Testing FAC air rifle slugs, in my Daystate Redwolf.

Hi all, today I am testing some new Pro Hunter Slugs in 22.8 grain. I'm using them in my Daystate Redwolf in FAC Air. Let's see how they do out at distance and how they group!
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[@glencurtis6496]

Great show Roger, looking forward to many more

[@PaulHamM3]

Hello again roger , i managed to finally get round to doing a massive slug test not unlike your own with my .25 50ftlb redwolf ( before the covid 19 lockdown might i add) , i tested H&N 33g,35g,37g,39g,41g , inferno slugs in 34g, nielson slugs in 36.2g....and .. .nearly there....prohunters in 30g,32g,38g, the 30g and 32g prohunters shot the best by far at 100 yards, and all of them shot good at 50 yards, so now its a long wait until this lockdown finishes before i can get out again to test past 100yards, stay safe in the meantime roger and dont forget to keep washing them hands ! Cheers

[@josephchapman633]

just watched your vid. LOVE my RWhp, it shoots slugs much better than I expected? NSA 20.2's and actually the Fx 22.5's shoot really well, haven't stretched it out past 65yds but no reason to doubt they won't shoot to 100yds no problem!

[@prohunter8607]

Fantastic video !!! Looking forward to more !! Keep up the good work Rog

[@johnorr3499]

Superb mate looking forward to seeing more keep up the good work 👍

[@g4ymt]

Interesting stuff... Thanks!

[@hawkslayers1]

your really fun to watch keep up the great work matey

[@TripleGRogerLait]

Thanks fort that 😁

[@ashjackaman6230]

I’m glad you’ve started this channel Roger. Right up my street! 👍🏼 l shoot neilson .22 and .25 neilson slugs though my Impacts and they are pretty dam impressive. Need patience to get the best out of them but worth the time. Look forward to the next one. Keep up the good work fella.

[@SB-wh6gy]

Interesting video, just got some in .25 for my FX Crown in .25, will test as soon as the weather is good.

[@TripleGRogerLait]

Good luck buddy

[@SB-wh6gy]

Well I have tried all three .25 slug weights. The 30 and 38 were ok with the 30g grouping around .75 of an inch at 50 yards, the 38 slightly worse and slower and the 32 grain are too long for my FX Crown magazine , but groups were not good. I have my .25 Crown shooting almost single hole groups with 25.4g JSB pellets at circa 955fps. The 33.95 g JSB King heavy does 845fps and also one hole groups. I tried with my standard pellet barrel and also the Slug liner barrel. It’s a pity the accuracy was not as good as pellets, I will have to wait and try the JSB slugs and the Fx hybrid slugs, hopefully next month,

[@sheenaeden-shulver4916]

hi roger been a while interesting video !!

[@rustymac40]

Video was very well done. Subscribed. Now continue making vids. Thanks!

[@Jesse-le9bh]

Very interesting. Subscribed.

[@varmintknockers]

Excellent video I enjoyed watching it , keep up the good work now I need to get the Red Wolf out again it's been to long . Dale aka D-RIG

[@TripleGRogerLait]

Thank you so much buddy !!

[@domingoliao2724]

soda can shooter, what I mean is the .22 cal. BSA available in in the same old models in R10 , Scorpion , etc which is @ 28-30 FPE range , with Nielsen slugs, etc. available in diff. weights, also with the new H & N slugs !

[@jcaputo3156]

Enjoyed your video! Are .30 caliber slugs available for my Daystate Red Wolf HP in .30 caliber? What is necessary to setup my Red Wolf HP rifle to shoot .30 caliber slugs. I also have a FX Impact X with 700mm barrel but I don't want to go through the complicated set up and expense to shoot slugs out of it.

[@chrisfigueroa3361]

I really like this channel you are a koo dude and you tell it like it is thanks for sharing buddy bsafe... beautiful gun... coming from cyclops joe the scope guy lol

[@ravenshield7823]

I'm having great results with the Griffin 23 grain cup base slugs in my HP .22 Redwolf.

[@PaulHamM3]

Excellent video roger ! During your slug tests did you try them with or without a sound moderator on your redwolf? Did they perform better without it?

[@TripleGRogerLait]

Paul Ham Hi there , I tried with a mod and made no difference really . What did make a difference was a tiny bit of lube on the slugs , made the groups better for sure .

