Texan will be available in .308 and .357

[drumie]

Well I pre ordered one in .357.  I got a condor .257, a Windy City in 357 so this goes good with them.  I always liked the Texan, just wasn't sure of the 457.  Now in .357 I think it will be a very good gun.  I will be putting a carbon fiber tank on it.  Yeah it is long but it will be light.  My AZ tuned Rapid and my RX2 are both about the same length.

[stevrom828]

Yea this is my second Texan and its messing up alot. Accuracy out of no where just now went to &^^&! Ive checked everything. Shot with and without my moderator and still grouping horrible. I dont understand but is very frustrating for a thousand dollar gun. Im waiting for taxes and im thinking about a slayer in .357 but the "one year" warranty has me a bit on edge. I know the gun is not proven yet and Tom has to allow his buisness to succeed but one year has me very iffy:/. Ive dreampt of hunting with the slayer several times wich is weird because they felt very real. My family has a weird gift for seing things to come, its happened to several of us. Anyway im tired of spending my money on things that dont perform like they should and the Slayer is probably the best quality gun out there, theres no doubt about that. The reviews are all solid and from what i hear from the best "Doug Noble" the Slayer is the truth! Im not doubting that its the best quality big bore slug shooting .357 out right now and by saying that im not saying other companies such as "extreme bigbores" or any others arent very well American made guns, but rather Toms is the best as far as consistancy. Getting six "very accurate" shots at nearly the very same fps without a rapid decine after the first two wich is what every big bore "slug shooter" out there has missed as far as i know. Ive only been into airguns a couple years but i read and research alot and theres nothing out there right now that compares to Toms Slayer! I will probably get one anyway along with a .257 from Doug Noble hopefully.. Im not happy with my Texan at all. I was at first but after these problems im having i nust dont want to deal with it anymore. Very frustrated i must say!!

[stevrom828]

And the length is just hard to deal with in the field. I use the rl shroud wich has been very nice as far as noise and an increase in accuracy but its a buffalo gun now lol. Im not doubting the quality of Toms Slayer line at all, i just hope when i get mine soon i wont have to buy another gun for a while. Theres not much quality anymore even when you pay for it and im tired of spending my money just to be let down. Im nearly convinced the Slayer will be the best and worth the extra money than my Texan. Wich is the main reason im more than likely getting one from Tom, "quality"!! Thats all i want is to get what im paying for and the slayer is the best candidate and this is not just "my" opinion either. But man is  my wife is going to "kick my a#% when i tell her im getting this gun:/ Trying to explain to a woman that spending more on something well made will save money in the long run is a long shot. Unless shes buying something of course!

[jkingsouthafrica]

Yea this is my second Texan and its messing up alot. Accuracy out of no where just now went to &^^&! Ive checked everything. Shot with and without my moderator and still grouping horrible. I dont understand but is very frustrating for a thousand dollar gun. Im waiting for taxes and im thinking about a slayer in .357 but the "one year" warranty has me a bit on edge. I know the gun is not proven yet and Tom has to allow his buisness to succeed but one year has me very iffy:/. Ive dreampt of hunting with the slayer several times wich is weird because they felt very real. My family has a weird gift for seing things to come, its happened to several of us. Anyway im tired of spending my money on things that dont perform like they should and the Slayer is probably the best quality gun out there, theres no doubt about that. The reviews are all solid and from what i hear from the best "Doug Noble" the Slayer is the truth! Im not doubting that its the best quality big bore slug shooting .357 out right now and by saying that im not saying other companies such as "extreme bigbores" or any others arent very well American made guns, but rather Toms is the best as far as consistancy. Getting six "very accurate" shots at nearly the very same fps without a rapid decine after the first two wich is what every big bore "slug shooter" out there has missed as far as i know. Ive only been into airguns a couple years but i read and research alot and theres nothing out there right now that compares to Toms Slayer! I will probably get one anyway along with a .257 from Doug Noble hopefully.. Im not happy with my Texan at all. I was at first but after these problems im having i nust dont want to deal with it anymore. Very frustrated i must say!!

I have run into this problem with a number of Texan s there seems to be an issue with the hammer spring after a while its not opening the valve consistently  . As with all the ones I  have worked on ,valve lock has started to occur at 3000 psi and then at 2800 psi then at 2500 psi . We fixed the problem by making a new hammer spring that is longer than the factory spring which we now sell .  We were filling the Texans to 250 bar to check when  there  would be valve lock with the new hammer spring  and the rifle was shooting spot on and we were getting velocities of 997 fps  with a 220 grain pellet and 925 fps with a 272 grain bullet.  we did not encounter any problem with the burst disc  at that pressure

[nielsenammo]

I am having issues with my Texan as well.  I can shoot an acceptable group, change targets and shoot the same bullet and it is all over the place.  I am shooting tethered on top of it.  I have taken my shroud off but it has not fixed the problem.  I have halted all my 45 caliber testing since I can not rely on my gun.  I have a friend who fixes airguns who is going to take it and fix but I have not had a chance to see him. I am sure we will get it back into shooting where it was.

[stevrom828]

Mine is doing the exact same as yours nick. I went out today for an hour to test some slugs and i only shot six so to not waste all of them. Four days ago she was shooting! And now.. She doesnt know where to spit:( ive tried everything i know to help and it wont shoot. Just out of no where.. The day before i took some good long range shots on a couple fox. Glad i got those before it started to act up. Theres a warranty on these. I might have to send it in again.

[Gut2Fish]

Well that's one thing to be greatful for in being poor. If I had the money this is exactly where it would have gone. Was really excited about this gun in .357.

