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    22 slugs

    Hey team
    Few on here using air guns, anyone using lite ish weight slugs?

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    No

    8.4g in my 177
    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time

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    you need to try a selection and see what your gun prefers.

    Bound to be the expensive ones , but you might get lucky
    too old to die young

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    yes can be critical my .177 Diana when I first got it just would not shoot - when I changed to real heavy slugs then it showed me what it could do- wolverine were its prefeered brand made I believe in Czechoslovakia

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    Are we talking pellets or slugs 2 different things. Slugs are usually heavier & designed for a faster twist barrels and power, better BC they carry further & buck the wind better are great for longer range.
    Wolverine are pellets.

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    In my experience the light weight ones are generaly less accurate than mid weight ones, however light weight pelets tick the box for claimed velocity.
    ‘Facts don’t care about your feelings’


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    I use all mid range weight pellets in .22 calibre but my .22 air rifles are either multipump or c02 powered.

    If your using a spring or gas ram break barrel air rifle stay away from lighter weight pellets! Why? Because they are less accurate. They shorten the life of your gun and useless for hunting.

 

 

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