Just a quick update on the Texan .50. Had it out for the first round of reigning in the accuracy and it's going to be a challenge. The Umarex .350 gr. was at least within a few inches at 100 yards and that will of course improve with some adjusting to air pressure/power. However, the Hunter Supply .510 ammo is off by 5 or 6 feet (yes, feet) at 100 yards. I don't think it's a 'bad bullet', but just a not a good match for the Texan .50.
The journey begins. I have a mold from Accurate that hopefully will be here in the coming weeks (months maybe)
For the record, I have a firelapped barrel and a Diamond stock.
Ammo is expensive, so ripping through a bunch of bullets is not practical. Hopefully this helps someone else save some dollars getting going.
I posted the above a day or two ago on the Big Bore forum. The timing of your post is impeccable. Very impressive group. I'm shocked at the size of the bullets; I have a 350 gr. mold from Accurate on the way and I'm wondering if it's too light. Thank you for posting the results of your shoot.
I'm curious, why did you choose that particular mold? It's seems so big compared to others and to me it seems like a such a gamble. But kudos to you for getting it done. I have a Texan .308 and have gone through a bunch of molds/bullets before finally finding the magic one and I'm hoping to avoid that (at least a little) with the .50 cal.