Hope the kinks get sorted out before I come into more money than pocket change. Emphasis is on actual "change". Summer work is better and hope these get fixed by summers end. Itching for a big bore and white tail season of 2016.

[tinsoldier]

What distant are you shooting this and what kind of pellets? Mine at 30 yards are grouping within an inch or less. I have a RL shroud on the gun.

Yea this is my second Texan and its messing up alot. Accuracy out of no where just now went to &^^&! Ive checked everything. Shot with and without my moderator and still grouping horrible. I dont understand but is very frustrating for a thousand dollar gun. Im waiting for taxes and im thinking about a slayer in .357 but the "one year" warranty has me a bit on edge. I know the gun is not proven yet and Tom has to allow his buisness to succeed but one year has me very iffy:/. Ive dreampt of hunting with the slayer several times wich is weird because they felt very real. My family has a weird gift for seing things to come, its happened to several of us. Anyway im tired of spending my money on things that dont perform like they should and the Slayer is probably the best quality gun out there, theres no doubt about that. The reviews are all solid and from what i hear from the best "Doug Noble" the Slayer is the truth! Im not doubting that its the best quality big bore slug shooting .357 out right now and by saying that im not saying other companies such as "extreme bigbores" or any others arent very well American made guns, but rather Toms is the best as far as consistancy. Getting six "very accurate" shots at nearly the very same fps without a rapid decine after the first two wich is what every big bore "slug shooter" out there has missed as far as i know. Ive only been into airguns a couple years but i read and research alot and theres nothing out there right now that compares to Toms Slayer! I will probably get one anyway along with a .257 from Doug Noble hopefully.. Im not happy with my Texan at all. I was at first but after these problems im having i nust dont want to deal with it anymore. Very frustrated i must say!!

[drumie]

Well here we go with waiting for the new Texans.  Last week over at PA it said expected delivery 3/13/16, now it says 5/31/16.  I wonder how many more times this date will get pushed back.

[stevrom828]

What distant are you shooting this and what kind of pellets? Mine at 30 yards are grouping within an inch or less. I have a RL shroud on the gun.   
                                    Im shooting mostly around 50-100 yds.. I use several diff types of ammo both for hunting and plinking. I was almost touching holes with roundball at 100yds on my rest with both .457 hornady n .454 hornady(.454 shot an inch lower with 50-60fps less over the chrony at 15ft) and .457 speers.. Josh Porters 314gr i was getting less than "5 grouping at 220yds laying down using just my bipod now im getting 3-4" with roundball at 50yds. Texan is my first big bore. I dont think i could ever go buy a dragon slayer or an evanix sniper after first owning and experiencing one of the most powerful production air rifles on the market lol (its not the "most" powerful) so im pretty dissapointed cause i know theres other guns out there built much better than the Texan. They cost about double the price but hey. One slug that didnt do well at all out of the Texan was rl 241 gr arc hunters until i bought the rl shroud. Randy's shroud stiffens the barrel harmonics to give better accuracy and before it messed up i was getting 1 1/2 - 2" grouping at almost 50yds. Acceptable for Mi Whitetail😊

Yea this is my second Texan and its messing up alot. Accuracy out of no where just now went to &^^&! Ive checked everything. Shot with and without my moderator and still grouping horrible. I dont understand but is very frustrating for a thousand dollar gun. Im waiting for taxes and im thinking about a slayer in .357 but the "one year" warranty has me a bit on edge. I know the gun is not proven yet and Tom has to allow his buisness to succeed but one year has me very iffy:/. Ive dreampt of hunting with the slayer several times wich is weird because they felt very real. My family has a weird gift for seing things to come, its happened to several of us. Anyway im tired of spending my money on things that dont perform like they should and the Slayer is probably the best quality gun out there, theres no doubt about that. The reviews are all solid and from what i hear from the best "Doug Noble" the Slayer is the truth! Im not doubting that its the best quality big bore slug shooting .357 out right now and by saying that im not saying other companies such as "extreme bigbores" or any others arent very well American made guns, but rather Toms is the best as far as consistancy. Getting six "very accurate" shots at nearly the very same fps without a rapid decine after the first two wich is what every big bore "slug shooter" out there has missed as far as i know. Ive only been into airguns a couple years but i read and research alot and theres nothing out there right now that compares to Toms Slayer! I will probably get one anyway along with a .257 from Doug Noble hopefully.. Im not happy with my Texan at all. I was at first but after these problems im having i nust dont want to deal with it anymore. Very frustrated i must say!!

[stevrom828]

Hey fellow airgunners! Has anyone heard any more info on the new .308 and .357 Texans coming out? Shot strings? Accuracy? Fpe numbers?? Im contiplating getting one in .308 along with a slayer in .357 soon as taxes come. I would go for the texan tho to save the money if it was about 10" shorter! Lol

[rickjoe11]

My biggest question on the new calibers is.......Will the barrels be interchangeable like in the Talon/Condor riffles? I would love to put the .308 on my Texan for shoots and giggles. Someone please tell me they will.

[Prouzy]

My biggest question on the new calibers is.......Will the barrels be interchangeable like in the Talon/Condor riffles? I would love to put the .308 on my Texan for shoots and giggles. Someone please tell me they will.

Word is, no, they will not be interchangeable 

[rickjoe11]

I have to admit, that makes me a little sad. Thanks for the heads up Prouzy
Rick

[Prouzy]

I know what you mean. It was on my mind when I originally purchased the Texan, having wanted a .308 for some time. Still wondering the differences that would make this an issue, but overall very happy with .457. What would it take to have conversion, in this case downsizing? Though, Im also intrigued by the Extreme option of running on lower pressures with options to higher pressure.