After the Gayloird airgun show in Texas, the American Airgunner crew headed off on a hog hunt with the Air Bolt and Dragon Claw rifles. At 500 fps these 425 grain arrows produced mind great results. My pig dropped just about on the spot at almost 40 yards. The footage from Rossi and my kills will air this season. These make any .50 caliber big bore an arrow gun.
Shot a couple big hogs with the Air Bolt
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Sounds like y'all had a blast Jim. Did you let Rossi shoot one? He could probably kill one at 100 yards the way he's been shooting. I haven't done the calculation but a 425 grain arrow at 500fps is generating some serious fpe. I'm thinking my Mathews is shooting a hunting weight arrow at 280-290fps and pass throughs on deer are the norm. Looking forward to seeing the footage.
Jimmy
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Yep, Rossi got his first hog and was really excited. We had to work hard to find them, and when the action came it came fast! Had a lot of fun.
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From a performance point of view, the Air Bolts out of my Dragon Claw (which is not an overly powerful .50 BTW) is an order of magnitude more powerful than the Pioneer. Both are very accurate, but you get substantially more range out of the Air Bolt / DC combo. The Pioneer is faster on the reload.
I think that the bigger advantage is the much better Value proposition of the Air Bolts. Even though the Air Bolts are more expensive than Crosman Arrows, you don't need to spend the big dollars for a gun that will only shoot arrows. The gun you use to shoot the Air Bolt can also shoot bullets, or in the case of the Wing Shot bullets and shotshells as well.
I think the thing that will make Air Bolts a no brainier is when they come out in a range of calibers, there are many more .35 and .45 big bores out there. This would turn a .357 big bore, which I personally consider primarily a predator gun, into a solid big game gun.
I think that the bigger advantage is the much better Value proposition of the Air Bolts. Even though the Air Bolts are more expensive than Crosman Arrows, you don't need to spend the big dollars for a gun that will only shoot arrows. The gun you use to shoot the Air Bolt can also shoot bullets, or in the case of the Wing Shot bullets and shotshells as well.
I think the thing that will make Air Bolts a no brainier is when they come out in a range of calibers, there are many more .35 and .45 big bores out there. This would turn a .357 big bore, which I personally consider primarily a predator gun, into a solid big game gun.
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Thanks for your response. You have shot everything out there and I greatly value your first hand experience and opinions!! I just need Ohio to make air powered arrows legal for deer.
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