Anyone tried this .45 mold sized for a texan?

[Tony Fryery]

Its still doable. Like Doug mention, it needs faster speeds to get it to shoot certain bullets well. I think its very doable actually. If you have to speed it up and hit 950's with a 340 gr bullet, its doable. Going to require a 4500 psi tank to hold that 3600 psi needed along with a beefier spring.

[Randbo]

I agree it is doable but how much money do you want to spend? I don't see many 1" groups posted with 45 cal. I have had a lot of experience with powder burners and I know that to shoot tight little groups consistently you need to spend a lot of money and you wont be using 45 cal, but for a gun that you are going to hunt with is the extra accuracy going to be worth it. I just went out and shot my Texan 5 times at 100 yds no it is not a 1" group but anything that your going to use a 45 cal for it is plenty accurate enough. I hear about all these 1" groups but nobody is posting picture of them with 45 cal. my groups are not cherry picked I have shot 1" groups with air guns at 100 yds but they are not the normal. You guys with the 45 cal guns go out and shoot a 5 shot group with them at 100 yds not tethered, just like you hunt with it and post the picture.

[dyotat100]

What speed were those shot at?

.45 is not a 5 shot gun on one fill. Only way to see if a bullet is going to shoot good is to fill after every shot or tether. That will show if it will group or not. Does no good to shoot a 5 shot group on a fill. You will never know if it's the bullet or the fill pressure causing a bad group.

I have seen a 5 shot 1" group shot with a 372 gr.

[Randbo]

I usually fill every 2 shots but I forgot and shot the last 3 on the same fill, I have the Texan for a hunting rifle and I think the accuracy is good for hunting big game, I have shot 1" 5 shot groups with it before but it is not the normal, and I think shooting tethered is not a good way to find the best setup for hunting because you need to find what works best for 2-3 shots on one fill. The speed would have been about 800 fps first shot and about 785 second shot.

[dyotat100]

Yes but first you need to determine if a bullet is a good or bad. Hard to do that if there is to many variables.

[aceflier]

Looking at a boat tail design Bob made next anyone shot it?