Suggestions for high energy air-rifle?

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My brother has asked me to look for a high powered (energy) big-bore air-rifle; I don't know where to start, both of mine are from my grandfather and are nice FWB's. His wife will not let him have a powder-burning firearm on their farm, but an air-rifle is fine (even if it does have the kinetic energy of a .45 acp), he specifically wants high power to make his point.

Must be air fed, not CO2, he would like a pumpable version so he's not having to store CO2 cartridges around.

Suggestions on good quality pellets would be nice. He'd like something in .45 or .50 cal.
 
hey i just saw that they make 357 cal air rifle?? air gun source :eek:)
i own a xisisco 22 cal 100 fps..very powerfull very acurate,, around 250 bucks, its a knockoff of some british air gun (at a 3rd of the price hee hee CHINAAAAAAAAA!
 
You need to look up "Quackenbush Air Guns"

He makes custom air rifles, you won't be able to find much of anything else in big bore at the level he makes.

He also is currently booked up with orders. (Has been for a few years now, to be honest with you)

But he is one of only a few doing this in N. America.

Also check out w w w.bigboreairguns.com

For some others.
 
JimboJones said:
You need to look up "Quackenbush Air Guns"

He makes custom air rifles, you won't be able to find much of anything else in big bore at the level he makes.

He also is currently booked up with orders. (Has been for a few years now, to be honest with you)

But he is one of only a few doing this in N. America.

Also check out w w w.bigboreairguns.com

For some others.
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cool thanks MR Jones :)
 
I have owned airguns for approx. 15 years. I've owned a number of pistols and rifles in .177 and .22, powered by spring, CO2 and pump pneumatic. A few years ago I decided to aquire a large bore PCP rifle to add to my collection and I was on the same search mission.

I looked at the 'off shore' large bores, but decided I would like to buy a NA made gun if possilbe. I checked Quackenbush, but as mentioned above he has a wait list of approx. two years. His guns are very well made, but the price reflects that.

I searched some more and found out that a fellow in Louisiana makes large bore PCP rifles as well. Jack Haley is the owner/builders name and Southern Airguns is the name of the company.

Link to site - http://www.southernairgunconversion.com/southernairguns_003.htm

The price of one of his .45's was very close to the off shore guns, so I now own a Jack Haley PCP air rifle! When I ordered my gun the .45 was the largest he made. Just when my gun was finished (approx. 6 months wait) he introduced a .58!!!

My .457 will shoot 515 gr "pellets" at around 750 fps on a full charge (3600 psi). Although after shooting a variety of weights, I found my gun shoots very well using 340 gr pellets, so I ended up buying a bullet mould and cast up my own. Using the 340 gr slugs 120 - 150 yard lethal shots are well within reach.

I recall his .58 will shoot something like 750 gr "pellets"!

If you go to the Bigbore site you will see that guys are hunting the likes of wild boar, deer, water buffalo, etc. with these airguns!

http://www.bigboreairguns.com/
http://www.bigborebob.com/

After owning them all, if you have some 'play money', PCP is the way to go with any airgun. But you have to be prepared to buy an air tank, charge hose, etc. to refill the gun. However, once you have these you can charge/operate any PCP airgun.

As I am moving more into powderburners, a while ago I had my Jack Haley posted for sale on here, but no one 'nibbled' so I still have it in my safe.

Here is a link to photos of my .457 JH.

http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/...k Haley PCP/?action=view&current=P9161063.jpg

Here it is in action with one of my sons shooting a 515 gr pellet at 60 yards! You can just catch the mud flying in the top right of the screen. I wish I had taken a photo of the trench it dug in the ground, it was about 20" long by 8" wide and 6" deep at the end.

http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/...ction=view&current=VID00004-20101104-1751.mp4

When you get up into this size/range of air gun, they are pretty cool to shoot.
 
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any big bore should do ive seen what a .45 and a .58 will do to a hog it punchs through rether then sailing through and it makes them bleed like a stuck pig
 
blackacres said:
I have owned airguns for approx. 15 years. I've owned a number of pistols and rifles in .177 and .22, powered by spring, CO2 and pump pneumatic. A few years ago I decided to aquire a large bore PCP rifle to add to my collection and I was on the same search mission.

I looked at the 'off shore' large bores, but decided I would like to buy a NA made gun if possilbe. I checked Quackenbush, but as mentioned above he has a wait list of approx. two years. His guns are very well made, but the price reflects that.

I searched some more and found out that a fellow in Louisiana makes large bore PCP rifles as well. Jack Haley is the owner/builders name and Southern Airguns is the name of the company.

Link to site - http://www.southernairgunconversion.com/southernairguns_003.htm

The price of one of his .45's was very close to the off shore guns, so I now own a Jack Haley PCP air rifle! When I ordered my gun the .45 was the largest he made. Just when my gun was finished (approx. 6 months wait) he introduced a .58!!!

My .457 will shoot 515 gr "pellets" at around 750 fps on a full charge (3600 psi). Although after shooting a variety of weights, I found my gun shoots very well using 340 gr pellets, so I ended up buying a bullet mould and cast up my own. Using the 340 gr slugs 120 - 150 yard lethal shots are well within reach.

I recall his .58 will shoot something like 750 gr "pellets"!

If you go to the Bigbore site you will see that guys are hunting the likes of wild boar, deer, water buffalo, etc. with these airguns!

http://www.bigboreairguns.com/
http://www.bigborebob.com/

After owning them all, if you have some 'play money', PCP is the way to go with any airgun. But you have to be prepared to buy an air tank, charge hose, etc. to refill the gun. However, once you have these you can charge/operate any PCP airgun.

As I am moving more into powderburners, a while ago I had my Jack Haley posted for sale on here, but no one 'nibbled' so I still have it in my safe.

Here is a link to photos of my .457 JH.

http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/...k Haley PCP/?action=view&current=P9161063.jpg

Here it is in action with one of my sons shooting a 515 gr pellet at 60 yards! You can just catch the mud flying in the top right of the screen. I wish I had taken a photo of the trench it dug in the ground, it was about 20" long by 8" wide and 6" deep at the end.

http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/...ction=view&current=VID00004-20101104-1751.mp4

When you get up into this size/range of air gun, they are pretty cool to shoot.
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Were you the gentleman that brought a powerfull airgun into AL simmons in Hamilton because that gun was badass.
 
Wow! This is definitely what Ryan is looking for.

Now I need to do some research on how much a good quality hand pump would cost. Are there any other accessories that are recommended when dealing with this kind of power? Special oil or such?
 
A good hand pump will work well, but it's going to be a workout!!! A good one will run you around $250.00 to $300.00 with a few extra filters.

I went the lazy man route and used a carbon fiber SCBA tank, from Airhog. I have a dive store and paint ball place close to me that can fill a tank. But that is a huge expense, unless you plan to aquire more PCP airguns.

Really apart from a means to recharge it with air (pump) and projectiles, you really don't require much else. Other than some gun oil to protect the exposed metal parts.

You only feed the gun clean compressed air, never get oil or any petroleum products near the fill connection, or inside the air tank, or on the O-rings. I use a light coat of tranmission oil to lube the breach quad ring.

Hope this helps.
 
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