[@PaulHamM3]

Thanks for replying roger, im just waiting for the bloody weather to sort it self out and then i can give these prohunter slugs a good try ( with lube) , i use a high power redwolf in .25 but with only a standard barrel and not a ART so im wondering if its going to group well with slugs or not ....time and testing will tell i guess !

[@peewee007654321]

👍👏👏 thanks for the great video. It proves that you don’t need a fx stx slug liner barrel to shoot slugs 👍. Wondering what the minimum ftlb rifle is needed to shoot these🤔

[@TripleGRogerLait]

To be honest I would say around 30 ft/lb odd . Try and see is the best bet boss . Good luck

[@TheYamahageorge]

Roger, on the money with those slugs working wonders at 100 & 133 as you say in the video you have now to be very careful with what is way beyond the target as a back stop this is bullet territory !. You mentioned the Bipod what is it exactly ? As you know i am a fan of EVO & Tier one bipods but i want a good but slightly cheaper bipod for the "brat rifle". Thanks for all the work you put in looking forward to more good stuff. When you going to hilight those range finder bino's i saw you using saturday ?

[@TripleGRogerLait]

HI there, Glad you like the channel . The BiPod was from Country Sports Wholesale , Its fab and works treat . I know Baileys Shooting supplies have them www.baileysshooting.co.uk . Have a chat with Jon and he will fix you up buddy ,

[@PeakyBlinder]

You don't find a slug your gun likes you find a speed your slug likes with any gun. Wind down the speed to gain the tightest group, don't go buying lots of different slugs, Every slug has its dedicated speed. Buy a tin and find the speed it likes.

[@airgunsofidaho4886]

Nice shooting. What was your fps? You should try the .218 23gr nsa slugs. I seen a video on KZbin and the red wolf was shooting them will.

[@TripleGRogerLait]

The FPS was 940 or around that speed . Worked really well .

[@ravenshield7823]

What Rings are you using here if you dont mind me asking. I really love the EagleVision rings, but these are dovetail receivers, so I was considering the zero Limits FX rings.

[@alexwalsh1763]

Did you reprogram the high power level on the rifle.

[@philchapman9484]

Hi roger amazing vid .i am thinking of a daystate safari 65 ft pound In 22 will it shoot the slugs do you think .i don’t think they have the art barrel in 22 .will pellets stay stable at that ft pound . All the best

[@TripleGRogerLait]

Hi buddy , thank you so much, glad you liked the video . Always nice to hear that . Yes the Safari will shoot slugs and shoot them well too . Yes the Safari in .22 has the ART barrel and yes it works a treat . The power you are talking about would suggest a heavier slug , the Howler slugs are 20.3 so “might” me a tad light . I would go for a 27 or 30 grain odd ? Wildman slugs work super well out of the Safari as I have seen . You would not be unhappy . Lucky you is what I say 👍😀

[@rafesaunders3373]

Great video, so how often do you clean the barrel with these slugs?

[@ravenshield7823]

The poly barrel in my experience doesn't foul much at all and if you clean your pellets and slugs and lube them lightly with silicon you barely need to run a patch or two per tin. No sense cleaning it spotless. Also you need to be careful not to run too thick a patch down the barrel unless you want to replace the breech oring every time. If this oring is harmed and even a slight leak your accuracy will suffer greatly due to high velocity fluctuation. You will hear it and know. It's a completely different kind of shot report.

[@PeakyBlinder]

Tell me the dims you want from a slug I'll make you a batch and you tell me what you think. Free of charge of course.

[@yanhuawu6614]

Nice shot that's fantastic. may i want to know what slugs size would suitable on my wolf .303 caliber. thanks my friend.

[@TripleGRogerLait]

I honestly don’t know , I know about .22 .25 and that’s about it ? I know nothing about .30 call sadly

[@yanhuawu6614]

It doesn't matter my friend. Thanks

[@shaunjenkins763]

Hi am in the process in getting a .25cal daystate either air ranger or the wolverine hi lite in fac useing it as a hunting rifle would I be able to use slugs in any of these air rifles I injoy watching your vids

[@domingoliao2724]

How about your BSA pcp? can it manage to handle slugs @ 21.00gr. with a 28 FPE rifle?

[@TripleGRogerLait]

I dont shoot BSA anymore , Just Daystate .

[@airgunsofidaho4886]

Domingo liao what caliber of slugs in .177 or in .22 with the 21gr?

[@timyd2009]

Great shooting! What is the b.c of these slugs?

