Airgun Shooter

TUNING IN TO SLUGS

Everyone is talking about tuning airguns to shoot slugs. But what do you do if you want a slice of the action but don’t know where to begin? It isn’t a simple process, but it needn’t be prohibitively complicated either. Read on and I’ll do my best to share some of the tricks that I have picked up during my own experimentation with airgun tuning.

There are plenty of airguns that can be tuned to shoot slugs remarkably well at long range. My first choice is an FAC-rated FX Impact, so that’s what I’ll be focusing on here – mine is a MkII, but the principles are the same for the new M3 model. Tuning Impacts can be a daunting task for anyone trying it for the first time, but once you get your head around what each component does it

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