Make sure and spend a little time and clean those up, as it looks as though H&N in their rush to market, skipped the cleaning process and then coated them with something.I've never seen any of my h&n pellets with that stuff all over them, or with chunks of scrap material on them as well.
Quote from: kkarmical on December 14, 2019, 01:27:56 PMMake sure and spend a little time and clean those up, as it looks as though H&N in their rush to market, skipped the cleaning process and then coated them with something.I've never seen any of my h&n pellets with that stuff all over them, or with chunks of scrap material on them as well.Thank you for the suggestion.What should I clean them with?Unfortunately not sure when I can actually test them. Got 3-4 inches of snow last night.
I have one sample pack coming, the .217 size. PA was out of the .218 and had an estimated delivery date of March! I think I'll wait on those and just try these... I also ordered some of the FX Hybrid slugs to try..As far as cleaning, I use one of those ultra sonic cleaners that's made for jewelry. You vann find them pretty cheap on Amazon and they do a good job of cleaning pellets, so they should work for these as well. I hate that H&N doesn't mark those tubes with the correct size and weight. Since I only have the one sampler, I'll probably just write the weight on the tube with a permanent sharpie.
Quote from: Deckard1973 on December 15, 2019, 09:58:17 AMQuote from: kkarmical on December 14, 2019, 01:27:56 PMMake sure and spend a little time and clean those up, as it looks as though H&N in their rush to market, skipped the cleaning process and then coated them with something.I've never seen any of my h&n pellets with that stuff all over them, or with chunks of scrap material on them as well.Thank you for the suggestion.What should I clean them with?Unfortunately not sure when I can actually test them. Got 3-4 inches of snow last night.Lou over on AGN, who I read about it first happening to, says he cleaned them with hot water and dawn dish detergent, let them dry then lube as usual..He goes into detail here:https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/hn-slugs-first-thoughts-did-i-get-defects/
Quote from: Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58) on December 15, 2019, 10:14:20 AMI have one sample pack coming, the .217 size. PA was out of the .218 and had an estimated delivery date of March! I think I'll wait on those and just try these... I also ordered some of the FX Hybrid slugs to try..As far as cleaning, I use one of those ultra sonic cleaners that's made for jewelry. You vann find them pretty cheap on Amazon and they do a good job of cleaning pellets, so they should work for these as well. I hate that H&N doesn't mark those tubes with the correct size and weight. Since I only have the one sampler, I'll probably just write the weight on the tube with a permanent sharpie.I pre- order and pre-paid for mine.March, dang!
I received my sampler pack yesterday. Some of you may have seen my post in the PA Gate, they essentially got scrambled in shipment. I think the package was damaged in transit and the blister pack opened spilling its contents. I have no way of knowing if any of the test tubes spilled, but when FedEx put the tubes back in the blister pack and taped it up, they certainly weren't in the correct spaces! PA is sending me a free replacement sample pack, but in an attempt to sort and salvage the slugs I do have, I needed to weigh them. I don't have a scale that will register the weight of the individual slugs, so I thought I'd just weigh each tube, assuming there were supposed to be 30 slugs per tube, I figured I'd be able to sort the tube by weight and figure out which was which and then label the tubes. Well, I'm here to tell you that H&N either can't count or is very generous with their slugs! None of the tube contained exactly 30 slugs! So, I emptied each tube separately and counted out 30 slugs per tube and weighed them. This got me where I needed to be with the weight of each tube. I then counted the extras that came from each tube and discovered I had plenty of spares! Here's the breakdown:21gr = 47 slugs 23gr = 45 slugs25gr = 40 slugs27gr = 36 slugs30ge = 33 slugsSo, there were actually 51 more slugs than advertised! I did notice that with only 30 slugs per tube, the 21gr - 25gr tubes did look way less than full, so I assume the machine that fills these tubes probably goes by volume, not actual count! I still think H&N should mark the tubes somehow so you can distinguish one weight from another just in case this sort of thing happens. Maybe color coded caps or something!
I took a sharpie and wrote on the caps of the tubes putting the diameter and weight to keep them in order.
I did some slug testing today. I put the long (700mm) barrel on my Crown and set the TP to .25/.30 for the testing. I tested the 5 different weights of the H&N .217 slugs and the 22 grain FX Hybrid slugs.They all preformed well from an accuracy perspective, even though the furthest I was shooting was 37 yards. Here is a break down of the speed and power of each:H&N .217 Slugs:21gr - avg 974.4 FPS, 44.28 FPE23gr - avg 924.4 FPS, 43.65 FPE25gr - avg 891.6 FPS, 44.14 FPE27gr - avg 844.6 FPS, 42.78 FPE30gr - avg 813.0 FPS, 44.04 FPEFX Hybrid Slugs:22ge - avg 926 FPS, 41.9 FPEI found the 25gr and 30gr H&N Slugs grouped the best, but they were all quarter sized or smaller.Here is a teaser, I had a paint can that would no longer spray, but it apparently still had plenty of pressure. This was shot with an FX Hybrid Slug.
I just ordered a couple sample packs from NSA as well. Looking forward to seeing how well they perform. I'm really hoping one of them really shines above all the others because their new pricing is extremely competitive, way better than H&N and FX!
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