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

[Billm]

I received the FX Halo .30 45gr slugs today. I tried to shoot them with my tune for the AEA 52.2gr and it didn’t go great. I increased the Macro Wheel until they peaked in velocity at 116 bar. They maxed out at around 975fps. I then backed it down to around a 97% tune.

 

[Pumacarl]

How did they shoot? Are they dirty like the hybrids? Shoot some old tomatoes, great fun!

 

[Billm]

How did they shoot? Are they dirty like the hybrids? Shoot some old tomatoes, great fun!

I’m going to go out and shoot a group on paper. Here’s some groups on steel. I don’t think they are very dirty, I hate the box/tray, very hard to pick the slugs up. First thoughts: I’m not seeing the price justification. Second thoughts: why did they make them sit on them for two years? Was it a legal issue? Why release them now, is it a revenge release lol? You can see in the second photo that most of the hits were slug on slug. That was thirteen slugs at 100yds.

 

[Pumacarl]

I’m going to go out and shoot a group on paper. Here’s some groups on steel. I don’t think they are very dirty, I hate the box/tray, very hard to pick the slugs up. First thoughts: I’m not seeing the price justification. Second thoughts: why did they make them sit on them for two years? Was it a legal issue? Why release them now, is it a revenge release lol? You can see in the second photo that most of the hits were slug on slug. That was thirteen slugs at 100yds. View attachment 20661View attachment 20662

Those seem to be shooting well. Dirty meaning leaving deposits. I shoot the FX hybrids in my .30 because fhey are accurate, but they foul my bore in 30 shots. Every fill I pull a patch

 

[Billm]

Those seem to be shooting well. Dirty meaning leaving deposits. I shoot the FX hybrids in my .30 because fhey are accurate, but they foul my bore in 30 shots. Every fill I pull a patch

Well, that could be an issue. I went back out and shot two 13 shot mags. The first Mag was with Halos and they were so bad, I shot the second mag with AEA 52.2 slugs. I didn’t change anything and so I didn’t expect them to do their best. They were terrible too. This is as close to no wind that I’m ever going to see in my yard. Either the liner is fouled or something else changed. I’m not wasting anymore Halo slugs until I figure it out. I marked the halos with a line through them. Both shot on the same target.

 

[Pumacarl]

Yeah, somethings up with those too, for sure. It's real easy to forget how some ammo can cause problems that you have to figure for, when you've been shooting something that just shoots great all the time. I'd like to find something that shoots better than the hybrids, but accuracy is King so I'll keep using them. I'll be interested to see how the Halo slugs shoot out of your pellet liner. My .30 barrel has a 1in26" twist and shoots the hybrids great. Maybe your pellet liner will work for the Halo.

You should try those Halo's out of your Sonoran, it has a 1in26" twist. Then you'll know if it's that.

 

[Billm]

Yeah, somethings up with those too, for sure. It's real easy to forget how some ammo can cause problems that you have to figure for, when you've been shooting something that just shoots great all the time. I'd like to find something that shoots better than the hybrids, but accuracy is King so I'll keep using them. I'll be interested to see how the Halo slugs shoot out of your pellet liner. My .30 barrel has a 1in26" twist and shoots the hybrids great. Maybe your pellet liner will work for the Halo.

I thought the same. I’ll also try the Sonoran with its 1:26.

 

[Pumacarl]

I thought the same.nil, also try the Sonoran with its 1:26.

I laughed because I just was editing in the same thing when you posted.

 

[Billm]

I also swaged 13 50gr HP cup based and shot half resized to .298”. Same exact results as with the Sonoran.

 

[Solo1]

@Billm have a look with your borescope see if you see anything

 

[Billm]

@Billm have a look with your borescope see if you see anything

I will, hopefully tonight.

 

[Billm]

Looks Pretty Clean to me LOL.

 

[Solo1]

If you say so

 

[Billm]

If you say so

It’s a lead sculpture lol. I bet it weighs more than the liner. I think that’s the most fouled barrel I’ve owned, except for a Browning Buckmark Field grade that I owned.

 

[Danman]

It’s a lead sculpture lol. I bet it weighs more than the liner. I think that’s the most fouled barrel I’ve owned, except for a Browning Buckmark Field grade that I owned.

Ok phew...you were being sarcastic Thats a pretty nasty fouled barrel!
+1 the hybrids being the dirtiest ammo i have ever used. (i cleaned them all while "watching" a movie with wife). I'd throw the packaging in the garbage and use something else to hold em, super annoying to try and grab just one slug out! Now test them on some fruit/water jugs or something ... if for nothing else for science?

 

[Billm]

Ok phew...you were being sarcastic Thats a pretty nasty fouled barrel!
+1 the hybrids being the dirtiest ammo i have ever used. (i cleaned them all while "watching" a movie with wife). I'd throw the packaging in the garbage and use something else to hold em, super annoying to try and grab just one slug out!

I agree wholeheartedly lol.

 

[Pumacarl]

Man! I was looking at those bore pictures thinking, "Wow, the hybrids aren't that bad," and then I didn't realize your reply was a joke at first and I was going to pm you and break the news but everyone caught it, and you dropped the deadpan comedy. Whew! That's a lot of excitement rolled into a couple of seconds of reading something on my first cup of coffee! Well played!

Like I said above though, if, you clean the barrel and can shoot hole in hole for a mgagazine, then they could still serve a limited role. Accuracy is King, even if limited, as long as it is predictable. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water, as the old saying goes. If not though, pitch'em; or, melt them down. I would think that they do have an accuracy window because the UA videos show them smoking a starling, and they say that they have been shooting them for a while. Of course, they also didn't mention if their bores were fouling up fast either.