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Quote from: etnhunter on August 09, 2019, 09:48:41 PMSounds like a lot to learn. I have a friend that lives nearby who casts .38 for his revolver PB. He told me he would cast for me if I provided the mold. So, I may just start with the mold and watch how he does it and then I should know how to move forward. Thanks for all the advice.Im happy to help if I can. Im just down the road in Sweetwater and I've been casting for awhile. I need to finish up my .257 build. Im building it for the same reason, in Tennessee you cant hunt coyote with anything larger than .25. That and I have the room to shoot further now that I am back in the country.
Sounds like a lot to learn. I have a friend that lives nearby who casts .38 for his revolver PB. He told me he would cast for me if I provided the mold. So, I may just start with the mold and watch how he does it and then I should know how to move forward. Thanks for all the advice.
Quote from: Kinetic45^ on August 07, 2019, 10:23:10 PMAir Venturi slugs are A) just too hard to shoot well B) usually not very consistent in weight with voids and poor fillout which leads to larger groups.My .457 Texan, off the bench on sandbags will group 1-1/2" at 100 with several NSA slugs and some of my cast slugs if the weight is between 250 and 320gr.Doug Noble valve, one of his hammer springs, snug fit barrel bushings and a sized to fit exactly in the action to center the valve spinloc valve collarGood to know. I really haven't fooled with my Texan in a couple years due to an air leak. I finally sent it to AF for repair two months ago and had it returned about a week ago. I haven't modded mine any, except for the Mad Dog Stock.
Air Venturi slugs are A) just too hard to shoot well B) usually not very consistent in weight with voids and poor fillout which leads to larger groups.My .457 Texan, off the bench on sandbags will group 1-1/2" at 100 with several NSA slugs and some of my cast slugs if the weight is between 250 and 320gr.Doug Noble valve, one of his hammer springs, snug fit barrel bushings and a sized to fit exactly in the action to center the valve spinloc valve collar
I don't know how many times I have said this, but it bears saying again. Stay away from AV slugs. You can't do worse. And they have the audacity to charge real money for such garbage!If you Don't/Can't cast for your self, we have people who make outstand bullets for our guns. And don't charge an arm and a leg.AND they Shoot Well!Knife
knife maker : what gun are u shooting the 1/2" groups at 100 yds. in 257?
I don't know how many times I have said this, but it bears saying again. Stay away from AV slugs. You can't do worse. And they have the audacity to charge real money for such garbage!If you Don't/Can't cast for your self, we have people who make outstand bullets for our guns. And don't charge an arm and a leg.AND they Shoot Well!I actually own a .253” Sumatra that put old AV solid CB 50 grainers in 1/4” groups at 40 yards.They’re discontinued and nobody makes .253”. I’d have to buy NOE mold or getting GMI Engineering to make me a single wire swaging mold. Hope they shoot as well. I’m thinking better since I’ll be sorting with scale.If not it’s still crazy good with heavy JSB Diabolos. Just not as much fun seeing dirt strikes at 200 yards.Knife
I’m dying for a 36” match grade 1:12 or 1:13 but I’ll stick with the NSA 65 from LW 1:14 at first & maybe for good. Since I’ve had incredible results with .22 & .25 slugs for targets to 300 yards, and financially I have to wait. Plus windless mornings I don’t mind 10-12’ of drop with JSB 18.13’s or Kodiaks at 200 yards. Heck even some wind is fun & enlightenment. In saying all of that my down sides are reality. I won’t shoot a .257 into adjacent fields as there’s a 400 yard distance between me & some hidden homes going up the mountain. Pellets and even small slugs are fine to 200-300 but I’d need a different angle to get to the 600 yard field and that isn’t plowed so no visual report from hits or dust blowing in winds direction. Varmints & small game are legal but in reality I MIGHT see 2 Coyotes a year in daylight within 200 yards. I just wouldn’t use it that much. Being when I would, I want a step down in-line reg for it also so we’re looking at $1500 to start & $3000 with match grade barrel & reg. I’m looking at Raptor for no choke .177 because they won’t offer the length I want in .257 and it’s a lightweight rig. I don’t compete so no restraints. I’m looking for a heavy build. The Cothran 160ftlb Discovery must be hard to hold tight groups at any range. I didn’t even think that receiver could handle such power. Must be heavily modified but still, I’d think it’s a lightweight hunting rig. I want 18-22lbs or more for bipod on edge of field and night vision or thermal. Use neighbors expensive electronic call and start whacking the chicken coup raiders. In all seriousness I’m worried about safety with this big heavy slow slugs. I’d have much less concern of a .17HMR V-Max going anywhere but where sent. A slow heavy slug could hit a buried rock, and rocket off lord knows where. So that’s my only down side to seeing these emerge.
I am new to big bore shooting. I have a Texan LSS in .257. The furthest target I can place in my backyard is 75 yards. Can hit that quite consistently. The rifle is zeroed for 52 yards on a hanging steel silhouette chicken so it is a matter holdover to hit the 75 yard steel turkey. The one thing I noticed is that the gun shoots harder as it approaches 110 bar from a 200 bar fill. The ammo it prefers is H&N Barracudas and both JSB pellets. I have not tried any slugs yet. Any suggestions on slugs? I was thinking any weight from 55 to 87 grains.
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