What'cha doing air gun related today?

[BBGunn]

Fired my 250z an uncounted number of shots this morning but I am sure it was around 100-shots or so.

I told on here yesterday that my 250z was throwing an occasional flyer while using AEA 21.9gr. Solo1 offered me a good bit of advice on checking the bore for high/rough spots that might be grabbing the pellet. I did not do that as I had polished the bore meticulously when the rifle was brand new. The bore scope showed a near perfect looking bore. Otherwise I would have followed that advice.

Yesterday I decided to try increasing the regulator/velocity very slightly to see if the flyer issue showed any change, and it did. After increasing the regulator about 50psi the flyers appeared to come more frequently, and slightly worse POI. I have had a feeling for some time that my original tune was pushing the velocity right up on the edge of where the AEA 21.9gr wanted to fly. But, I wanted to push them a little higher just to see what happened.

So, this morning I decide to go the opposite direction on the regulator. My original tune had a reg. pressure setting of 2050psi. Yesterday I pushed it up to 2100psi. This morning the gauge needle is dead-nutz on 2000psi.

I'll need to shoot the rifle a few more days to confirm results, but I can honestly say that my flyer issue appeared to be gone during this morning's shooting! I was able to put down several 5-shot small ragged hole groups back-to-back without a single shot ruining the groups.

Of course, there are so many other factors that play into the results of any particular morning of shooting that I am not claiming I was able to tune-out the flyer issue just yet. If the flyer issue appears to have gone away, or minimized after a few more shooting sessions I'll report it as fact. But, I am feeling confident that I am on the right track toward resolving the flyer issue.

 

[BBGunn]

Got out the Uragan 2 700 .25 around Noon today. Fired several 5-shot, 50yd groups with the Altaros 'Smooth' 49.5gr slugs at 890fps. Wind was light & switching but made minimal POI shift.

This is enough shot-to-shot consistency for coyote hunting to 75yds!

 

[BBGunn]

I had the exact same problem with those pellets in mine. They were the only pellets that I even considered to shoot out my 250z and they would usually throw one flyer out of five shots. No matter what size slug you think your gun likes, you should try the JSB KO .216 20.83gr slug, or the the Zan .217 23gr, no flyers. My gun also didn't like any slugs from H&N or NSA, which I was not too happy about either.

Okay, I'm going to give the JSB Knockouts 20.83gr a try in the 250z. Had to order some more Altaros for the U2 and the vendor had the KOs in stock so grabbed a tin.

 

[Pumacarl]

Got out the Uragan 2 700 .25 around Noon today. Fired several 5-shot, 50yd groups with the Altaros 'Smooth' 49.5gr slugs at 890fps. Wind was light & switching but made minimal POI shift.

This is enough shot-to-shot consistency for coyote hunting to 75yds!

I have not been buying Altaros slugs on purpose because I just know they would shoot so well that I would have to buy them. Not only that, but every time I'd shoot something and miss with something else, I'd wonder if I would have hit using them. I'm just a recreational plinker. I'm just a recreational plinker.... I've got to keep telling myself this, everytime I log on and see how those slugs shoot. Or hear about C'Cut shooting across windy valleys and smoking the competition. They, seriously, are too expensive, for me anyway. I can't wait for someone to figure out a way to make them cheaper.

Nice shooting!

 

[md_shooter_rick]

RESEARCH, research, and more research. Trying to understand Benjamin Marauder, PCP in general, and compressor use and care. Also building an access Air Gun database for tracking my Air Guns and accessories.