.25 cal sub inch grouping at 100 yards

[DVS1]

Any idea when someone over here is gonna stock these new .25 pellets??

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[jonezy25]

Any idea when someone over here is gonna stock these new .25 pellets??

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No idea, but you can get them from gaybay.com, not co.uk, got to be .com they will ship from the states.

[DVS1]

Cheers for that buddy.

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[Graham2]

I was at Milbro's 100 yard indoor range today, so if anybody in the UK wants to put long range airgun shooting to the test, it could be just the place. It would be nice to know if it's do-able or not.

[DVS1]

You mean sub 1" with .25 calibre buddy??

I used my local indoor 'range' and at 88yds lasered I managed a sub 1" group.....12 yds shy of a 100 but cant see why it cant be done by someone in perfect conditions.

Not that it can be spoken of in here but I have hit targets at 107 & 115 yards respectively with 2 out of 3 shots hitting their mark

atb

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[BTDT]

Not that it can be spoken of in here but I have hit targets at 107 & 115 yards respectively with 2 out of 3 shots hitting their mark

You can talk about shooting (inanimate) targets at whatever range you like.

I'll move this thread to the long range section.

[flims]

I am not surprised harry gets this sort of performance and those that are, think that way because they might be ignorant on long range. A brilliant field target shooter does not imply a good long range shooter. Harry's regulated rifle is very consistent, less than 10ft/s Extreme spread keeps stringing of groups very low. I have conducted extensive tests at 120m as you can see in my many posts in the long range section and 20-30ft/s extreme spread, as I get through my rifle strings the group about 2.5" at 120m.

With all due respect to many shooters, you cannot expect to take your normal rifle setup and try out the same thing and achieve results if you hold over your elevation and aim somewhere up there. Secondly, if you cannot read the wind, you have no business in this game, its not 30yard shooting.

If your rifle setup can keep shots in the same vertical level, it all depends on how well you can let off the shot in a particular 'wind frame.' When I watched the wind for some shooters at the gun club, we were capable of keeping shots around a 2inch circle at 120m consistently if the wind velocity did not increase more than 2mph increments

[lionel]

Any idea when someone over here is gonna stock these new .25 pellets??

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I just read in one of the airgun mags that Theoben are recommending these pellets. If they're recommending them, maybe that means they're selling them too?

[DVS1]

I just read in one of the airgun mags that Theoben are recommending these pellets. If they're recommending them, maybe that means they're selling them too?

Interesting info there Lionel......naturally there'll be a 100% hike in profit if they're selling them AND frosty knickers will ask you why your wanting the big fat pellet

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[verminhunter]

I just read in one of the airgun mags that Theoben are recommending these pellets. If they're recommending them, maybe that means they're selling them too?

Yep your right my tooting beck belly dancer how are you?

Yes darren stocks them and has the barrel choked just right for these pellets,
mine on the otherhand was choked diffrent thus prefering the barracuda.
I have tried every .25 round ther is on the planet none come any where near the groups as the barracuda 31gr.48ftlb at 820fps these pellets fly perfect with such accuracy its a pleasure to shoot.

I found the 31gr baracuda more stable in cross winds and a knock down ability thats awesome. The JSB 25gr is a nice round just like all JSB pellets, they fly faster then bis mag due to their weight and handel the speed but bis mags and barracuda love 820fps in .22 and .25.

Yes they drop a mill dot but make no mistake they dont drop as alot of people think they do. Ive done some serious long rang hunts with this bad boy and it never ever stops bringing a smile to my face. I have a .22 FAC and i prefer the .25 over the .22 all day long.

.25 in FAC format set up properly is an all and all out hunting rig.

Get one lionel and forget about your pea-shooters that you have.
come and taste the wild side of air rifle shooting

[Rapidnick]

Yep your right my tooting beck belly dancer how are you?

Yes darren stocks them and has the barrel choked just right for these pellets,
mine on the otherhand was choked diffrent thus prefering the barracuda.
I have tried every .25 round ther is on the planet none come any where near the groups as the barracuda 31gr.48ftlb at 820fps these pellets fly perfect with such accuracy its a pleasure to shoot.

I found the 31gr baracuda more stable in cross winds and a knock down ability thats awesome. The JSB 25gr is a nice round just like all JSB pellets, they fly faster then bis mag due to their weight and handel the speed but bis mags and barracuda love 820fps in .22 and .25.

Yes they drop a mill dot but make no mistake they dont drop as alot of people think they do. Ive done some serious long rang hunts with this bad boy and it never ever stops bringing a smile to my face. I have a .22 FAC and i prefer the .25 over the .22 all day long.

.25 in FAC format set up properly is an all and all out hunting rig.

Get one lionel and forget about your pea-shooters that you have.
come and taste the wild side of air rifle shooting

As usual Costas your liking for the .25 shines through.
What would be really helpful is a comparison between .25 FAC air and .22LR subsonic.
I agree with Costas it is a fantastic round. I conclude that for those shooters either not able or not wanting to use rimfire, the .25 FAC air is the best alternative. However, you can buy a decent .22LR rifle for under £300 and the .25 air rifle costs a LOT more. You can buy an awful lot of subsonic ammo for the difference can't you?

[verminhunter]

As usual Costas your liking for the .25 shines through.
What would be really helpful is a comparison between .25 FAC air and .22LR subsonic.
I agree with Costas it is a fantastic round. I conclude that for those shooters either not able or not wanting to use rimfire, the .25 FAC air is the best alternative. However, you can buy a decent .22LR rifle for under £300 and the .25 air rifle costs a LOT more. You can buy an awful lot of subsonic ammo for the difference can't you?

