.

To have a gun that can plink with roundballs at lower power than hunt with a 65-70gr bullet in the -/+ 120 FPE range would be pretty cool,
 than put the .30 barrel back on if you want to shoot pellets ( soon more options in .30 cal pellets should be showing up to )

[rkr]

I like the idea of a .308, plenty bullets out there even roundballs.

To have a gun that can plink with roundballs at lower power than hunt with a 65-70gr bullet in the -/+ 120 FPE range would be pretty cool,
 than put the .30 barrel back on if you want to shoot pellets ( soon more options in .30 cal pellets should be showing up to )

That tightbore .257 barrel we talked about should get you similar features in a bit smaller caliber without the barrel change. Of course .30 will make a bit bigger wound channel if that's important.

[oldpro]

Keep feeding the ideas I never rule out anything. You never know what the next big thing will be in this fast pace industry, the Flex platform allows us to try almost anything.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Got a better scope on the FLEX,...this makes shooting those 50 yards groups much easier


Blowing 30 miles an hour now,...depending on surf and wind I should make that video this week





If this was my gun I would get a Weaver rail on the bottom of the stock and get a Magpul angular grip on.

[WHITEFANG]

NP
Bought the mag pull rear butt. Came with a huge poster of almost all there products for the AR.  I looked at that set up as well.
But for now just playing with it. Leatherwood glass was a huge plus. New camo look now.
Great platform for mods and extras. Plus the .308 and the .257 interest me.
Got too many projects going on now that I have gone back to work. All that time off with the knee and I guess no motivation? 
Knee is not good. The work on it was a miss. New knee coming soon it looks like. I am back in the same boat I was if not worse than before surgery.

FANG

[oldpro]

 That camo job you did is SICK!!! You need to post pics. I want to send you my gun and get it done.

[WHITEFANG]

THANKS bro!! I will try to get some posted later this afternoon. I have not even posted them on JYAG'S.
You know I will fix you up any time.

FANG
JUNKYARD AIRGUN'S

[oldpro]

 Feel better Fang I know its a long road recovering from that surgery I just bhad mine done last year as you know meanwhile heres the first victim  of the  .308 FLEX  This will get your wheels spinning.  http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=101231.0

[Gr8Gorilla]

So, testing the high power end of the Flex with 50 grain JSB. With a MAX (3600 psi) fill, 2 turns of the power adjuster clockwise, and Travis' blessing, I got 21 shots @ 910-940 fps, starting at 3600 ending at 2900. That takes about 160 pumps with the G6 to get back to 3600.  I'll post actual chronograph strings tomorrow for the full 21-shots.

That's 21 ~100-fpe shots on a fill. Wow!

You could turn it down and shoot 20+ ~85 fpe shots with the 44 pellets, after shooting 21 High power shots.

[Nomadic Pirate]

It's definitely a Flexible gun   .....21 shots in the 100 FPE range is pretty darn good.

[WHITEFANG]

Posted this on the WA site in a link to m y photo bucket. But here it is in a picture. Not the best picture but you would have to see this in person to realize the affects this pattern takes on in different light and angles.

FANG
JUNKYARD AIRGUN'S

[caniborrowsomeammo]

That's a nice job FANG.
But your bolt is on the wrong side HaHa

[Nomadic Pirate]

Posted this on the WA site in a link to m y photo bucket. But here it is in a picture. Not the best picture but you would have to see this in person to realize the affects this pattern takes on in different light and angles.

FANG
JUNKYARD AIRGUN'S

Hoooo,..... I like it

[Gr8Gorilla]

Really like the camo job on the gun!