I can't wait to get mine... I'm #8 in line...
If you're hunting for meat, you can always skip the mount and go for the head shot! pv
Quote from: uncle paulie on December 25, 2011, 08:44:47 AMIf you're hunting for meat, you can always skip the mount and go for the head shot! pvI disagree. These uber-powerful, large-caliber airguns are perhaps the ultimate short-range meat guns.From what I understand, true "bloodshot" meat is a result of high-velocity.....way more velocity than is generated by our airguns.I don't think meat loss is a concern with bigbore airguns at all. What many here are calling "bloodshot", just looks like bleeding to me. There will be a whole lot of impressive-looking bleeding when your POA is the liver (not the best place to shoot them).......it's just a big bag of blood after all.Early on when I first started shooting critters with airguns, I thought the ram I had shot with my 909 dislayed "bloodshot" meat, but then Veral Smith of LBT set me straight and informed me that the large patch of bloody area was likely a result of the downed animal having laid on that side for a bit........not from any sort of "bloodshot".Cast boolits at moderate velocities have long held the reputation for producing large permanent crush/wound cavities thru meat that enable you to "eat right up to the hole". They are a classic meat-hunters gun. The .45-70 is famous for this type of wounding ability.