You keep banging on about .22 rimmies nick but I can tell you mine was more accurate then the the farmers nephew's one and ammo is expensive. Yes it might cost alot less the rifle but the .25 as Ive said and say it over and over again , " for the FAC AIR- rifle hunter the .25 is the DON, 50ftlb with a 31gr round it takes care of everything AND you dont come back smelling of gun-powder as with rimmies AND alot of land is not cleard for rim-fire or as in my case the farmer dont want it as he has alot of cattle .
No one is saying rim-fire is not good but here we are talking air and I for one dont want a 17hmr which blows to bits your quarry and a rimmi that wont do any more then what a highly tunes 50ftlb .25 rapid wont, trust me Ive been there, yes maybe you have 100ftlb with your 40gr bullit but the .25 air rifle running at 50ftlb will do just as much damage as the rimmi and with far better accuracy.
And dont argue nickos , you know its true. blinking tea-bag

[Rapidnick]

You keep banging on about .22 rimmies nick but I can tell you mine was more accurate then the the farmers nephew's one and ammo is expensive. Yes it might cost alot less the rifle but the .25 as Ive said and say it over and over again , " for the FAC AIR- rifle hunter the .25 is the DON, 50ftlb with a 31gr round it takes care of everything AND you dont come back smelling of gun-powder as with rimmies AND alot of land is not cleard for rim-fire or as in my case the farmer dont want it as he has alot of cattle .
No one is saying rim-fire is not good but here we are talking air and I for one dont want a 17hmr which blows to bits your quarry and a rimmi that wont do any more then what a highly tunes 50ftlb .25 rapid wont, trust me Ive been there, yes maybe you have 100ftlb with your 40gr bullit but the .25 air rifle running at 50ftlb will do just as much damage as the rimmi and with far better accuracy.
And dont argue nickos , you know its true. blinking tea-bag

Again Costas you are not paying attention and just picking out the bits of my post that suit your argument. I'm agreeing with you that for pure air, the .25 is the best hunting tool available. I make the point every time when I talk to you and post on here that for those unable or unwilling to use .22LR for whatever reason, the .25 air rifle is the best hunting tool there is. Your point on accuracy is simply not right. You quote just one example of a .22LR being compared with your tricked Rapid worth when new about a grand. I can assure you, having shot both, that MY Savage which cost me around £200 will shoot as well as your Rapid AND requires virtually no maintenance. OK .22LR ammo cost around 7p a shot these days. Your Baracudas cost-say-2p each. I say again you can buy an awful lot of .22LR for the difference between the costs of the rifles. That cost difference also conveniently ignores the cost of fuel to get your dive tank topped up. and so on and so on.
Still you like it and that is all that matters.

[verminhunter]

Again Costas you are not paying attention and just picking out the bits of my post that suit your argument. I'm agreeing with you that for pure air, the .25 is the best hunting tool available. I make the point every time when I talk to you and post on here that for those unable or unwilling to use .22LR for whatever reason, the .25 air rifle is the best hunting tool there is. Your point on accuracy is simply not right. You quote just one example of a .22LR being compared with your tricked Rapid worth when new about a grand. I can assure you, having shot both, that MY Savage which cost me around £200 will shoot as well as your Rapid AND requires virtually no maintenance. OK .22LR ammo cost around 7p a shot these days. Your Baracudas cost-say-2p each. I say again you can buy an awful lot of .22LR for the difference between the costs of the rifles. That cost difference also conveniently ignores the cost of fuel to get your dive tank topped up. and so on and so on.
Still you like it and that is all that matters.

Again nick you bring into argument the .22lr, read the post its about the accuracy of a .25FAC NOT rimfire. Dont keep bringing in the costs as you seem to find this a way out to print your debate, its not so leave the .22LR out of the thread, its about AIR , lovely beautiful AIR not bullits and the price of this or that.
Ive had the chance to owe a rimmie and a HMR but refused them as they wont do any more then what my .25 FAC rapid does

You love stressing me out you blinking tea-bag dont you.

[lionel]

Yep your right my tooting beck belly dancer how are you?

Yes darren stocks them and has the barrel choked just right for these pellets,
mine on the otherhand was choked diffrent thus prefering the barracuda.
I have tried every .25 round ther is on the planet none come any where near the groups as the barracuda 31gr.48ftlb at 820fps these pellets fly perfect with such accuracy its a pleasure to shoot.

I found the 31gr baracuda more stable in cross winds and a knock down ability thats awesome. The JSB 25gr is a nice round just like all JSB pellets, they fly faster then bis mag due to their weight and handel the speed but bis mags and barracuda love 820fps in .22 and .25.

Yes they drop a mill dot but make no mistake they dont drop as alot of people think they do. Ive done some serious long rang hunts with this bad boy and it never ever stops bringing a smile to my face. I have a .22 FAC and i prefer the .25 over the .22 all day long.

.25 in FAC format set up properly is an all and all out hunting rig.

Get one lionel and forget about your pea-shooters that you have.
come and taste the wild side of air rifle shooting

Hmmm - if I started flinging my belly round I'd cause traffic accidents, but I like the idea

As for my pea shooters, you know very well I've owned a .25 Eliminator for a few years now and really like it. I've also got a 23 inch .25 Walther barrel lying around and plan to stick it on one of my Rapids for a laugh some day.

By the way, is there any truth to the rumour that you're now sizing pieces of feta cheese to .25 but they're getting stuck in your magazine?