Airforce.25

[Prouzy]

Prouzy, either of the 63 grain 257 molds should do fairly well . I wouldn’t bother with a smaller mold as you would be stuck if they were to drop too small. Ebay also has the odd .257 mold come up .

I agree, seeing as I dont have the barrel yet to slug it, could also come in too large.  The .257 would also be good for if/when I add a .257 bbl.  I just did not want to size down too much, but maybe I wont have to go too far.

[Prouzy]

So ordered an Airforce.........TalonP .25 yesterday. Here is my logic (actually, I seem to have very little logic, more of justification, whim, fancy, etc  ), first was that Ive always wanted to try the P, even though Im not much of a pistol guy but also makes a nice little carbine; second is that it is the same valve and bottle as an escape, which is same valve as a condor, and will achieve similar performance with same bbl length, sans the shot count; third is that I intend to make modification as soon as I shoot a bunch of .25 pellets I have laying around to include higher pressure bottle, so the condor bottle was not needed; and finally, with my existing very accurate 24" .22 bbl, the addition of a 24-30" either .25 or .257 barrel, additional bottle (and likely some additional hammer and springs) and its existing configuration, should keep me entertained for awhile 

Obviously I wont get the same performance from a 12" in 25cal, but I wonder if I should get a 24" Airforce .25 (which are nice bbls in their own right) or go to .257? One can get the AF LW 24" 25cal barrel for approx $188 shipped from PA.  If I recall, Carl (rifle50) had some pretty beefy barrels in his .257, but I do not remember the OD.  I will be able to measure the frame when it arrives, but in purusing the Green Mountain website last night, they have some great prices on some turned blanks. Im not a smith, so not sure how much of a pain it would be to bring down to the OD of the Airforce breech but I thought it might be intersting to split the difference between the .224 and .257 and go .243........just for kicks.  Seems to be a few molds out there...........

[Back_Roads]

 Sounds fun I have the Escape UL 18" .22 unchoked barrel making a solid 90 FPE with 50 gr. African Air Ordnance slugs. That's is with stock valves and an o-ring buffer on it still. Also have the stock .25 barrel I will  have to swap out and test NOE
 40 gr. BBT HP in yet.

[Prouzy]

Sounds fun I have the Escape UL 18" .22 unchoked barrel making a solid 90 FPE with 50 gr. African Air Ordnance slugs. That's is with stock valves and an o-ring buffer on it still. Also have the stock .25 barrel I will  have to swap out and test NOE
 40 gr. BBT HP in yet.

Holy cow James, thats awesome in .22! Basically this will be an Escape when I put a long barrel on it. Are you casting or purchasing those AAO slugs?

[Back_Roads]

 I purchased various slugs from AAO before slugs were readily available in the states, now I am a caster, Using NOE molds