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    .458 Missouri Bullets 405gn & Berry's plated 45-70 350gn RNFP

    Tested some Missouri Bullets #1 buffalo in my 457 Texan LSS and thought I'd share if anyone was thinking of trying these. I called the company and asked them to size these from .459 down to .458 Rifle Settings: Power Wheel maxed towards butt stock. Carbon bottle filled to 3500psi, taking 2...
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    457 round ball performance

    Oh yeah. This is from a 457 texan LSS
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    .458 350-420gn bullet with large meplat

    This is more the nose profile I'm looking for (from Mattsbullets.com) but in 458 caliber. I have looked at the accurate molds and picked out some bullet molds (that one linked was one of them I was considering). I was trying to find someone who casts them already so I didn't have to dive into...
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    .458 350-420gn bullet with large meplat

    I have searched about every cast bullet maker for a .458-.459 bullet in the 350-420gn range that has at least a .400 meplat. I cannot find any. Any flat nose I find has a small flat nose instead of a wide flat nose. They make a bullet shape I'm looking for in pistol hunting bullets but that...
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    457 round ball performance

    Just thought I'd share my test on a horse jaw bone. (This doen't mean I think it is a fine hunting bullet for big game, but the results surprised me.) That round ball is chrono'd at 1087fps. the round ball weight is 144gn. The bottle pressure was 3100psi. The tuning wheel was maxed out towards...
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    Deer Hunting Minnesota

    "Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law." If it is isn't a law, then your not breaking a law and if any judge or jury finds you guilty of something when you broke no law, that judge needs to be investigated and you should get a re-trial. Just because law enforcement doesn't like something...
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    Deer Hunting Minnesota

    Your right. There it is, in vague terms, "Equipment for Taking Big Game." It says nothing about this is the approved equipment, or this equipment is optional. But your right, they will interpret it to mean this is the only valid method even though they didn't state or clarify that this is the...
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    Deer Hunting Minnesota

    Can anyone site me anything in Minnesota law that prevents someone from deer hunting with my big bore PCP air rifle? I checked the entire DNR manual and they make no mention of air rifle hunting for big game. It is not a firearm. It is not a muzzleloader. It is not a bow or crossbow. so any law...
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    No good scope for Air Rifle Big Game Hunting

    You'd be amazed at what the human eye can align. Once you get use to lower zoom, it does not feel like a hindrance at all. The hinderance is the reticle design, how that reticle fits with your target, and glass clarity. With a 4 power scope I can shoot 1/4MOA or better at 100 yards with tuned...
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    Hunting African BIG game! Really?

    Well by that definition, then you wouldn't be able to hunt at all as all animals on earth are trapped in an enclosure of the earth and gravity. Everyone has different methods of hunting and if the animal is being eaten, who cares. When you get old and aren't capable of even walking long...
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    Big Bore hollowpoint cast bullet design and performance. Wide shallow, wide deep, narrow shallow, narrow deep. Texan .457 CF TX2

    I think what your currently using is already going to be the most effective. I would be more inclined to experiment with the width of that meplat rather than going hollow point. Get it wider, like .40 cal wide or larger. Now, I understand wanting to experiment, so if hollow points are your...
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    No good scope for Air Rifle Big Game Hunting

    I think your on to something with the 2nd focal plane for an air rifle. Then the reticle thickness doesn't change and I could set it at 6x and get 2MOA between hatch marks As far as Americans go, there is the new crowd and the older experienced crowd. The new crowd thinks more magnification and...
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    Can a high end scope help make up for lack of experience and skill when hunting pest animals?

    The scope will not make up for technique. That being said, starting with a great scope will help you learn your technique faster and you won't be upgrading to a better scope later. Once you know you can shoot well, if your skills will outpace a cheap scope and going to a better scope will...
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    Symptoms of Broken Scope?

    That is the way you mount the scope for shots at 5 yards and under.
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    No good scope for Air Rifle Big Game Hunting

    To set the stage, I'm comfortable shooting firearms with a maximum zoom of 4-6 at 25-1000 yards. If anyone has any suggestions for a scope after reading my full description, please let me know if you have found something that works for you, big game hunting with an air rifle with dim lighting...