H&N .217 and .218 Sampler packs

[gendoc]

yep, you wont see that trash or oil on nicks slugs.....
and i bet your groups tighten up a bunch too 

[Deckard1973]

Finally!
It was decent enough today to get the MRod out and the new H&N slugs.

The .217s, more like a shot gun pattern.  This was not much of a surprise as my MRod never seemed to like the 5.51mm diameter pellets. I only shot the 21grn, .217s.

The .218s (5.53mm), different story!
See the attached pics.
The first pic is of the 21grn .218s.  First three shots are below the "8."  Then I adjusted and the next 6 are that tight group just to the right of the 8.
The last shot, I used as a spotter for the 23grn .218 pellets, in the second pic.  That is a 10rnd (plus the one 21grn spotter slug) group.

[Rallyshark]

Looks like you found a winning combo!  Time to enjoy that long range fun now

[Deckard1973]

Looks like you found a winning combo!  Time to enjoy that long range fun now

Sir, right you are! 

[JungleShooter]

Finally!
It was decent enough today to get the MRod out and the new H&N slugs.

The .217s, more like a shot gun pattern.  This was not much of a surprise as my MRod never seemed to like the 5.51mm diameter pellets. I only shot the 21grn, .217s.

The .218s (5.53mm), different story!
See the attached pics.
The first pic is of the 21grn .218s.  First three shots are below the "8."  Then I adjusted and the next 6 are that tight group just to the right of the 8.
The last shot, I used as a spotter for the 23grn .218 pellets, in the second pic.  That is a 10rnd (plus the one 21grn spotter slug) group.

Deckard,

I'm so glad that you found a slug that seems to work for you!! And I appreciate that someone other than FX owners are posting their results (at the AGN forum it get the distinct impression that only owners of FX guns on stereoids are allowed to shoot slugs (or at least post their results)....    ). 


Now, I read the post above 3 times, and I'm still left wondering – at what range did you make this groups? I have plenty of cheap pellets that would do groups like that at 25y – yet the whole idea behind slugs is to shoot long range (beyond 50y).



Admittedly, I'm really not in a position to complain...! Because to this day I have failed to post my own slug results at 100y     ––  you're ahead of me, Deckard!   


Happy shooting!!

Matthias

PS: What barrel did you shoot these slugs with?

[bear air]

Do you know what speed your shooting the .218's?

[Hoosier Daddy]

And what distance?

[Deckard1973]

Finally!
It was decent enough today to get the MRod out and the new H&N slugs.

The .217s, more like a shot gun pattern.  This was not much of a surprise as my MRod never seemed to like the 5.51mm diameter pellets. I only shot the 21grn, .217s.

The .218s (5.53mm), different story!
See the attached pics.
The first pic is of the 21grn .218s.  First three shots are below the "8."  Then I adjusted and the next 6 are that tight group just to the right of the 8.
The last shot, I used as a spotter for the 23grn .218 pellets, in the second pic.  That is a 10rnd (plus the one 21grn spotter slug) group.

Deckard,

I'm so glad that you found a slug that seems to work for you!! And I appreciate that someone other than FX owners are posting their results (at the AGN forum it get the distinct impression that only owners of FX guns on stereoids are allowed to shoot slugs (or at least post their results)....    ). 


Now, I read the post above 3 times, and I'm still left wondering – at what range did you make this groups? I have plenty of cheap pellets that would do groups like that at 25y – yet the whole idea behind slugs is to shoot long range (beyond 50y).



Admittedly, I'm really not in a position to complain...! Because to this day I have failed to post my own slug results at 100y     ––  you're ahead of me, Deckard!   


Happy shooting!!

Matthias

PS: What barrel did you shoot these slugs with?

My bust sir.

These were taken at 30yrds. 
Bi-pod prone, shooting mat, shooting jacket.  No rear bag, just my own hand.
This is a modded MRod, but with a GEN I barrel but I ported and polished the barrel.

Next time I get the chance, I will take it out to 50 and 100yrds.
But for the next few days, rain .  .  . bummer.

[Deckard1973]

Do you know what speed your shooting the .218's?

Next time I get the chance, I will put them across a Magnetospeed V2. 

Based off the forecast, might be a few days or so.   

[Deckard1973]

Comparing the slugs to my Five in a dime challenge, I think these are grouping better:  https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=158190.0

[Deckard1973]

Finally got a good day to put two of the .218 caliber slugs across the chrony:  The 21grn slugs and the 23grn slugs.
Same set up as before, shots taken at 30yrds, bi-pod prone, shooting mat, shooting jacket.
Even the the chrony attached (Magnetospeed V3), once I figured out the change in POA/POI and which hash mark to use on the reticule, I got a decent group for the 23grn slugs.

Here is the 21grn results:

[Deckard1973]

And the 23grn:

[Deckard1973]

Here is the pic of the 23grn.
The pic on the right, the little yellow star at the bottom of the "C" in "Challenge" was my POA.  The two impacts, the one on the slightly upper right is the first shot of the 21grn slug.  The second impact slightly to the lower left, is the 23grn slug.
The left pic is the group I was able to shoot once I figured out the hash mark on the reticule.  Not bad for having a chrony attached to the end of the barrel.

[Deckard1973]

Got a shipment of H&N .218, 21grn slugs in the other day.

Did some tuning to bring the FPS/Ftlbs up.

[Deckard1973]

And here is where I settled on this tune.

[JungleShooter]

Deckard,

you had quite a bit of umpf left in your gun, wow, going up to 39FPE effortlessly, nice. 👍🏼😊


Have you been able to stretch it out any further? Or has Covid been messing with your airgunning? Sure did with mine, I hope to get out to do slug testing this week after a 4 months abstinence....! 🙄

Matthias

[Deckard1973]

Deckard,

you had quite a bit of umpf left in your gun, wow, going up to 39FPE effortlessly, nice. 👍🏼😊


Have you been able to stretch it out any further? Or has Covid been messing with your airgunning? Sure did with mine, I hope to get out to do slug testing this week after a 4 months abstinence....! 🙄

Matthias

I have been able to do some testing.  More to do with weather than CV19.
Anyways, once I bumped it up to the 900fps area, I thought I started to get more flyers.  Then I thought, maybe it was barrel harmonics as I increased the speed.  So, I thought I would add a barrel band to reduce the harmonics.
Well, I was surprised to see some of the groups got worse. 
Thinking maybe it was the position I was in (new shooting lane) rather than barrel harmonics. 
I am going to run another experiment with and without the barrel band.
Will post pics later.

[JungleShooter]

Cool! Looking forward to seeing your results.

Just 5min ago I got green light to go to my slug testing grounds...! 😊 I'm excited.

Matthias