Shooting, deer, fox, boar & bear with air rifle

zulu_dawn · 07-01-2011 7:16pm #1

guys,

this is different, no joke, have a look:)

http://www.quackenbushairguns.com/

0.308 calibre air rifle
0.5 calibre air rifle

Sparks · 07-01-2011 7:26pm

Not that unusual, the Girandoni was 0.51 calibre...

Grizzly 45 · 07-01-2011 8:37pm

On a historical aside.
The Girandoni was the only air rifle ever used in combat.It was used against Napoleone's French army at the battle of Austerlitz in Austria,and partially almost cost Bony the battle.
So scared were the French army by this weapon,that it was an immediate death sentence for anyone to be caught using,concealing or making such a gun.

Mr.Woodcock · 07-01-2011 10:19pm

Thats some air gun but what kind of range would it give?

landkeeper · 07-01-2011 10:48pm

there are some youtube clips of lads hunting with those large calibre airrifles some of which are good but more are to my mind bordering on the unethical http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmds-xNmE1k
make up your own mind

Grizzly 45 · 07-01-2011 10:57pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88egSlaRM8s&feature=related

Better one here, 100 yards range on some sort of sheep.Pellet moves at 825fps.The gun looks ungainly IMO,and heavier than a normal cartridge job. Still,if it cranks your crank...

Sparks · 07-01-2011 11:26pm

Mr.Woodcock wrote: »

Thats some air gun but what kind of range would it give?

The girandoni? About 150 yards. Lewis and Clark were reportedly using one (or something very similar) to hunt bear and moose...

ormondprop · 07-01-2011 11:46pm

just not the right tool for that sort of hunting in my opinion

Sparks · 07-01-2011 11:52pm

ormondprop wrote: »

just not the right tool for that sort of hunting in my opinion

Today, we have better tools for the job, so we should obviously use those, yes. Back then though, they were competing with muskets and very early rifles - Lewis and Clark were mostly using muskets and early shotguns for their expedition - flintlocks I think, though I might be wrong. So back in their day, these were suitable tools for the job.

ormondprop · 07-01-2011 11:55pm

sorry sparks i should have wrote that better, i was talking about the videos on youtube of them hunting with the .308 and .50 airrifles

Grizzly 45 · 08-01-2011 3:21pm

Sparks wrote: »

Today, we have better tools for the job, so we should obviously use those, yes. Back then though, they were competing with muskets and very early rifles - Lewis and Clark were mostly using muskets and early shotguns for their expedition - flintlocks I think, though I might be wrong. So back in their day, these were suitable tools for the job.

They were using one all right,it wasnt a Giradoni though.It was more a propaganda tool to impress on the Indians[who were in some cases already equipped with the thunder stick of the white man by traders] the superiority of the white man who could make guns that made no noise.:rolleyes: