Big Air: The Best Big Bore Airguns for Big Game Hunting

The AirForce Texan delivers more power than any other production air rifle: .45-caliber bullets leave the muzzle at 1000 fps (up to 500+ ft-lbs. of energy). Load, cock, aim, squeeze and deliver jaw-dropping power. An entire world of hunting opportunities has just opened up to you!

Although the Hatsan PileDriver is fairly heavy at 10 pounds, that weight is mostly centered thanks to the bullpup design. It has a 480cc carbon fiber tank that fills to 300 BAR, which gives you 4-6 shots in the .45 cal and 3-5 shots in the .50 cal before velocity and POI are suboptimal. The PileDriver PCP has an elevation and angle adjustable buttpad to go with its elevation adjustable locking cheek piece, giving you maximum comfort and repeatable sight alignment. It also features an ergonomic synthetic advanced polymer thumbhole stock with an all-weather pistol grip. Hatsan has included their two stage adjustable Quattro trigger, so whether you’re out in the field shooting big game or out at the range shooting paper, this rifle gives you precision to go along with best in class power.

This Dreamline Classic brings you a new choice in stocks, the GRS Green Mountain Laminate, with tons of options for maximum adjustability and innovation. This custom stock is one of the first ever built for air rifles by the legendary Norwegian company and gives you features like a large forearm with UIT rail (Anschutz rail), tool free adjustments, built in sling studs, an angled and offset grip (right or left handed), plus an adjustable buttpad and cheek comb.

This innovative PCP uses a 244cc cylinder, filled to 3000 psi, that provides 5 full-powered shots per fill. This high pressure translates to incredible velocities with up to 1,130 fps with shotshells. The options don’t stop there, however, as the Double Shot can sling .50 caliber big bore ammo and the revolutionary Air Venturi Air Bolt, an arrow-slinging system that can put 170 FPE on target. Each Double Shot features the trademarked etched actions and finely grained hardwood stocks you’ve come to expect from a brand that pays homage to the golden age of the hunt. Put simply, the Seneca Double Shot is the most versatile big bore PCP shotgun on the market today that doubles down on big bore power. If you want a PCP shotgun that can sling .50 caliber rounds downrange one shot after the next, grab the Double Shot and track your game.

The Benjamin Bulldog .457 gives you even more of what you loved from the popular Bulldog series so you can take bigger game than you could before. You get speeds up to 760 fps and power up to 450 fpe with this upgraded version because it uses .457 slugs or pellets, meaning you’ll have over twice the power of the smaller caliber version.

The added power of this air rifle comes from the longer air cylinder it uses, but you’ll still get up to three shots at lethal power, and the overall length of the gun is still very maneuverable at 36.38″, which is less than half an inch longer than the .357. You’ll also appreciate the accuracy of this rifle, because it uses a precision rifled barrel.