Quackenbush .457 Outlaw
I have lately been interested in big bore air rifles for hunting. This gun has been on my list for a few years now of air guns to buy and I’ve never owned a big bore before. Would anybody recommended this gun?
I plan on hunting deer, wild boar, and anything else I can find! I know Dennis is very reliable and been in this game for years, but I’m still not completely convinced this gun would be effective and humane enough for deer hunting. But I do plan on buying one and trying it out, even though I might have to wait 8 months or more to get one because hes all backed up with the orders.
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Cam.
Welcome aboard. Don’t think anyone here will mess with you just because they can…they will mess with you because they are evil bastards and can get away with here! 😆 😆
I was just pointing out to RC that he was inviting a fight by saying the Ranger was a better gun. Quack reads this forum when he feels like it and will respond elsewhere if he feels slighted.
Personally, I agree with RC: I think Dan’s guns are better built and better supported and better looking. That said, I think some folks have a hard-on for them that even Dan would blush at!
If you want to shoot a deer with an airgun, you can probably get by with a 909 or equivelant. That’s assuming an Eastern white tail, not a mule deer at long range…
The Ranger .45 is a powerful and loud gun (no, I don’t have one but I know…). If you have any idea of shooting it for plinking, don’t bother. You need to take guns in this class out to a range for plinking unless you have a really big yard, distant, or very tolerant neighbors! The .457 Outlaw is in the same class of limited use airguns. It is a hunting tool and can be a lot of fun at the range but you won’t shoot it like a shrouded .22 in the yard!
As far as comparisons go: I’ve seen damn few groups posted from DAQ .457 shooters. In fact, I think I’ve seen more groups posted here from Ranger shooters (both of them) than I’ve seen from any .457 DAQ owners..ever. Yeah, I think that means something and yes, I read a bunch of glowing reports…just never saw anything to back them up.
As far as “classic looks” goes: RC is full of shit, the classic airgun has a ball flask or a butt flask, everything else is modern styling!
Wow and on low power it looks like it still gets 450+ ft/lbs. It’s definitely all stuff for me to consider, and thanks.
Cam,
It depends on the power setting, 2 on hi, 3 on medium and low you can get 4 or 5 if you have a longer tube.
Look up the threads here on the Rangers. I have one that is a 28 ” and Dan H has a 36″ one.
We are getting very good accuracy with anything from round ball to 400+ cast bullets.
Fill tanks are evolving appliances, I started off with a pump, then one scuba then two cascading, and now 3 44 cuft tanks, a Shoebox and a Booster.
Welcome aboard by the way.
Regards,
Roachcreek
Interesting. Ive heard of the ranger but never seen the website or heard any reviews on it before. I still think I would prefer the Quackenbush Since I’ve always wanted one ( I know its a stupid reason).
But I do want to try out that .58 beast!! Also, I see on the site that he fills the guns up to 4500 psi. I wouldn’t be able to do that since all I have is a 3300 psi scuba tank. And price is another thing, the .457 outlaw is about 500$ less. How many power shots does the Ranger have per fill? I’m guessing only one?
I agree with RC on the availability front.
You are gonna wait WAAAAY MORE THAN 8 months cause most people that fill out the cards and send them in to DAQ dont even get on the list. I did it once and my friend signed me up the second time (i gave up on him the 1st time) and we still did not get on either list.
I have one of dans guns and i can speak for the accuracy and build quality and dans guns are worth it.
Well of course those statements are my opinion based on what I have read and the 50% of ownership I have had of the guns.
Which means I have a large hole in my understanding of both platforms.
Having said that, I just have never like the style of the Quackenbush rilfe, but then most air gun styles offend my Classic rifle tastes which lean towards FX Tarantula lines. And I find it hard to imagine that there can be a better built gun, for the price range, than the Ranger 45. And of course no prior Ranger owners find themselves proportedly shaving around a sardonic grin in the morning created by a platform in evolution.
Tag is a good forum to bring this up on, it would not be allowed on the Yellow or the Adventures forum, where mistatements made by sacred cows on simple ballistic facts are considered scripture.
I have nothing to sell or promote, TAG thankfully does not survive on advertised business, so go at it guys. And I mean that in no disrespect Jerry, it just illustrates how fucked other forums are to honest folks like yourself.
I continue to learn and this forum to me is a continual learning experience, again something you do not get the opprotunity to do on other forums. It is free speech, and people like Riverside, Butcher, Tof, Marvin and yourself provide that education, again something not allowed on other internet forums.
So I make my first statement and standby it in anticipation of another learning experience, fully realizing that I may in fact wear the pointed dunce hat of ignorance at the end of the discussion.
Regards,
Roachcreek
Can’t wait for the :13: and the :12:
Yeah Jerry your right, I forgot prettier too. 😛
Regards,
Roachcreek
Uh-oh
Buy a Ranger 45. More power, better made and faster delivery.
I waited 6 weeks for mine.
It will have more than enough power for deer and elk.
Roachcreek
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Cam,
Another neat feature is that you can put on different uppers, sort of like a AR15.
With four bolts, you can change over to a 58 on a 45 Ranger, or to a muzzle loader in 45 or 58, some states will allow only muzzle loading airguns.
So you can have one stock and receiver and several uppers.
It has three power settings only two can be accessed with the low and hi combo, or you change out the sear screw and have medium by itself.
My Ranger will shoot 408 grain bullets at 850 on hi setting and the same bullet at at 750 on medium setting.
The quackenbush is a rifle that you have to be in a lottery of sorts to just get on the list, or you have to pay much more than the new price to buy a used one. I sent Dan Mcvey an email on January 15 and got my rifle the first of April.
Dan Mcvey made some of the Gargoyle rifles and made improvements to them before making the Ranger, the 58 and the Corsair, he has been in the hydrolics business most of his life.
A good way to start getting the propper air supply is to buy a Shoebox and then a used outdated 4500 SCBA bottle for less than a $100.00. You can make your own bullets by learning how to cast or there are plenty of custom casters on the forums, like Jerry on this forum.
Regards,
Roachcreek