Performance of the TD257 on small game

This gun to date has been such a blast to shoot.  My TalonDor .257 is one of the absolute best airguns in my "AIRSENAL"...lol!

 Also, casting bullets for it has also been very rewarding.  Since i got my Lyman 257420 mold HP'd, i've run a few test to check on their performance.  But as most know, shooting reactive targets is a bit different than shooting flesh and bone.  So only with a couple of game animals taken with the Lyman 257420 FN bullets, i've been very curious to see how the HP offspring would fare on the same animals.

With the addition of a Limbsaver Barrel De-Resonator, accuracy and consistency were improved and the gun has become extremely accurate and potent at range.  With my gun having such a short frame and such a long barrel (26-5/8" long), the Limbsaver was just the ticket to stop whipping or vibration.  On this outing, once i set the Limbsaver De-Resonator to the perfect location, it was time to hunt.

During the hunt, I managed to bag a few ground squirrels at various ranges ranging from 52 yards out to 78 yards.  With the Jack Rabbits, I managed to take them from 40 yards, out to 186 yards!  With the 186 yard kill, I hit the record button but I failed to push it hard enough to start recording.  I got extremely excited when I saw the rabbit run from about 90 yards away all the way up to 186 yards and just stop and relax and watch me.  Some people get Deer Fever, I get "small game" fever....lol!  Back to the story, i keep my scope set on 12x as to be able to effectively use my Mil Dots and when i viewed the rabbit, he looked really small.  I then set the objective adjustment to roughly 150 yards and i could see the rabbit as clear as day.  BUT HE WAS SMAAAAAALL in my scope.  I looked at the rabbit with my naked eye as i did not have time to use a range finder and i guess about 170+ yards.  I then quickly held the lower and thicker DUPLEX post just above the rabbits head.  I knew with this much holdover, i had the head and the shoulder covered for impact.  Both being a kill shot with this caliber.  To my surprise, and about 3/4 of a second later, i saw through the scope the rabbit crumble to the ground then the impact report made it back to my ears shortly after.  Both, verifying that I made a solid hit.  I think loaded another bullet and then rechecked through my scope that the rabbit was indeed down!  After confirming that, that's when I glanced up at my video camera monitor and saw that the record light was NOT red which meant it was not recording the shot.  Now, I won't give too much more away.  I will let you watch the video and take a journey with me as i hunt with this fine airgun.

THE VIDEO:

All in all, I am very pleased with the performance of this airgun.  It is one of the most lethal airguns in my collection.  The gun is currently undertaking some new performance mods.  So needless to say..............STAY TUNED!