After almost 45 years of marriage, the wife has pretty much given up on trying to surprise me with gifts... she asks me what I want, then buys it for me...
Anyway, I've been wanting a semi-auto airgun for a while, and finally found a refurbished Hatsan Blitz a couple hundred dollars off retail. It was in .30 cal, which I wanted, seeing as I already have airguns (rifle and pistol) in numerous calibers including .177, .22, .25, and .35.
Anyway, it arrived to day. I filled the tank, filled the magazines and took her out to see how she shoots. Unbeknownst to me the selector was on Full Auto, so I popped off 5 rounds before I realized what happened. This thing cycles very fast--approx. 1,000 rounds/minute...
Anyway, shooting with iron sights and almost 70 year old eyes it did pretty good. I included some pics below including some of a couple shots into 1" hardwood. It was shot at quite an angle and the pellet curved perpendicular to the edge of the board, or it would have at least broken the back out.
The magazine holds 16 rounds... pellet weights are in the 45+grain weight... the ones I used were 48.6 grains.
Now the problem is... this is so much fun to shoot that I'll go through pellets like crazy.
Has anyone else cast slugs for the Blitz or any of the other Hatsan rifles. Slugs for other guns may not work, especially if they're over approx. 1/2 inch or so due to the width of the magazine.
Anyway, I'm curious what types of cast boolits others have used in .30 cal --actual .300", not .308" though I can size them down if need be.
Regards,
Smitty