Others What paper target did you shoot today?

[FL22]

WELL ....I mean it's not a 98Y kill off a deck rail on a bird with a kill zone the size of my 6months old clenched fist but, not bad...as my cowers in its case with its messed up issues, afraid to come out into the light of day and show a grouping of its own. He tried to pass one of the S510s as his own recently so childish. Next week I polish its barrel and get er back out to shooting! I had cleaned the barrel recently and it shot great for a session now it's meh again. It's GOTTA be the barrel fouling!! Nice shooting @FL22!

I’m sure that you will get the barrel issues resolved one way or another. I’ll be reading your post on polishing its barrel while eating some popcorn bc it looks like a real nail biter to me . Good luck.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I’m sure that you will get the barrel issues resolved one way or another. I’ll be reading your post on polishing its barrel while eating some popcorn bc it looks like a real nail biter to me . Good luck.

I've run oiled steel wool a few pulls , the cleaned that oild residue out with patch , then run a patch with brasso. ( That stuff will eat up and destroy anything not metal.. be real careful remove any plastic or nonmetal parts or painted ).

Then do a through cleaning or that toxic mess residue.

Honestly the oiled steel wool did nice. Also I can't get the more preferred brass , copper , bronze wools here any more .. there the best and steel you have to be more careful using it .. especially never run it dry use good oils..

I'm not recommending any of this cause it's a do at own Risk thing ...


Now here's something I know you'll really enjoy. ( Rocky / Bullwinkle quote)

One day I hope to get over my shanking

50y, irons, cphp.177, R9

2ed volley this morning.


Maybe I'm not seeing it good ?

 

[FL22]

I've run oiled steel wool a few pulls , the cleaned that oild residue out with patch , then run a patch with brasso. ( That stuff will eat up and destroy anything not metal.. be real careful remove any plastic or nonmetal parts or painted ).

Then do a through cleaning or that toxic mess residue.

Honestly the oiled steel wool did nice. Also I can't get the more preferred brass , copper , bronze wools here any more .. there the best and steel you have to be more careful using it .. especially never run it dry use good oils..

I'm not recommending any of this cause it's a do at own Risk thing ...


Now here's something I know you'll really enjoy. ( Rocky / Bullwinkle quote)

One day I hope to get over my shanking

50y, irons, cphp.177, R9

2ed volley this morning.

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Maybe I'm not seeing it good ?

Which one is your first shot?

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Which one is your first shot?

In the black but I get where I misalign the post in the notch . I lay the lolly a tad too low or I'm not seeing the bottom of the bull good to hold correct on .

That's a 1-1/2" bull out there looking at it shaded across mixed sun and shade . Heck the lolly post is larger then the bull when looking
Like using a nickel size post on a dime sized bull.

Anyway it's a tough hold I feel . At least for me .. using brown cardboard is tougher still..

 

[RetLE303]

Don't understand? Sheep target ?

The 100 y rack has a thick plastic 55gallon drum cut out for a pellet trap that sits with the wire hang doohickey things rack like the frygong for example

But sheep I don't get

Nothing fancy but effective
100y rack
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From the first pic of your range area, the white plstic drum ooked like a big white sheep. Thought maybe it was a target.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

From the first pic of your range area, the white plstic drum ooked like a big white sheep. Thought maybe it was a target.

Ok.. my poor ol eyes just don't really see it , but I know it's there somewhere..

 

[FL22]

25y
S510 .22
Athlon Argos 6-24X50
Winds 6-12 SW
Standing Bracing
JSB 18.13


Certainly not our best, I think she needs cleaning…
Still most look like a Squirrel head shot .

 

[RetLE303]

25y
S510 .22
Athlon Argos 6-24X50
Winds 6-12 SW
Standing Bracing
JSB 18.13

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Certainly not our best, I think she needs cleaning…
Still most look like a Squirrel head shot .

Squirrel wouldnt stand a chance at 25yrds.

The real battle is getting my wife to stop feeding the little varmints. Lol

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Squirrel wouldnt stand a chance at 25yrds.

The real battle is getting my wife to stop feeding the little varmints. Lol


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She'll stop feeding then as soon as you get them killed off.

You see no squirrel = no feeding them .. it's that simple

 

[RetLE303]

She'll stop feeding then as soon as you get them killed off.

You see no squirrel = no feeding them .. it's that simple

I wish it was that simple but I live in the woods. Im surrounded by nature.

Not that I mind, but the real issue I have is armadillos. Little boogers dig up holes all over my yard.

They only come out at night and Im not sure a head shot will work, but maybe the only option. And I dont have night vision scope (yet). Good excuse to invest in one though. lol

 

[FL22]

I wish it was that simple but I live in the woods. Im surrounded by nature.

Not that I mind, but the real issue I have is armadillos. Little boogers dig up holes all over my yard.

They only come out at night and Im not sure a head shot will work, but maybe the only option. And I dont have night vision scope (yet). Good excuse to invest in one though. lol

Maybe time for a .30 with NV.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I wish it was that simple but I live in the woods. Im surrounded by nature.

Not that I mind, but the real issue I have is armadillos. Little boogers dig up holes all over my yard.

They only come out at night and Im not sure a head shot will work, but maybe the only option. And I dont have night vision scope (yet). Good excuse to invest in one though. lol

Just walk up to them and pop them in the head with a pistol .. flashlight and lazor sight ..lol

 

[FL22]

Just walk up to them and pop them in the head with a pistol .. flashlight and lazor sight ..lol

Not that I don’t appreciate the direct approach, but where is the Airgun fun in that?

 

[RetLE303]

Just walk up to them and pop them in the head with a pistol .. flashlight and lazor sight ..lol

yeah, at the minimum, I should use a 22LR rifle for enough energy and velocity. Theres no one to wake up around me anyway, but I have been eyeing some suppressors too. My wallet is aching just talking about this stuff. lol

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Not that I don’t appreciate the direct approach, but where is the Airgun fun in that?

I thought results .. but fun is what you put in to doing it I guess ..

I figure my break barrel hatsan pistol when not flat is more then plenty so any 500+ fps air pistol at arms length between the eyes will do

 

[RetLE303]

Not that I don’t appreciate the direct approach, but where is the Airgun fun in that?

Maybe not airgun enough but I have other tools that are just as fun.

Little critters need to go dig holes in the woods and leave my grass alone. I put some grub killer down and yet they still are trying to come around and eat the dying ones.

Country living is challenging to say the least but has its perks.

 

[Chief55]

Maybe time for a .30 with NV.

Speaking of that, I shot the TJ G30 for the first time and I had put the Zulus 5x20 on it. This gun was set up to shoot Griffen 44 grain TC hollow base slugs about 1.5-inch groups at 150 yards from what I can tell in the video but unfortunately it seems that they no longer offer the slug in that weight so I ordered some NSA 43.7 that I am waiting for. I shot some 45 grain pellets and they were going 999 FPS and NSA 47.2 grain slugs going 998 FPS. It was just 30 yards because of sighting in the scope and yes it needs to be slower for the pellets but I want to try the different slugs first and my goal is to set it for slugs and pellets if I can for hunting small game and being able to pop a hog in the noggin if I see one. I tried one of my homemade 55 grain slugs but they are too tight so I need to size them. These are 6-7 shot groups depending on if I checked the speed or not. The first shot is off when changing from pellets to slugs and also when changing back. The heat drove me back inside 106 feel like temp. It got me a couple of times because I am not used to such a light trigger. The pellets were doing 100 FPE the slug was 104 FPE.

 

[FL22]

I figure my break barrel hatsan pistol when not flat is more then plenty so any 500+ fps air pistol at arms length between the eyes will do

When I get my Origin fixed, you could buy it, I’ll still give you the hand pump. It’d be awfully convenient for me as the box is designed to ship with the pump .

 

[Hateful McNasty]

When I get my Origin fixed, you could buy it, I’ll still give you the hand pump. It’d be awfully convenient for me as the box is designed to ship with the pump .

So your kinda like PA and offering / enticement a combo deal ..lol

 

[RetLE303]

Speaking of that, I shot the TJ G30 for the first time and I had put the Zulus 5x20 on it. This gun was set up to shoot Griffen 44 grain TC hollow base slugs about 1.5-inch groups at 150 yards from what I can tell in the video but unfortunately it seems that they no longer offer the slug in that weight so I ordered some NSA 43.7 that I am waiting for. I shot some 45 grain pellets and they were going 999 FPS and NSA 47.2 grain slugs going 998 FPS. It was just 30 yards because of sighting in the scope and yes it needs to be slower for the pellets but I want to try the different slugs first and my goal is to set it for slugs and pellets if I can for hunting small game and being able to pop a hog in the noggin if I see one. I tried one of my homemade 55 grain slugs but they are too tight so I need to size them. These are 6-7 shot groups depending on if I checked the speed or not. The first shot is off when changing from pellets to slugs and also when changing back. The heat drove me back inside 106 feel like temp. It got me a couple of times because I am not used to such a light trigger. The pellets were doing 100 FPE the slug was 104 FPE.

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Awesome groups brother.

Question: If your goal is to use the slug on hogs, do you consider terminal velocity at certain distances?

I would imagine that the chrono reads the speed at/near the muzzle, but the energy at say 50 yards has to be slower. Is that enough for a good kill ?

I am used to regular ammo, so knowing the terminal balistic damage was important with ammo selections.

Thanks !