177 Vulcan 2 update
Still getting used to to front lever cocking, Is it better than the rear lever cocking No just different, Now if you shoot a Mutant/Veteran , Cricket Your spoiled on the magazine loading , The Vulcan you have to spin and load it one at a time. Sucks when you been spoiled, I been shooting the 177 JSB 13.43gr pellets and shot count is way up there, I never let the gun go below 150 bar and never fill above 220 bar , I call this gun shoot a lot fill every once in a while , :rofl: :rofl: Sparrows just aim and shoot, Euro doves you better place your shot to the head or a good heart/lung shot or the bird is taking off,
Still have not taken it past 48 yards , It will stack pellets easy,
Makes me wonder why the 177 lost favor with the US market, bigger is not always better,
Mike
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Kris cool
I may try the H&N pellets , Problem is I do not live in the fuxing sanitarium so the price may be close to the same, :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: This Vulcan really has me scratching my head, Could be head lice, But with all the different weight pellets and the strange FPS readings , Its like the gun is adjusting to the pellet, I need to extend the range and pull out the pro chrono and shoot some strings .
Monday the wife goes back to work , So I would like to see what the wad cutters are doing to sparrows , May try a euro dove but them guys are pretty tough.
Mike
H&N field target trophy is also shooting well from my CZ barrel. Just saying I tested this new to me pellet today. It is cheaper than jsbs here…
Kris
I am jumping around in post a little bit , But I am going to keep my testing here from now on.
You may be right about the lighter pellets , I thought since the 10 and 13 gr pellets shot so well the 8 gr wad cutters would be all over the paper, Was I wrong, I also fluffed off the poymags and never bothered to order any as they are 8gr too.
I may have to rethink my thinking with this 177 caliber, Which is a good thing.
Got to get some shot strings in and figure out why the FPS is screwed up with pellet weight .
Mike
Crank, don’t you have a mower? You can have your range back today! :rofl:
From everything I have looked into regulators will settle in. Some take just a few rounds and some take 100s. I’m also waiting for the farmer to cut the corn field next too my house. Then I will have my range back…
Got the NSA 15 gr slugs in but for grins and giggles thought I would fire off a few a few 8.6 wad cutters , Now if you remember my JSB round nose 10.34 gr pellets were at 962 FPS , My range is only 30 yards (long story) The Match 8.6 gr wad cutter pellets were the best pellet to leave the barrel, Wow, I am talking one hole, I stuck my little end of the barrel FPS checker on there and it read 960 FPS. I am not shooting off bags , Just the Harris tripod and my arms ,
Grabbed my other clip that was loaded with the 13 gr pellets shooting 840 psi , Yep that sounds right , Ran out of light before I could get the 10.34 grans loaded.
Guess I need to pull the pro chrono out and shoot a string.
QUESTION
Could my regulator be settling in?????
It almost seems the gun adjusts to the pellets I am shooting, Sure need to get my 48 yards back,
Mike
Dats what I wanted to hear……………..not twang!
No Twang at all, Trust me , I can not stand a gun that goes Twang,
It sounds cheap, and it does not sound right.
NONE of my PCPs go Twang,,,
I watch a few videos and the guys shoots his PCP and it goes twang,
That would drive me crazy,
Nothing sounds cheaper or more ill tuned than a PCP that goes Twang. :angrymob:
Mike
Mike have they taken the twang out of the spring when firing your Vulcan?
Mike I’m so used to my cocking lever on my Vulcan being up front I don’t know if I can go back to a rear cocking lever. That’s one of the things I really enjoy about my Vulcan.
PLUS, did I tell you how good customer service is at Air Gun Technology???? They’re awesome!
Zonk
You just really need to get you a Veteran 25 shorty, Your Cricket and Vulcan will take a long needed rest,
There is a 100 % guarantee on that.
Mike
Kris
13.43 gr is as heavy as I am going in 177, after that i agree grab a 22 or a 25 caliber.
Have not had a chance to try any 8 gr pellets yet , I just hope the flat heads wad cutters are accurate to 30 yards, make a good thump on sparrows .
My Huma regulator came today and my Huma regulator tester should be here Friday. I asked Huma to set the reg at 130 bar, I’ll wait till Friday to test it before inserting it into my Vulcan.
I mean monsters, beasts are even heavier
Here is a link about some heavy .177 pellets
https://www.airrifle.co.za/threads/42359-JSB-Beast-4-5mm-177-a-super-heavy-pellet
Maybe you can try the h&n heavy sniper magnums was it 15 grain, only 300 in the tin.
…I still believe you should be using the 10.34g max, or grab your .22 or .25 instead
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Mike if Kris was any kind of a guy at all he’d send you a tin…………just saying. :suprisedn: