Texan .257 at 200 Yards 86.5gr Cast Bullets

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Nice group. Are you lubing your bullets? That made a big improvement for me. Are you sizing as well? The one time I had my Texan apart to add the Mad Dog stock I did a trigger adjustment. My next test is going to be with/without the moderator and also with/without the Witt's muzzle brake. I've done these scenarios before but not with the fine tuned cast bullets I have now that are proven winners.



One thing that was shown to me by a fellow AGN member that I shot with a few weeks ago was the difference between my lower end ($200-ish) optic and a higher end ($600-ish) optic. The parallax adjustment made a big difference and I learned something that day. My Hawke Vantage is fine for basic hunting and target shooting, as is my tactical $120.00 BSA model scope, but I'm sacrificing some grouping at distance because of it.



Looks like you've got the consistency and now you're into the fine tuning.
 
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Thanks! The bullets have a very very light case lube on them I used for sizing. What are you using for AG bullet lube?

I did little shooting without the supressor and then with. Not a real notice different at first glance. I have thought about having a muzzle brake threaded to fit the DonnyFL muzzle adapter. The 1/2-20 thread is odd in the PB world so have not found anything off the shelf.

I powder coated a few this evening to see how they shoot. Eastwood Copper Penny or Candy Orange...I dont recall which one I had in the tub.





Have an Athlon mid grade scope and a Cold Shot M.O.A.B. mount so scope is optically centered. It could use a better scope, but it is good enough for now.




 
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James, I felt the same was about the Airforce guns. Just too utilitarian and not in a good way IMHO. After doing some research though the Texan .257 just seemed to be the right platform for "long range" shooting for me. So I fixed the ugly issue by making my own stock. Here is the build thread.

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/airforce-texan-the-making-of-a-custom-wood-stock/

and one for my Condor too.

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/custom-wood-stock-making-for-airforce-condor/

One of my sons and I did some more shooting with it yesterday evening with the PC bullets. It did well. Will have to post up some photos later.
 
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I love my .257 Texan with MadDog stock and Clague Shroud. It’s a hoot to shoot starting at a 100 yards and going way beyond. 

Just remember to clean your barrel often, because these things are prone to fouling.

My favorite bullet so far is a home cast 257420 72 grain Arsenal (Lyman Clone). 

Good stuff!
 
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You did a outstanding job, airforce may get some of my money now that I have seen yours.
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Thanks!!



Just remember to clean your barrel often, because these things are prone to fouling.

My favorite bullet so far is a home cast 257420 72 grain Arsenal (Lyman Clone). 

Good stuff!
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That is why I was trying the powder coated bullets. I cleaned the barrel today and there was no lead fouling. :) My groups were consistent with the uncoated bullets and my son did even better. I did shot off a rest instead of the bipod. Nice to see no difference in the groups.

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I have the Arsenal 257420 and Lyman 257420 molds. I need to get some of them powder coated and see how they do at 200 yards. At 50 yards the 86gr do just a little better.

I ordered a muzzle brake to see it that will help improve the groups.

It's all fun !!


 
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Are you baking the powder coated bullets? They don't look like it.

My testing did not get much of anything out of just using the plain powder. Not much fouling but no assist in accuracy either!

And the Harbor Freight powder was terrible, but the Eastwood stuff did much better, who knows why.



Try some 10wt synthetic motorcycle shock oil... put 50 clean, sized bullets in a baggie, put in 4 or 5 drops of oil and mush it around to coat all of them. Shoot and see what your accuracy is. this is kind of a standard you can compare too. (FP-10 or Accuracy Oil works too but are more expensive)

Also, a bottle of bicycle chain wax from Krytech or White Lightnening gives a wax coat that is a good lube... again a few drops is all you need (Some Walmart's sell it)
 
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Steveoh That is also a very nice looking rig. More of a wood furniture person myself but that is defiantly a rifle you could take home to mama.
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Mad Dog usually makes their stocks from Poplar with Bed Liner all weather finish BUT they will make a stock from any wood you desire for a reasonable price! Go there and look at their gallery page.

IMHO AirForce should partner up with MadDog and offer his stocks as a factory option! AF had some new stuff planned but then they purchased RAW and everything got shelved!
 
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T3PRanch I will probably have to bump back any more rifle purchases for a while just purchased a RAW I can only sneak so many in at a time. But I just flat did not know that a AirForce could look like that. I went on MadDogs site and you are right they do have some nice ones. I could definitely have one with the wood like Loren's and like it.
 
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I have been shooting tethered using the Huma external adjustable regulator. I found the big bores consume more air than the little Huma can flow effectively and with it the reg pressure drops off and then is slow to recover. If my shooting pace was quick is could not keep up with the set pressure, so would adjust it up, but then if shooting slowed or was paused then the reg pressure would go high. For me it just is not the ideal piece of hardware for tethering a big bore for target shooting.

I ordered parts and put new regulator together.





I did a bunch of shooting across the chronograph to see how the regulator performed at holding pressure and providing consistant results from the Texan. I am really pleased with the results. Here is the data from three of my cast bullets. I was not getting velocities this tight with the smaller Huma Reg. I hope this improves my groups. 




 
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Was able to get out to the range today with the new regulator. It was worth the MONEY!!!

Some results from today at 200 yards. Winds 7-10.

Kind of getting it sorted out.

8 inch target



1 inch squares





Nailed it!! Time to go home on a high note....lol



At this point I think my bi-pod is causing some of the vertical spread. Started practicing some different pressures on the bi-pod. I will have to try it off the bench rest support and see if the vertical spread decreases.
 
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