Great picture! You and Kelly looking great Gary. Is that a camara trick or you look a lot younger with the new weight loss? lol.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
It's interesting to see the process of your work. Not everyone shows the process of their works. Thanks Gary! I see you have a new toy to play with now, the Camcorder he..he..by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
This is an interesting thread, and everyone has good points. I love powerful bigbore but to me, an ultimate bigbore would has to be super powerful, accurate, extraordinary looking, quality, portable, and most importantly, safe. An example would be like Gary's Dragon .87. It has more than enough power to take almost any game on earth. Do we need any more power than that? Probably not! But as ourby peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Nice and interesting looking gun Alex. Is it a pcp, or spring gun? 21fpe for a .177 is good energy.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Pretty cool looking slug Alex. It looks like it could fly true in a smoothbore. Thanks for the picture!by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
You're right Gary, all the power in the world is not worth it for one single mishap with the extreme high pressure.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Danny! Your 12 guage sounds very impressive and interesting, especially it only used the standard 2800psi fill and the 30in barrel and still generated that much power. Over here in the States, we are the power "freak" and love to read and learn as much infos as possible about any new super powerful bigbores. I've always enjoyed your posts, I can almost build a bigbore just by reading yoursby peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I know Jerod and Jack Haley build the Jack Hammer to take very high operating psi pressure. The stock JackHammer put out about 500fpe plus. Jerod tuned it to make a monster out of it. It's very interesting because it's probably has never been done before at such high pressure. Back then we only have the 3200 psi tank, but now 4500 psi scba tanks are common, if we can build the guns to safely takeby peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Gary, there was a guy on another forum by the name of Jerod said that his .457 could take up to 5000 psi, and at 4300psi using the 344gr bullet, he got 867 fpe(roughly 1050 fps) for the first shot, and got 4 full powered shots from it. He tuned the gun. It has a 40 in long barrel and long airtube, and is heavy at 12lbs. So, with the high psi charged it may be possible if his claim was true. Andby peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Good Lord Danny, your 12 guage has put out over 1200fpe! That is very impressive! Now what was the psi again? Was the barrel 44 inches? Good job Danny, too bad you don't have anything really large to hunt with that gun. You can always come to America and take down the 2000lbs bison. And it's legal in a private hunting ranch. Thanks for the infos!by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yeah Neil, after I get my 12 guage bigbore with about 750 fpe, I would go to Africa and take down the big 5......no just kidding he...he..too much money and besides it's not legal. I'm sure it could be done with the gun generating that much power and shooting the "cannon" size slug, and provided that one use the hard cast slug and with the PH backing you up. It's been done with the low powered arby peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Cool video Gary! It's nice to see the slug in super slow motion, you can almost feel the power of the impact.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Lon, Yes, the shotgun slugs are made for smoothbore, but you can also shoot it out of the rifled barrel gun. The only thing is these slugs are very hard(you lose some velocity but excellent for penetration), and you would also need to sized them down. The slug can snap out of the bottom plastic sabot so you can size it then snap it back on. The sabot provide a good seal and supposed to stabiliby peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
From left to right, 20 guage #4 buckshot, Brenneke 1 1/4oz 12 guage slug, 20 guage Dangerous Game 1oz slug, .50 Maxiball 370gr, and a .22 pellet for comparison. The 12 and 20 guage slugs dwarfed the smaller .50 slug. I beleive they provide far better knock down/killing power for taking large game up to 2000 lbs than the smaller caliber due to their weight and large diameter slug. I'm working onby peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Kent, I really would like to see the closeup videos of the Grizzly, pic of the slug and the target. Or what ever is more convenience for you. Oh, and a description of what you think of it would be nice. Thanks Kent!!by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yeah Gary, posting about your new special gun is part of the fun of owning it. I'm surprised that not too many owners would do it, especially a unique and beautiful gun like yours.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Nice shooting Neil! You are truly a rabbit sniper. Man, I've always dreamed of having a backyard to hunt and test out the guns like yours. One of this day when I hit the lottery.....he.he..by peter-n - The Hunting Camp
Thanks guys for the posts! Welcome to the forum Alex!by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Gunner, You're a one lucky guy! That is one very special gun. Congrats to you! It's very interesting that you can have both the .87 and .58. We can't wait to see you post some pics and numbers after you get it back. Thanks!!by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Who are the lucky guys and have them. We were watching and following their birth to the end, they are just like our babies on this forum, and now they are gone. I really like these 2 guns and would like to see them again. It would be nice to see some more pics of them and to see how they shoot and the performances post by the owners, oh well......by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
That's nice Gary! I really like the Bison's antique look. It look awesome, I really like it.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
It looke pretty cool and" hightech!". I like it.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yeah Neil, I'm kinda like you, when I looked at the humongous hole in a big bore and hold the big slug in my hand, there was something about its deadliness that made you hook on the big bore. I guess it's your instinct telling you that big hole means lethalness and can kill for food or whatever in our human primal hunter's instinct he..he..by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
It's interesting to see how everyone got started with airguns and love them. I wish more readers would joined in.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
That's pretty cool Gary! it saves you from having to walk 100-150 yards to reset the target. Neat idea.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yeah, you've been collecting the top of the line Bigbores Kent he..he... I think every serious bigbore collector should have at least a Basrnes gun in their collection. Without it you would be missing out the best.by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
That was some impressive shooting! .5 in at 50 yards and 1.5 in group at 150 yards, good job! Accurate rifles are always interesting, make you proud of them. Thanks for the posts. By the way you look good with your weight loss Gary. You look about 5 years younger he..he..by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Man, that's an awesome looking piece!! Who made the scope mount?Gary? That looks incredible. Is is the Grizzly? just guessing he..he..by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I love all kind of airguns, and have owned over 15 guns. From pumpups, springers, all the ways to the super powerful pcp bigbores. My fascinations with airguns began in childhood when I was 11 years old. I was introduced to it by a childhood friend. He invited me over to his house and showed me his Daisy BB gun and let me shoot it. I was hooked from the start. I went and bought a Crossman 706 Pumby peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Thanks Kent! yes I will take it out shooting/hunting and post some pictures. It would be nice to be able to call in some coyotes and blow them away with it he..he...by peter-n - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum