Western Airguns Rattler 357 and 45
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Nice. I ask because mr hollow point's video shows it making 300fpe with 150gr... I don't know what's going on but either my gun or my chrono are very different from his.
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You would have to be at 190-200 bar and some pretty heavy slugs to make that happen. I personally would not go over 180 bar. I've shot thousands of shots on this gun and have done every tune in the book to it and 180 bar with 160-174 gr slugs is its best high power sweet spot.
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180 bar is where I landed after thousands of shots as well - If I use .358's I get an extra 60ish FPS from .357's but I hate using my seating tool because it's such a super tight fit in the cylinder with 0.80" slugs
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Love the Rattler 357, however, you need to have a really good shot at the Axis deer here on Maui with this air rifle. My Texan LS 457 puts them down even with a decent shot. This Rattler 45, with the semi auto action, will definitely keep my freeze full of them.
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Or maybe... a 36" barrel. Made this earlier in the week. Havent done much testing, but I put a 142gr in there and it was doing about 275fpe on 170bar.
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LOL, then it should match up with the overpriced pcp, hell my 308 Texan is 135gr is 271 fpe, I don't need 12 shots when it takes 1.
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I agree. I saw a few videos on YouTube of them and other big bores with the tag line “no ffl required” and “shipped to your door with no background check”. While I like the videos and the no regulation, I’m not sure titles like that help us.
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Yeah i thought the same when i saw those titles..Not sure why you would o that.I can’t imagine it gets them any more views if that is the reasoning.Its a shame
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My Western Rattler 357 is still my favorite out of my collection. So freaking powerful and semi-auto, just so much fun to shoot. I can shoot all 15 shots at 270 to 250 foot pounds of energy as fast as I can pull the trigger.
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They are nice guns! How loud ( or quiet) would you say they are? Almost backyard friendly? Hard to tell from the videos.
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The Western Rattler 357 is not backyard friendly in my opinion. It's definitely a out in the middle of the woods type gun.
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Barbara and I were lucky enough to be at Rio Salado when AoA came out and did the video on the long strike. We were 3 benches away and it wasn't bad at all. No ear plugs needed like a few other big bores that have been shot out there.
We did get to shoot it and it was a very nice rifle to shoot. More of a push back like a black powder rifle then a slam back like a 308.....
Backyard friendly
I wouldn't shoot it in my backyard.
Tony P.
We did get to shoot it and it was a very nice rifle to shoot. More of a push back like a black powder rifle then a slam back like a 308.....
Backyard friendly
I wouldn't shoot it in my backyard.Tony P.
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