[@TripleGRogerLait]

timyd2009 Hi there , I am getting 0.0750 with the 22.8’s and 0.0780 with the 28’s . They work seriously well to be honest. I will be testing a bunch more for sure . I love these things !!

[@stuartkerr2205]

Where is your Bsa Goldstar? You used to rave about it. Tried those slugs in my fac mk4 with poor results. Waaaay over priced and poor in comparison to H&N, NSA and the JSB Knockouts look promising.

[@renierdwinger1625]

With slug you can drop pigeons and rabets up to 150 meters and drops like n stone ps im in south Africa 🇿🇦

[@TripleGRogerLait]

Yes I agree , I think much further too but I keep it real to about 150 yards max . Don’t want to injure an animal and not be able to follow up as it were .

[@renierdwinger1625]

@@TripleGRogerLait totally agree I don't take shot further then 150 m because I know I will get n clean kill shot with it but must say I did drop a jackal at 90 m head shot with my 22 shooting the javelin slug at 890 fps unit of my fx crown

[@renierdwinger1625]

And by the way love you Chanelle

[@TripleGRogerLait]

@@renierdwinger1625 that’s brilliant buddy , great stuff !!! 👍👍

[@TripleGRogerLait]

@@renierdwinger1625 thank you so much buddy 👍

[@dougdishler2086]

Just subscribed come from cyclops the old one eyed prick!!!!keep up the good work I love drinking beer to the videos keep them coming now get busy cheers!!!!hows that for English slang !!!

[@sheenaeden-shulver4916]

hamish

[@Bubblebutt2119]

Just watched this vid and was gobsmacked to see you shot a pigeon in the tree with an fac using slugs . Slugs in hi power air rifles and basically bullets propelled by air. Slugs go for a long distance as you have stated at the beginning of your vid . You are either blatantly ignorant or you dont have a clue what a safe back stop is. If you missed the pigeon it would of travelled for a considerable distance still retaining energy. Slugs are highly dangerous Even after hitting the pigeon it most probably would of travelled a distance and you have no clue where it is going to stop or even what its going to hit We have shot rabbits in the head out at 100yds and slugs go straight through and into the ground with some force You do some good vids but this is by far the one that lets you down 😮

[@TripleGRogerLait]

Ok so let’s start with this . It was a safe shot , I did hit what I was aiming at , once the slugs hits the pigeon 99% of the energy would have dissipated. I am clearly not ignorant and every shot is considered and never rushed . As it stands you can shoot pigeons in trees with Airguns so u til that changes I will carry on doing this safely of course . The land that this was shot over was 800 acres and as powerful as the gun is , it’s not that powerful buddy . Sorry that you don’t like it but the whole thing was perfectly safe .

[@Bubblebutt2119]

@TripleGRogerLait 99% 😆 Ive shot pigeons at 35 40 yards in barns with a sub 12ft and the pellet has passed through and hit the roof or beam behind them Slugs do not fragment they mushroom thats why they are hollowed out ,they retain quite a lot of weight You stated yourself they keep going and going People have a habit of walking where they are not supposed to be so if you fire into the air with with no safe back stop at some point one will hit something its not supposed to hit . The only thing behind that pigeon was fresh air Watch the south African guys shooting slugs at pigeons and geese they get loads of pass throughs,

[@Bubblebutt2119]

@TripleGRogerLait you can shoot pigeons in trees with air guns but yours is an fac You have to treat it the same as any other fire arm

[@TripleGRogerLait]

@@Bubblebutt2119 I understand what you are saying but slugs mushroom and dump lots of energy right away , that’s the whole point of them . Pellets will pass through as u have seen many times . As for the pigeon I shot , behind it was about a mile of fields . Trust me it was a safe shot , I make sure all my shots are safe. Thanks for your input buddy 👍

[@Bubblebutt2119]

@TripleGRogerLait all im saying is you cant or dont always know whats in far flug fields horses cattle sheep anything basically that could be struck by a slug or bullet If slugs dump all their energy how do shooters get double kills with one slug Also i shoot vmax bullets in different calibres that are specifically designed to disintegrate on impact These are safer rounds than slugs but would never think about shooting above the skyline with no back stop Could lead to a world of pain and problems Your air rifle is on a firearms certificate so should be treated as a fire arm You say its not a problem because you hit the pigeon but how many others have you shot at and missed . That won't be the only one you have shot at You do some good vids but i was just shocked by what you had done. If someone is just getting into shooting and sees loads of shooters doing thatvthey will think its the normto do that Its hard enough getting our fac so we should all be responsible for our actions