What made you decide on your big bore choice for hunting?

[HMSTerror]

I have had a wonderful time with my air rifle, around 50 or so hog and plenty of top 3 finishes in local tournaments. However, I would like to change from my powder burners this year to air for deer season, however, I just do not feel confident taking a buck with a .30 cal regardless of grain.

So I am asking, through all the reviews, write ups etc; What made you decide to go with the brand and model you picked specifically for hunting larger game?

 

[The Archer]

So I am asking, through all the reviews, write ups etc; What made you decide to go with the brand and model you picked specifically for hunting larger game?

I chose the AirForce Texan LSSCF in a .50 cal for multiple reasons. First being the accuracy, to get an ethical kill you need a rifle that puts the round in the same spot every time. Second is clearly knock down power… not the other way around. I also have a Zeus .72 cal and it’s Ridonculous! The Texan .50 will easily drop a 400+ pound pig, but the Zeus… yikes. btw; my Zeus is up for sale on this site, that’s my shameless plug for the day. lol

My recommendation for hunters who wish to go after large game is the Texan LSSCF in .457, rifle when properly tuned is insanely accurate, will drop just about anything this side of a very large bear. Equally important is the ammo selections available for the .457 is limitless. Mr. HP makes excellent hunting ammo, I like the .510 .485gr HP Macro that he makes, and more importantly… so does my rifle.

Important note; the Texan LSSCF is a larger rifle, mine has a custome wood stock that adds more weight, so at 14lbs 5oz it’s not exactly light. But this has never bothered me personally. I am 64 years young, 5’7”, and weigh 160… not a big guy. When hiking with the Texan I sometimes minimize how many extras are in my pack, to keep my overall weight at a reasonable number.

 

[gendoc]

at the time, my .457 piledriver was the most powerful @ 720FPE and it is very accurate and reliable still after 4 years !
and my other, in .357 is the gamo TC35L, a re-branded evanix rex long @ 270FPE also a great hunting machine.

 

[HMSTerror]

I chose the AirForce Texan LSSCF in a .50 cal for multiple reasons. First being the accuracy, to get an ethical kill you need a rifle that puts the round in the same spot every time. Second is clearly knock down power… not the other way around. I also have a Zeus .72 cal and it’s Ridonculous! The .Texan .50 will easily drop a 400+ pound pig, but the Zeus… yikes. btw; my Zeus is up for sale on this site, that’s my shameless plug for the day. lol

My recommendation for hunters is the Texan LSSCF in .457, rifle when properly tuned is insanely accurate, will drop just about anything this side of a very large bear. Equally important is the ammo selections available for the .457 is limitless. Mr. HP makes excellent hunting ammo for both, I like the .485gr HP he makes, and so does my rifle.

Hogs were never much of an issue with my impact but I have had a couple fairly unethical kills in my opinion due to range, fpe and cough-me-cough. I think thats what has been kind of bothering me. Then again I have had 100 yard runs with a .300 blackout that I did not feel comfortable with. Like I said it served me well considering bore bore choices etc but I find myself not going to the range as much and encountering shots that are a little beyond the 50 yards I feel comfortable with (using a .30)

 

[HMSTerror]

at the time, my .457 piledriver was the most powerful @ 720FPE and it is very accurate and reliable still after 4 years !
and my other, in .357 is the gamo TC35L, a re-branded evanix rex long @ 270FPE also a great hunting machine.

Heh, I still wonder from time to time I am going to be sitting in a stand and have an oring bust. Luckily it seems a fair amount of brands these days are pretty reliable. (.457 and .50 are what I have been looking at but right when I am about to pull the trigger I see something else. Figured its best here to get peoples experiences. Hopefully some "I bought y but ended up going for x later due to so and so issue".) Thanks your input champ!

 

[Ezana4CE]

I have had a wonderful time with my air rifle, around 50 or so hog and plenty of top 3 finishes in local tournaments. However, I would like to change from my powder burners this year to air for deer season, however, I just do not feel confident taking a buck with a .30 cal regardless of grain.

So I am asking, through all the reviews, write ups etc; What made you decide to go with the brand and model you picked specifically for hunting larger game?

@HMSTerror My main big bore is the platform I started with, the Benjamin Bulldog .357. What dictated my choice of big bore and ammo was the state of Texas' hunting regulations.

 

[The Archer]

Hogs were never much of an issue with my impact but I have had a couple fairly unethical kills in my opinion due to range, fpe and cough-me-cough. I think thats what has been kind of bothering me. Then again I have had 100 yard runs with a .300 blackout that I did not feel comfortable with. Like I said it served me well considering bore bore choices etc but I find myself not going to the range as much and encountering shots that are a little beyond the 50 yards I feel comfortable with (using a .30)

Just a little fyi; when you properly tune the Texan for the slug you select for hunting, the rifle will easily shoot 1” groups at 100 yards. My rifle has a lot of mods, so it’s a bit of an air hog, but when shooting the 385gr. Mr HP macros at 950fps, three shots at 100 yards never exceed a 1” group.
I can also tune the rifle to give me 8 shots at 100yards if I drop down to the 255gr Mr. HP slugs.

 

[The Archer]

Heh, I still wonder from time to time I am going to be sitting in a stand and have an oring bust. Luckily it seems a fair amount of brands these days are pretty reliable. (.457 and .50 are what I have been looking at but right when I am about to pull the trigger I see something else. Figured its best here to get peoples experiences. Hopefully some "I bought y but ended up going for x later due to so and so issue".) Thanks your input champ!

I’ve never had an o-ring blow on the Texan. If you leave them alone they are very reliable. When you start adding exotic parts… you will see exotic problems.

 

[HMSTerror]

@HMSTerror My main big bore is the platform I started with, the Benjamin Bulldog .357. What dictated my choice of big bore and ammo was the state of Texas' hunting regulations.

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Just a little fyi; when you properly tune the Texan for the slug you select for hunting, the rifle will easily shoot 1” groups at 100 yards. My rifle has a lot of mods, so it’s a bit of an air hog, but when shooting the 385gr. Mr HP macros at 950fps, three shots at 100 yards never exceed a 1” group.
I can also tune the rifle to give me 8 shots at 100yards if I drop down to the 255gr Mr. HP slugs.

Thats what I am looking for, I really see 0 point in going with a 338 arc at this point. I just felt my fpe was too low for the shots i wanted to make. thanks for the input