Help a Noob : Dragon Claw

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So without doing any due diligence research I bought a Dragon Claw after watching a youtube video. Then bought a Yong Heng compressor with again little research mostly because of the price. So far I have about $1K into an air rifle which previously I would have thought was nearly impossible, now I understand I'm just barely scratching the surface. 

A little about me, I've got a small collection of firearms. To the average person I have to many, to someone outside the US I'm a crazy gun nut... So I'm not new to firearms, but I am new to PCP. 

I was very excited to have the rifle, compressor and finally the oil for the compressor. Today I went out and bought muzzle load ammo .50 thinking it would fit. .50 Cal rifle and .50 call pellets (which I'm shocked at how expensive they are!)... Anyhow only the front half of the pellet will go into the barrel, what am I doing wrong? What is a better source for .50 PCP ammo in the USA?

Any other pointers for a Noob are appreciated. 
 
Mr Hollowpoint or Air Venturi sells the correct sizes. You can run those oversized 50 caliber bullets in a Sizer if you have a reloading press and proper dies.
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Someday in the future I hope to have that, right now I just stock up on ammo for what I have. If you've recently tried to buy ammo in the US you'll know why PCP suddenly became very appealing to me. 

I thought of taking a file to the rounds but I dont think I could do it well enough to not worry about damaging the barrel/rifling. 

I'm excited about this PCP Rifle more than I have been in years about my other purchases. How fun is it to have something that can fire pellets and bolts. 

On a side note : For the same reason I recently bought a high FPS crossbow, low end price of the high powered but great reviews. I have yet to fire either and thats not good. 
 
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Soc10path, Yesterday I was in your shoes, " so to speak". Since then I learned a thing or three about the old dragon. For starters , it really likes round balls. It also likes Neilson slugs. The thing is , where there is no reg. for the air, you have to experiment with it . It seems on mine that it likes a somewhat reduced max pressure. Each gun is different that is why I'll keep still on what I shoot. Learning is part of the fun, at least it was in my case.. The biggest trouble I found was the trigger. You just go about it like any other lower priced air rifle. I say this cause I can't layout a grand and a half for the upper shelf stuff. You have some awsome killing power at your finger tips , just keep that in mind always. This gun so no toy.
 
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Soc10path, Yesterday I was in your shoes, " so to speak". Since then I learned a thing or three about the old dragon. For starters , it really likes round balls. It also likes Neilson slugs. The thing is , where there is no reg. for the air, you have to experiment with it . It seems on mine that it likes a somewhat reduced max pressure. Each gun is different that is why I'll keep still on what I shoot. Learning is part of the fun, at least it was in my case.. The biggest trouble I found was the trigger. You just go about it like any other lower priced air rifle. I say this cause I can't layout a grand and a half for the upper shelf stuff. You have some awsome killing power at your finger tips , just keep that in mind always. This gun so no toy.
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So you'd recommend round balls, where from? 

Certainly not a toy, I wouldn't have bought it if it was. I'm ex military and a stickler for safety, I handle every weapon like it was loaded and demand everyone around me do the same where ever I'm shooting. But I tend to call them toys because its well... its my new toy for me :D

I was amazed at how far air rifles had advanced from when I was young. 
 
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.498 round ball is what you will want for a dragon claw. Don't bother with bullets. .500 also works but is much harder to load. I've killed three deer with .500 round ball shot from my dragon claw, but I tracked down an old layman .498 mold so I switched to that.

.498 round balls are $13.59 for 100 at track of the wolf.

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/127/1/BALL-498-X




 
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.498 round ball is what you will want for a dragon claw. Don't bother with bullets. .500 also works but is much harder to load. I've killed three deer with .500 round ball shot from my dragon claw, but I tracked down an old layman .498 mold so I switched to that.

.498 round balls are $13.59 for 100 at track of the wolf.

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/127/1/BALL-498-X



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Are you going to give the elk a run ?
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I havent hunted in Years, but I just moved to Idaho. Hunting is big out here and there's plenty to hunt. I might give it a shot, I dont know I'll try Elk with it

Thanks for the tip on the round balls, I've been searching for a while today trying to find a good deal
 
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I have a 909s .457. It likes round balls, EPP-UG (El Paso Pete Ultra Gamer) as well as other lighter bullets. Do yourself a favor and clean the barrel sooner than later and lube your bullets with 10weight silicone oil. If you still get fouling then run some patches of J-B Bore Cleaner followed by a deep cleaning, and lubing with non-petroleum barrel lube. 

Some lead balls are lubed with graphite or something similar and they are filthy. 
 
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