EVOL My 100 yard field groups with Evol and slugs.

[Bladebum]

Ok folks, slug accuracy with the Evol has been a huge topic the last handful of months. I have been shooting slugs since I bought it and have chased tunes and slug types with it more than I'd like to admit. But, I commented in another thread that I would do a few 100 yard groups when I could, today I did my best...but please take these with a grain of salt...I am at a farm, in variable winds, shooting off my truck window(because I'm on crutches) and my gun has what I call a "hybrid tune" where its set just right to switch back and forth between heavy pellets and light slugs without changing a thing. I say this because now you know the conditions and factors, so you can deduct that with appropriate bench rest conditions and a dedicated slug tune, the groups would be even tighter. With all that said, here ya go. Slug is javelin 21 grain going 925-930 fps. All groups are 5 shots. First, a pic of my "setup". Out my truck window, shooting a rusty farm truck.
Then the first group, roughly 1.5", 3 very close, two went right.
Second group, had I not pulled that one down low this group would be moa. But, counting that one its about 2.5"
Last group, another around 1.5"
All of this acceptable TO ME. I need slugs for hunting and almost all of those shots would have connected. There is wind today, I held no wind just straight on, wind seemed to be pushing left to right. I have shot way better groups with this gun with a bunch of other slugs at different tunes. This is only a 15" barrel, which groups like that shooting this way are incredible.

 

[Soren Drost]

Nice shooting !

When testing, I usually shoot at least 10 shot groups to really see the consistency

 

[Bladebum]

Nice shooting !

When testing, I usually shoot at least 10 shot groups to really see the consistancy

Thanks! And I agree, a full mag is better indication of consistency. With my shooting conditions and how I was shooting today, I'd say the group size would be around 2" within a full mag.

 

[Airgun-hobbyist]

Those are really decent groups especially with the conditions and from light slugs out of a dedicated pellet barrel. Just like you, I have my .30 cal. tune set up to shoot anything from pellets to light slugs too.

 

[Peskådot671]

Good shooting given the conditions. 5 shot groups would tell me enough especially if I was shooting out of a truck window.

 

[Bladebum]

Those are really decent groups especially with the conditions and from light slugs out of a dedicated pellet barrel. Just like you, I have my .30 cal. tune set up to shoot anything from pellets to light slugs too.

Good shooting given the conditions. 5 shot groups would tell me enough especially if I was shooting out of a truck window.

Thanks fellas, hopefully my post isn't coming off as "look how good I am" , but rather trying to showcase that the gun is accurate with slugs even with this sort of shooting setup. These groups represent a good "average" grouping with all slugs i have run under different tunes. I have many times shot hole touching groups past 100 yards with other setups, but never time after time. Just too many variables unless your constantly in perfect conditions.

 

[pan60]

do yo like the javelin 21 gr over the NSA 20 gr?
at 925-930 fps for the slugs how fast is it shoot say a 25 gr pellets?

 

[Bladebum]

do yo like the javelin 21 gr over the NSA 20 gr?
at 925-930 fps for the slugs how fast is it shoot say a 25 gr pellets?

You might not recall, but the 20 NSA are a slug i could never get to shoot consistently. The javelin 21 have been very consistent, and are even more accurate when I push the reg up and increase the speed. Another great little slug this gun likes is the HN 21 grain, but only at the 2k-2150 reg pressure, anything higher and they fall apart.

When I first got the gun, I was running the jsb MRDs 25.39 . I believe the fastest I pushed them was around 900 and the gun had to work to do it. Accuracy at 50 yards was just ok and inconsistent. To me, if your going to push something that heavy, skip the pellets and go to slugs. The smallest slugs still have a higher bc than the heaviest pellets and they expand on impact.

Right now I have a great hybrid tune. Reg is about 2150, shooting 21 javelin at 925-930 and the JTS 22.07 pellets at 915, no adjustments for power. Those 22.07s are an excellent pellet and definitely moa at 100 yards, they also hit game very hard and have a high bc for a pellet (about .046)

 

[Farmplinker2]

Wish I could get groups that nice shooting out of a truck window!

 

[CTAirgunner]

Very nice man , in those real world conditions and shooting position, thats stellar imo.

 

[pan60]

You might not recall, but the 20 NSA are a slug i could never get to shoot consistently. The javelin 21 have been very consistent, and are even more accurate when I push the reg up and increase the speed. Another great little slug this gun likes is the HN 21 grain, but only at the 2k-2150 reg pressure, anything higher and they fall apart.

When I first got the gun, I was running the jsb MRDs 25.39 . I believe the fastest I pushed them was around 900 and the gun had to work to do it. Accuracy at 50 yards was just ok and inconsistent. To me, if your going to push something that heavy, skip the pellets and go to slugs. The smallest slugs still have a higher bc than the heaviest pellets and they expand on impact.

Right now I have a great hybrid tune. Reg is about 2150, shooting 21 javelin at 925-930 and the JTS 22.07 pellets at 915, no adjustments for power. Those 22.07s are an excellent pellet and definitely moa at 100 yards, they also hit game very hard and have a high bc for a pellet (about .046)

i will give the the javelin 21 gr a try next time i make a order.
so far i have been getting good results with the jsb 25 gr i have some of the jts 25 gr but have not tried them yet.
sounds like you have had good luck with a slitly lighter pellet and or slug.

 

[Bladebum]

Wish I could get groups that nice shooting out of a truck window!

Trust me I have good days and bad days like everyone else haha

 

[Bladebum]

Very nice man , in those real world conditions and shooting position, thats stellar imo.

Appreciate it bud, just trying to show off what we've seen these guns do as you know

 

[Bladebum]

i will give the the javelin 21 gr a try next time i make a order.
so far i have been getting good results with the jsb 25 gr i have some of the jts 25 gr but have not tried them yet.
sounds like you have had good luck with a slitly lighter pellet and or slug.

Whatever is working for you keep using! Neither mine or my brothers 15" could shoot the MRDs very well. But both ours love the same slugs and definitely those jts 22.07. The 18.13s the Evol line just seems to love across the board, including mine. They are just a little light for my application of pest shooting in windy conditions all the time.

 

[pan60]

i picked up some of the 18 gr for the wifes gun and i thought about trying them in my EVOL ( and i might ) but i think i want to stay with something a little heavier. and i am not really shopping for another pellet so like i say i am happy withe the JSB 25 gr.
do you have one of the older oiginal EVOL's?
i have not streched mine out to the 100 yard mark yet but i will soon. i have to move a few thing to get the range the way i want it first.

 

[Bladebum]

i picked up some of the 18 gr for the wifes gun and i thought about trying them in my EVOL ( and i might ) but i think i want to stay with something a little heavier. and i am not really shopping for another pellet so like i say i am happy withe the JSB 25 gr.
do you have one of the older oiginal EVOL's?
i have not streched mine out to the 100 yard mark yet but i will soon. i have to move a few thing to get the range the way i want it first.

Mine is a "newer" production, with a TJ barrel and burst disc under the chassis. The only difference between mine and my brothers( which is even newer) is that mine has the longer moderator, whereas my brothers came with a mini evol moderator. I would like to purchase one of those one day as it is very effective and 1.5" shorter.

 

[pan60]

i assume mine since it is new would have the longer moderator. i like shorter and the sound is really a non issue for me.
i know it doesnt sound like a lot but i feel every inch, ebery ounce, it all adds up.

 

[Woogie_man]

Great shooting man!

Believe I have a tube or two of those slugs, may have to pull them out and try them again.

 

[Bladebum]

i assume mine since it is new would have the longer moderator. i like shorter and the sound is really a non issue for me.
i know it doesnt sound like a lot but i feel every inch, ebery ounce, it all adds up.

My brothers is newer and has the shorter moderator, makes the gun look and feel that much more compact definitely. Dana has a newer 15" as well and appears to be the same short mod as my brothers. If yours is newer, I'd guess it is a shorty as well. Here's a little side by side of our guns, mines on the left. Not the best angle but hopefully you can tell a difference in the lengths

 

[Bladebum]

Great shooting man!

Believe I have a tube or two of those slugs, may have to pull them out and try them again.

I'd give them a try in that paradigm definitely!

The h&n hp2s 25 grain was a slug i really wanted to run out of mine, but I just ran out of barrel and couldn't push them fast enough to benefit. Still though , they were pretty accurate at 85 yards that I tested. I'd say with the 3 inches extra barrel you have , they would fly great!