What’s nice about the quackenbush 30 cal is you use standard caliber bullets as the projectiles. I have a 308 caliber. I have seen a .22 air rifle drop a pigeon at 200 yards off the grain silos….. it’s was first interest in air guns for actual hunting.
<p style=”text-align: left;”>The big bore get a set of casting dies, I use a minie ball caster with 4 cavities and lyman #2 lead. Cheap and acurate without much fouling from straight lead.</p>
I use old batteries as source for the lead the dangers of the arsenic can be managed by a good mask and gloves.