" World's Most Powerful Production Air Rifle "

[Nomadic Pirate]

The numbers are:
143 gr @ 996 fps for 296 FPE
215 gr @ 880 fps for 370 FPE
240 gr @ 841 fps for 377 FPE
350 gr @ 783 fps for 477 FPE
405 gr @ 750 fps for 506 FPE

One more thing rid1965, .......it's not 1000 fps for 500 FPE

if you shoot 1000 fps as you can see it's 300 FPE, to get the Hollywood 500 FPE you need to lob a bullet

[ToRmEnToR]

Where on their site is the Bushbuck?

[agnoob13]

Where on their site is the Bushbuck?

Not on their site yet but can actually be seen in a few of their videos of their channel.

[only1harry]

And some people said that the Condor's aluminum frame is too fragile and has too many vibrations to support 60-80fpe in the .22/.25 models (to which I always said BS because mine is a tack driver at 90fpe).  The Texan 500fpe rifle looks like it has the same frame as my 7+year old Condors.

Kudos to Air Force.  This is a serious weapon with some serious hunting power.  .357 Mag power only with bigger projectiles making a bigger hole. 
I have no doubt this gun will be accurate at 100yds.  It should be what it was designed for.  Aftermarket shrouds will be readily available as they have always been for the small bore Condors.

Harry

[ToRmEnToR]

Set your scope parallax to 50yd and shoot 100yd groups.. I would expect 3" groups..

I also expect 100yd accuracy to be awesome too.. Cant wait till someone put nice scope in the thing, instead of a 4x32 fixed parallax..

[agnoob13]

Set your scope parallax to 50yd and shoot 100yd groups.. I would expect 3" groups..

I also expect 100yd accuracy to be awesome too.. Cant wait till someone put nice scope in the thing, instead of a 4x32 fixed parallax..

They used a bad scope for accuracy testing?

[YEMX]

Set your scope parallax to 50yd and shoot 100yd groups.. I would expect 3" groups..

I also expect 100yd accuracy to be awesome too.. Cant wait till someone put nice scope in the thing, instead of a 4x32 fixed parallax..

They used a bad scope for accuracy testing?

Not necessarily.  Think about it this way: shooting 1,000 yards with open sights.  How small do you think your group's going to be? 

[ToRmEnToR]

At the Shot show, Ton was using the 4x32 Scope that comes bundled with the rifle.. Its a Parallax is fixed at 50yd.. At 100yd there would be parallax error.. That's where the crosshairs will optically wander at other ranges other than 50yd.. That's why Most of us use Adjustable Parallax (AO) scopes to eliminate, or dial out the majority of parallax error...... At any range..

[agnoob13]

Set your scope parallax to 50yd and shoot 100yd groups.. I would expect 3" groups..

I also expect 100yd accuracy to be awesome too.. Cant wait till someone put nice scope in the thing, instead of a 4x32 fixed parallax..

They used a bad scope for accuracy testing?

Hmmm Id say 20 yards give or take 5 

Not necessarily.  Think about it this way: shooting 1,000 yards with open sights.  How small do you think your group's going to be?

[LEE IN VA.]

Here's part 2 on the Texan.

  https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2015/01/airforce-texan-big-bore-rifle-part-2/

[Jobobo]

The AoA gun in the video's looks very much like a XP rifle.  Looks like it has the same bolt, and cerakote finish.

[ToRmEnToR]

Here's part 2 on the Texan.

  https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2015/01/airforce-texan-big-bore-rifle-part-2/

Oooo, Thanks.. Even more promising than before.. I'm leaning towards buying one.. In stock in three months, put aside a little over three hundred per month.. Can't wait!!

[only1harry]

Gaylord said he tested the first 2 shots with each bullet, but I only see the velocity of the 1st shot in his article.  Good stuff though.  I hope he will post the 2nd shot stats in the next publication. 

I would also love to see the results with a 300gr bullet. It should be in the 800-810fps range or ~425-430fpe.  That would probably be my choise of bullet weight and velocity (at least 800fps).

I am having a hard time with one of his responses that the "range" of the Texan is 1,500 to 2,000 yards...

Harry

[jessered]

I am having a hard time with one of his responses that the "range" of the Texan is 1,500 to 2,000 yards...

Harry

Called him out on that one and his reply will really have you shaking your head. Invoking Billy Dixon's name is not an answer.

No forum friendly words I can think of to describe how I feel about the numbers game in the industry.
Not surprised at all now to see that AOA says the Bushbuck is rated at 600 fpe.

[ToRmEnToR]

Gaylord said he tested the first 2 shots with each bullet, but I only see the velocity of the 1st shot in his article.  Good stuff though.  I hope he will post the 2nd shot stats in the next publication. 

I would also love to see the results with a 300gr bullet. It should be in the 800-810fps range or ~425-430fpe.  That would probably be my choise of bullet weight and velocity (at least 800fps).

I am having a hard time with one of his responses that the "range" of the Texan is 1,500 to 2,000 yards...

Harry

Where did he say that?

[jessered]

Where did he say that?

Read down through the comments.

I am intrigued about that bullet tuning wheel. As far as that goes, I would definitely be interested in this gun if I was in the market for a big bore. Have no doubts it will be straight shooting and hard hitting.

[YEMX]

As I read through the blog (especially that crack about 2,000 yards...), all I could think was:

[jessered]

Kind of have an idea he said it tongue in cheek now. As far as I know and if my bad memory serves me for once from a thread we had a year or so ago. There are only a couple of people with the guns and the patience to reach out and touch stuff at just a 1/3 of that distance.

Born and raised in Texas, it has been a loooooong time since I had heard the Dixon name. Interestingly enough I came across it again the other day after seeing American Sniper and Googling our other home state hero; Chris Kyle. I knew Billy was awarded the Medal of Honor as a civilian. But did not know that it has only been awarded 8 times to civilians in our Nation's history.

For those that do not know the name then you have some interesting reading if you look it up.

[jessered]

And back to the gun, forgot to mention that I also like that the engineers evidently took shooting rb's into account on top of casts. Shows that someone is paying attention to what we are actually doing with the guns.

[ToRmEnToR]

Oh.. OK, something about the 'maximum' distance a 405gr 'could' travel.. wiki has the 45 70 going 3000yd.. Nothing to do with effective range..