Are those made by FX ?
Now that it looks like it will be legal to use airguns for deer hunting in Indiana I'm trying to figure out what to get. I just sold my Ruger 22.250 (since the coyotes have decimated the ground hog population I never use it anymore) so I got a good junk of money to start. I'm leaning towards the Airforce Texan ss with the carbon fibre tank and I've looked at the sam yang/seneca 909 light hunter but it's loud and appears to be kind of awkward to load and cock. Then I see Hatsan has a couple of big bores also. I guess there will be a 40 caliber minimum tho. I have a 90 cu. in. carbon fiber tank that a friend fills up for me and also a hand pump. I wonder how many times I could fill a big bore with that 90 cu. in. tank? I'm really trying to get used to the look of most of these big bores but they sure don't look like my regular guns. And then I'd want to get a scope and maybe I would have to get a compressor. I may have to sell another gun.
Quote from: jimbo on April 14, 2021, 02:34:29 PMAre those made by FX ? XP air guns are made in Kansas by owner Dan Mcvey { a pneumatic engineer who builds parts for Boeing aircraft in his cnc shop } these are in my opinion the gold standard when it comes to big bore air gun's .... materials = 7075 billet -tool steel -chromoly air tube around 19000 psi burst rate , TJ hammer forged chromoly barrel ... Ranger .45 with 3 power settings is the one I would get , you can shoot up over 500g bullets down to 140g round ball .... my personal 36inch barreled Ranger .45 does around 770 fpe on air , or over 1100 fpe on helium ... This gun will kill just about anything that walks or crawls on earth !
I have an Extreme .457 and in factory form it had a very disappointing tune. WAYYY over sprung. Small porting. HEAVY spring...Heavy hammer. After a few mods that are outside the realm of your average airgunner it now has a decent tune. If you must have a traditional styled rifle, and if you can wait, go with the XP. Then you have PBBA, but the energy numbers I've seen are rather low. Go with the Slayer if you can handle a bullpup and can wait even longer.If you want Slayer-like performance in .357 give Brian Thurman a call and have him build you one of his Taurus's. It's not an AAA gun, but you can get it much quicker and the gun itself is more accurate than most are capable of shooting a big bore bullpup. The Bulldog stocks are ugly, but Brian has a great performing package. If you don't mind a long gun and don't care about looks get a Texan!!!
Quote from: mackeral5 on April 14, 2021, 09:45:46 PMI have an Extreme .457 and in factory form it had a very disappointing tune. WAYYY over sprung. Small porting. HEAVY spring...Heavy hammer. After a few mods that are outside the realm of your average airgunner it now has a decent tune. If you must have a traditional styled rifle, and if you can wait, go with the XP. Then you have PBBA, but the energy numbers I've seen are rather low. Go with the Slayer if you can handle a bullpup and can wait even longer.If you want Slayer-like performance in .357 give Brian Thurman a call and have him build you one of his Taurus's. It's not an AAA gun, but you can get it much quicker and the gun itself is more accurate than most are capable of shooting a big bore bullpup. The Bulldog stocks are ugly, but Brian has a great performing package. If you don't mind a long gun and don't care about looks get a Texan!!! Mike what was the factory porting on the 457??