Still putting some hogs down with my Benjamin Bulldog!

Got this one last night at 80-85 yards with the Bulldog and 145gr Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets.



He has some pretty good cutters.



Hit behind the ear.

That's unreal Barry....

Good Shootin Barry!

Awsome shoooting, I been playing with Benjamin Air Bow can't wait to try it on hogs.

Nice hog and love it with an airgun!

Very nice! Wish I had some hogs around here. I just finished my .257 air rifle.

Very nice! Wish I had some hogs around here. I just finished my .257 air rifle.

My little plinkers can't compare with a Big Boy rifle but then the local varmints here are a much smaller scale too..

Thanks for posting and Congratulations!

Barry, do it load any 357 caliber bullets or do they need to be specific shapes? I would assume the former...
interesting device for appeasing beasts quietly

Sponxx, I use one of two bullets for that .357.

First is the Nosler 145 Ballistic Tip.



Nosler and Benjamin teamed up to design the bullet a few years back when the Benjamin Rogue was introduced. It's very accurate and hard hitting.

Or I use the 81gr domed pellet by JSB.

http://www.pyramydair.com/product-a...act_35_Cal_81_02_Grains_Domed_100ct/1087

Cheaper to shoot. Faster. But louder... (The lighter the bullet, the louder an airgun can be.)

It pretty much needs to be an airgun specific projectile. Rifling is shallower on an airgun, so jacketed bullets don't perform well, and do your rifle no favors either.

Soft lead is pretty much needed to form a tight seal upon firing.

Interesting about Nosler developing "air rifle" bullets.
They dwarf my .177 Cal, 7.87 Grain JSBs for the HW30s

Very Nice Barry... Looks like a fun time with the air rifle. That thing looks like he'd make some pretty tasty sausage.

Is anyone familiar with the AirForce Texan 45cal air gun they are getting nearly 1000fps with it.

That's cool. I like killing pigs. Hope to get some this weekend.

Ultra cool! Hogs with an airgun! My airgun "arsenal" is limited to a .22 cal. Benjamin Trail Nitro Piston II for stuff like squirrels, but I'd love to play around with something like that bulldog which really does "speak with authority". As in; heavier bullets & more velocity; ever chronograph those Ballistic Tips? To take down a hog at that range I bet they're moving pretty good.

It's moving pretty good.

It shoots about like a .38spl+P.

I have some lighter, 80gr pellets that are around 1000fps or just under.

VERY interesting! I had forgotten or wasn't aware Benjamin made that gun, will need to check on that one!

Mike

Damn! vWife just came in and told me I needed to come shoot a 'possum in the yard. Took my Benjamin .177 out, killed two in the banana trees. First with one shot, the other took several to the head to be dead. I regularly kill possums and coons with my airgun - keeps the neighbors from complaining like they do when I use my .22.

Mike

You may want to make sure those possums are grave yard dead, not just "possum dead"...😀

DF

Gotcha! Nope, after a 20 mile ride in a garbage bag, they were still dead when I dumped them in the woods for critter food. As a boy, I "caught" and carried a big possum several miles out of the woods by his tail. Every so often he would open his eyes and look around, then start squirming to try to reach and bite me. When that happened, I'd call the dog - which was why he was playing dead to begin with - and he'd remember he was supposed to be dead!

Mike

I generally use my Marauder .25 cal for possums and coons around here. Pretty much takes the place of a .22 around the house here.

The built-in suppressor makes it VERY quiet. Like James Bond silencer quiet...

That should certainly do the job! My .177 does, also. The two possums yesterday were on the large side, hit the female between the eyes and she dropped eead instantly. Had to shoot through banana leaves for the male, couldn't tell which end was which at first, so shot him 3 or 4 times. One hit a shoulder, appeared to have gone right though. On coons, I don't really care if it kills them or just knocks them out of the tree for the dogs to finish. The dogs - two 90 lb Catahoulas - really like coons!

Mike