XP airguns ranger 45 caliber 36inch barrel MONSTER !
I now have my new xp airguns ranger 45 caliber airgun , and i must say this is a MONSTER shooting gun . 😆 😆 😆 😆
So far i have tested out 454 round ball ,and 250 grain laser cast bullets .
during brake in so far the round ball is working better , dead on accurate shooting 3000 psi 1070 fps on low power , mid power 3800 psi 1150 fps working down 9 shots to 877 .
The laser cast 250 grain stuff , on mid power 987fps working down 9 shots to 720 ,
these numbers should improve by around 50 fps after break in according to Dan Mcvey .
this gun gets a lot of shots for a big bore , and with the long barrel the power stays up even at low pressures . 😉
some pics shooting this weekend.
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The 216 is a old Lyman 454616 maxi ball mold and the 140 are out of the accurate mold that I call my mini max ball that is shown in my avatar . Marvin
I agree. 1″ at 50 yards if i’m not mistaken is the standard acceptable for all airguns. So for 65 yards, thats good. Especially with big bore slugs.
1″ at 65 yards is not shooting well? OK, for a target gun/slug I see that but for plinking or most hunting, that seems pretty good.
Lees did not work well for me either . The 216 and 140 grains are 3 shoot 1 inch groups at 65 yards for me . With the standard and LP valve .Marvin
145 grain was listed ,it was not as good as round ball in my gun , the 216 grain shot well left to right , you just have to know how it drops with each shot/pressure drop , like a lot of other bullets , i need to test it again tethered up so i have real close to the same pressure for several shots , all the lee stuff did not shoot well,
thanks for sending those Marvin , this is a great way to find out what the gun likes
I saw the 160 grain lee and the 142 grain results . But not the 225 lee and maxi ball .Am I missing something .Marvin
ya i posted the results on page 4 , those 216 grain ones did not do to bad, the lee stuff was all over the place .
Did you ever shoot those maxi balls or 225 lees I sent you .Marvin
ya it is shocking to to see just how far /many pieces of plywood those 348/416 ‘s will blast through ,…….. with the long barrel those put out a nice kick when shot at 4200 psi ! 😆 BOOM !
JESUS, that is a boatload of power. I LOVE IT!
HA ! HA ! 😆 i have a courier bizz , we have a few cabinet shops, and a few big businesses that build very large trade show exhibits for the big boy companies – as our clients , they give me there scrap pieces of plywood
i also get pallets to use , for the back stop …4 by 8ft pallets , and smaller ones , like the ones for side block shield’s , that suround my targets for safety , 4 by 6 post hold it all up ,
there is 4 inches thick of wood on the main back stop, then 4 by 6’s stacked in front of the main target box area with the douglas fir rounds cut up in front of that , then what ever target boards i am using , then i used 3 sheets of 4 by 8 …..3/4 inch plywood leaning behind the back stop in the main target box area , as a last stoper
LOL! You are just ruining a butt load of nice plywood!
If your die comes in at .453, you’ll be fine. Those 340s were exactly .4535. If your die comes in at .451 though, you’ll be rightfully pissed and needing Lee to make it right. The bad dies I got were the ones I custom ordered to fit between other sizes so we could offer the perfect size for particular guns. It took 2 tries to get a .309 die and it would have taken three tries to get a .311 except Gary Barnes made me a .311 before I had to talk to Lee again. I like that Lee will do the custom sizes but I would like it a lot better if they followed through with custom quality control instead of acting like a thousandths give or take is not important! For airgunners and precision shooters .0005″ can be important! That’s why I happen to hold a .4515 and a .4535 die as well as the standard .452 and .454 dies…
BTW, those Lee dies are obviously CNC machined bits probably untouched by human hands until packaged for shipping. The really precise dies I have are all hand made with as much effort and touch labor as required to get it right. That’s one reason I’m not instantly impressed when I hear “CNC.” Machines and tools allowed to run out to open tolerances can make crap when people running them are more concerned about margins or clocking out than the quality associated with their name…
Jerry check this out ! 😆 416 grain shot at 4200 psi right at 50 yards ! 😯 it went through 5 sheets of 3/4 plywood then smashed into a half round of douglas fir ! 😯 MY GOD ! it tore through those and smashed a 1 inch deep chunck out of the douglas fir ! 😯 2 shots i fired both passed through ! 😯 😆
the 2 shots bottom right corner were the ones ! there is Charlies dead fucking ELK ! 😈 😆 😆 😆 those 2 shots will kill the beast ! 😆 😯
Yup, that’s the same one we use, works great. It is designed to use the Lee dies and the container that the dies come in fits on top and collects the sized dies. I had it set up that way on the bench but Timmy decided that loading slugs from the bottom was a pain in the ass. He reversed the press so he loads from the top and lets the slugs fall into a box. Turns out, I like it better that way too, one can sit and be comfortable while sizing and the loading is a lot easier.
If your die comes in at .453, you’ll be fine. Those 340s were exactly .4535. If your die comes in at .451 though, you’ll be rightfully pissed and needing Lee to make it right. The bad dies I got were the ones I custom ordered to fit between other sizes so we could offer the perfect size for particular guns. It took 2 tries to get a .309 die and it would have taken three tries to get a .311 except Gary Barnes made me a .311 before I had to talk to Lee again. I like that Lee will do the custom sizes but I would like it a lot better if they followed through with custom quality control instead of acting like a thousandths give or take is not important! For airgunners and precision shooters .0005″ can be important! That’s why I happen to hold a .4515 and a .4535 die as well as the standard .452 and .454 dies…
BTW, those Lee dies are obviously CNC machined bits probably untouched by human hands until packaged for shipping. The really precise dies I have are all hand made with as much effort and touch labor as required to get it right. That’s one reason I’m not instantly impressed when I hear “CNC.” Machines and tools allowed to run out to open tolerances can make crap when people running them are more concerned about margins or clocking out than the quality associated with their name…
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The 255 grain lee mold i had ordered was lost in the mail from midway , those idiots sent it ups super saver …DDDDDRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!! that where they hand it off to the post office once it gets in the city for delivery , brilliant idea !