.30 Launched FX HALO .30 Slugs From the FX Panthera MKII

[duchunter007]

I received my two boxes yesterday and am planning on going out tomorrow after work to try them out.
For the price, I hope they work very well!
Seems like @Billm is getting some good results so far.

 

[duchunter007]

@Danman I am not a fan of the packaging either, I am going to transfer to a tin that will make it easier to handle them!
Honestly looking at them last night they seem a little dirty looking... I plan on washing one of the packs to compare how they shoot

 

[Billm]

I'm probably a 100+ patches in and still have a tiny bit of lead near the crown. I'd say that the barrel is the issue with the lead near the crown. Through the bore scope it looks like the liner was cut off with a hacksaw lol. Quite a bit of lead inside the shroud.

 

[Billm]

I ran patches with Ballistol , dry patches. Brass brush with Ballistic, rinse repeat. I still had lead in choke area to the crown. I did a light polish with Flitz, ballistic, rinse repeat. Still had lead at the crown. Manually cleaned the last inch of the barrel with some Ballistol and did the rinse, repeat again. Still had what looked like lead on the edge of the crown. As I stated the edge of the crown looks rough, but is probably exaggerated under the scope. Lightly polished with some JB, wash, rinse, repeat with Ballistol and dry patches. There is still some of there lol. Before and after first cleaning.

 

[Billm]

After Flitz and cleaning

 

[Billm]

After light polish with JB and then cleaning.

 

[Billm]

I don't know if I'll get a chance to shoot it today. I'm working on a bag rider for the Sonoran.

 

[duchunter007]

I ran patches with Ballistic, dry patches. Brass brush with Ballistic, rinse repeat. I still had lead in choke area to the crown. I did a light polish with Flitz, ballistic, rinse repeat. Still had lead at the crown. Manually cleaned the last inch of the barrel with some Ballistic and did the rinse, repeat again. Still had what looked like lead on the edge of the crown. As I stated the edge of the crown looks rough, but is probably exaggerated under the scope. Lightly polished with some JB, wash, rinse, repeat with Ballistic and dry patches. There is still some of there lol. Before and after first cleaning.

Is most of this lead build-up from the Halo slugs? Or just shooting in general?

 

[Billm]

Is most of this lead build-up from the Halo slugs? Or just shooting in general?

I'm not sure, I didn't stop and look between switching projectiles. I should have. I just shot 17 halos from a 99.9% clean barrel and took some bore shots.

 

[Billm]

Here is the bore after 17 shots with the Halo 46gr .30 slugs. The winds are right to left at 18mph. So it's tough. I made some changes. I lowered the reg a little and made some big changes to the Micro hammer setting.
the slugs are hitting direct on elevation wise and are one mil to the left at 100 yards. The barrel is not indexed and so it doesn't mean much. But, considering the adjustments and the wind it looks good. Bore shots below after 17 shots between 940-965fps. It actually looks a little dirtier when looking through the bore scope live.

 

[Solo1]

Here is the bore after 17 shots with the Halo 46gr .30 slugs. The winds are right to left at 18mph. So it's tough. I made some changes. I lowered the reg a little and made some big changes to the Micro hammer setting.
the slugs are hitting direct on elevation wise and are one mil to the left at 100 yards. The barrel is not indexed and so it doesn't mean much. But, considering the adjustments and the wind it looks good. Bore shots below after 17 shots between 940-965fps. It actually looks a little dirtier when looking through the bore scope live.View attachment 20691View attachment 20692View attachment 20693View attachment 20694View attachment 20695View attachment 20696View attachment 20697

Looks ok. You need to remember that things need to wear in a bit. And you were shooting quite a few slugs. I was just looking at the drs barrel after shooting a bit and when it starts throwing flyers again will probably hit it again with polish. Don’t forget to write down good tunes so you can quickly go back if you want

 

[Billm]

It was really too windy. But, I shot one last group on paper with the Halos. No wind correction or waiting. They do fine. N

 

[Danman]

I'm probably a 100+ patches in and still have a tiny bit of lead near the crown. I'd say that the barrel is the issue with the lead near the crown. Through the bore scope it looks like the liner was cut off with a hacksaw lol. Quite a bit of lead inside the shroud.View attachment 20681

Man if that happened in a FX barrel I'd hate to see what a L.W. 12 land & groove barrel would look like after shooting the Halos!
That much lead i would use a bore brush too. I was horrified the first time I took apart my Ghost barrel and air stripper for a deep clean at how much lead dust and debris was in there! That is also one reason I lube my Mrds for it. None of my other airguns ammo get the special treatment, but it has proved to foul less and need less cleaning. Maybe try lubing a bunch of the Halos and check bore afterwards?

 

[duchunter007]

I got out tonight and shot 3 different slugs, NSA 49.5, Air Impulse 44.5, and the new FX Halo 46 grain slugs,
I was pleasantly surprised on how well the Impulse and the Halos shot tonight, the halos did shot better though. I was running them all on the same reg setting and only adjusted the PW up on the NSA slugs.
160 bar, PW was 15 on the Air Impulse and Halos, and 20 on the NSA's. when I started shooting there was very little wind. the last group of the night with the Halos you will see the bottom right target the slugs went left but still held an ok group, think I need to clean the barrel, I did shoot some pellets while working on getting the tune setup, I only shot 1) 5 shot group with the NSA's. still have some fine tuning to get the SD number down but I was happy with how the slugs punch holes and how well they grouped overall.

 

[Billm]

I got out tonight and shot 3 different slugs, NSA 49.5, Air Impulse 44.5, and the new FX Halo 46 grain slugs,
I was pleasantly surprised on how well the Impulse and the Halos shot tonight, the halos did shot better though. I was running them all on the same reg setting and only adjusted the PW up on the NSA slugs.
160 bar, PW was 15 on the Air Impulse and Halos, and 20 on the NSA's. when I started shooting there was very little wind. the last group of the night with the Halos you will see the bottom right target the slugs went left but still held an ok group, think I need to clean the barrel, I did shoot some pellets while working on getting the tune setup, I only shot 1) 5 shot group with the NSA's. still have some fine tuning to get the SD number down but I was happy with how the slugs punch holes and how well they grouped overall.

I just read your other post. You, the gun and the slugs did well.

 

[duchunter007]

I just read your other post. You, the gun and the slugs did well.

Thank you, Billm, Yes I was really happy how I shot tonight, its truly a toss up on the Halos and the air impulse slugs, just need to dial in the tune a little better!!

 

[Pumacarl]

Thank you, Billm, Yes I was really happy how I shot tonight, its truly a toss up on the Halos and the air impulse slugs, just need to dial in the tune a little better!!

Just an FYI. I don't know if you are aware of this but the FX Hybrids and the RMR(theOEM), and the Impulse Air are all the same slug, different packaging. I buy whereever the price is right. Usually buying direct from RMR in 500 count boxes is cheapest.

 

[duchunter007]

Just an FYI. I don't know if you are aware of this but the FX Hybrids and the RMR(theOEM), and the Impulse Air are all the same slug, different packaging. I buy whereever the price is right. Usually buying direct from RMR in 500 count boxes is cheapest.

Just looked at the RMR slugs , and I would agree they are the same as the Impulse Air slugs, but they don't look like the FX slugs, thanks for the tip as I appreciate being able to save money on Pellets for Slugs whenever possible, does RMR make the Halo Slugs?

 

[Pumacarl]

Just looked at the RMR slugs , and I would agree they are the same as the Impulse Air slugs, but they don't look like the FX slugs, thanks for the tip as I appreciate being able to save money on Pellets for Slugs whenever possible, does RMR make the Halo Slugs?

Supposedly FX makes the Halo in-house.

I have conversed with RMR and they are the oem and make the FX Hybrids, the only difference is the packaging, and I have loaded magazines one RMR one FX, and they shoot identical, and when IA started selling them I asked about them too. Originally IA sold them the cheapest, I don't know if they still do. The FX looks a little shinier because they never rubbed up against each other as much being individually packaged, that's it.

 

[duchunter007]

Supposedly FX makes the Halo in-house. I have conversed with RMR and they are the oem and make them, the only difference is the packaging, and I have loaded magazines one RMR one FX, and they shoot identical, and when IA started selling them I asked about them too. Originally IA sold them the cheapest, I don't know if they still do. The FX looks a little shinier because they never rubbed up against each other as much being individually packaged, that's it.

Interesting, the impulse shot very well and I think I can get them dialed in better, I was quite surprised with the groups I shot last night with all three slugs, with just getting them tuned, need to spend more time with them to get tighter groups