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It was likely going around 700+fps (haven't chronied that design). I shot my 80-or-so pound boar with a 226grain Lyman 45266 kindly provided by LeftoverDJ. My buddy Jim shot his 100lb boar behind the ear, and out the front of the head with a DD-PRS 390 (nominal weight 390grains) going about 770fps, again cast in soft lead by Springfield Slim. Sows weighing 100, and 143lbs respectively. This father, and his son were fortunate enough to get their hogs on the same night shooting 205 grain SWC's that appeared to be the Lyman 452460 design. We each dropped our hogs where they stood, with one well-placed shot to the brain. 45 air rifle that (other than the stock and airtube) he had built himself.

45caliber air rifles, mine being the least powerful of the bunch. He said the ram looked as though it had been shot with a 30-06, and was literally flabbergasted over the fact that it was shot with an air rifle.Īfter gaining confidence in my rifle's abilities, I gathered three other bigbore airgun hunters to join me to hunt the feral/wild boar native to Oklahoma. After gutting the ram, it was brought to a professional game processor. That is the exit wound shown on the shoulder. 650fps-or-so fps (never chronied this slug). The soul purpose of shooting this ram was to see with my own eyes what this rifle was capable of, and gauge what type of game I could take with it from the results (shades of Strasbourg). The first large animal I killed with my bigbore air rifle was an exotic ram. There are a select few air rifles that are a good bit more powerful than that! The most powerful air rifle I have shot personally, threw a 500grain slug at 735fps. 45 caliber 260grainer at around 900fps (sound familiar?hehe), and 500grainers at about 671fps. 45 air rifles out there that are A LOT more powerful than my own. No need to spend time, or money on reloading supplies/equipment. You can load your favorite boolit into the rifle the second it is cool, step out onto the back 40, and let er' rip. All you need is a HillPump (I'll explain), your beloved BOOLITS cast from about BHN10 or softer alloy, and the air surrounding you to propel it. These rifles are a boolit casters dream, seeing as there is no need to purchase powder, primers, shells or reloading equipment. I usually practice with the boolit I intend on hunting with.

I do a bit of target practice, but I always consider target practice to be load development, and/or preparation for my next hunt. From the looks of things, most of the people posting here are completely unaware that these rifles exist.įirst off, I hunt with my. I posted a good bit of bigbore air rifle information under the thread titled 'THANK YOU Dale53' in the Cast Boolits section, and thought it would be a good idea to make a post here to bring more awareness to these unique arms.

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