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.50 cal air rifle
- Thread starter MRH
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There has been some large game taken with some big bore PCP air rifles.
Lewis and Clark carried a Girandoni in .46 cal. Great video:
I don't feel like watching the vids. Do they tell us the projecile size, weight (mass) and velocity?
The last time I researched PCP big-bore airguns, the best performance you could get for uner $800 would be one that shoot a 100 to 125 grain 9mm or .357 slug at about 800 f.p.s.
A standard pressure .38 special hits harder, and even a .380 acp would.
The last time I researched PCP big-bore airguns, the best performance you could get for uner $800 would be one that shoot a 100 to 125 grain 9mm or .357 slug at about 800 f.p.s.
A standard pressure .38 special hits harder, and even a .380 acp would.
I have to agree with previous poster.... they rarely tell you any details and when they do... the power levels are very low. I also question the noise levels.... I bought a .22 air rifle this last year.....my old Benjamin .22 finally broke for the last time..... forget the brand but it was a mid price range and everyone raved about how quiet it was with a built in suppressor of sorts..... I fired exactly one shot and honestly it scared the crap out of me.... wasn't expecting it to sound like a .22 long rifle..... I had gotten it to take care of a rodent problem, living in town noise is a real concern. so my air rifle sits unused......
It takes about 10-15 shots and that noise will clear up. The first few shots actually go subsonic and you hear the crack like a 22 rifle.
Every one I have has done that so I shoot in the woods for about 10 shots before shooting it off my deck.
Every one I have has done that so I shoot in the woods for about 10 shots before shooting it off my deck.
Ive read in shotgun news here awhile back.where a guy took a small buffalo with an airgun.
