"Dark Side"??

[DanoInTx]

I knew there were gauges, but never had seen one or how it was used....I need to get out more often:)  Great link!

[douglas george]

Dear PCP shooters:  Anyone want to shoot at 300 yards?  Let us try it with the PCP...big bore that is!  I should have my .452 Gargoyle ready in a few months, and I hope to get a .457 Quackenbush.  See: bigboreairguns.com, or try "Bigbore Bob's" , and look at "Airhogs" (high pressure air tanks) You can see a .495 Quackenbush re barrled to .457.  Quackenbush also has a 58 cal, and a 20mm PCP air rifle.  I know a guy who had a 308 Quackenbush for sale...I saw him shoot it at 300 yards, last year at LASSO. It uses a 135gr, 150gr lead bullet at 950fps.   With the cost of bullets, primers, powder, plus the regs...bigbore airrifle shooting is attractive.  And I have 250lbs of pure lead, left over from Nuclear Physics research...and many bullet molds!  Most of my big bore friends hunt big game with their large cal. air rifles.  Hogs in Texas!
Douglas George

[gamo2hammerli]

Wishing you luck Doug....but I don`t think too many airgun shooters have that kind of distance to shoot out to....   But  if I had....I would be willing to practice with my puny .22 PCP`s....and maybe take up your challenge.....don`t know if the pellets would go that far though.  he he

[douglas george]

To "gamo2hammerli":  Here in Kansas I have several places I can shoot to 300 yards.  One is an abondoned Naval Air station, and I have a 7000ft run way I can shoot rifles at!  Big birm at one end.  We shoot the Big AR-50 50bmg there...and drive down to the targets, from where we set the bench.  I have shot the AR-50 at 5000ft...and that's a long way.  It takes the 750gr Hornady A-Max several seconds to get to the target.  I have shot 55 gal drums with the AR-50 at that range...lots of misses!  But a few hits too.  I have shot 22 long rifle at 400 yards..dents the drums, does not penatrate.  At LASSO Texas they were shooting 22 PCP guns, but with very heavy pellets, 28-38 grains.  They looked like long rifle bullets, not pellets.  We shot the small bore PCP 25 cal and under at 100 yards.  I could keep up with those guys with my RWS 48 at 100 yards!  We were shooting at metal spiners and metal targets.  One guy I met there wanted a "springer", and he hit the spinner at 85 yards with my RWS 48 off hand...he wants one now...  Look at bigboreairguns.com...you will want one!  You can get your "air hog" or scuba tank filled at a dive shop.  I will try to post pic's of big bore air guns...if i figure out how.
Douglas George