Seneca .45 Cal, 300 Grains, Round Nose Flat Point, 50ct

They're consistently in stock, and have very soft lead.

Casting molds are not aligned well, leading to severe mismatches on the sides, and an oblong shape. I pulled several random slugs out of the box, and all were smaller than .457 diameter, and most measured .4395 on one side, .4540 on the other side. Overall I'm seeing a variation of .004 inches in overall diameter, and a maximum difference between min/max diameter of .012 inches. These do NOT create a good seal in my Airforce Texan because they are so oblong and have such poorly misaligned casting molds.

I hope I got a really bad batch or something, but I've never seen such inconsistency in big bore slugs before. These are listed as .457 diameter, but the largest diameter I've measured on the widest end was .4550.

Swaged slugs are really the way to go, not cast. NSA slugs are miles ahead of these in terms of quality and consistency.

Using the Texan these Air Venturi 300gr are good enough for casual target shooting sessions using pretty close to the same zero as the Nielsen Specialty ammo 290gr.

I have bought three boxes of these and they are not packaged well from whomever makes them.( PyramydAir packages them VERY well for shipping) but I have gotten one box of loose rounds in the box that were beaten all to hell and two boxes have been loosely bagged inside the box. Anyway, my point being that they are usually banged up and show plenty of dings and scrapes. I use them only for plinking. I wish they would take more pride in their product and package them more carefully to minimize damage.

I would not recommend using these for large game hunting. They do not deform and will overpenetrate and cause minimal damage to large game. Shots fired into pine wooden blocks at 50 yards, after being recovered show very minimal deformation and approximately 3-4 inches of penetration. In a deer this round is going to go straight through soft tissue making minimal damage. Will they kill a deer? Yes of course they will, but if you are hunting I would encourage you to look for a high quality soft lead hollow point to maximize the energy transferred into the target. But if you just want to knock the crap out of steel targets these are good enough.

Hard hitting

More consistent shape. Not all seated equally well in my evanix Rex p. Had a couple misshapen enough to possibly effect the seal in the barrel, though only maybe three out of 200

These don't seat well in the evanix Rex p .45. they also use more air than lighter pellets would in that gun. I'd stick with smaller pellets for that gun, certainly wouldn't go any bigger than these

Thumper ammo - hits hard .

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They line up and seat very well in .45 Texan

Pretty much the fact that these are what they are advertised to be. They work well in the Texan (but truth be told, everything I have used in that air rifle has worked at least to the limit of my ability as a shooter (military trained years ago, but not too shabby of a shot).

The item-shock protection in the box seems a bit minimalist for my taste, but, I have not found any damaged pellets, so perhaps not. And, decrease the price a bit, after all, it's lead, not gold :-)

Shoots very well thru the Airforce Texan. Launched them at just under 800 f/s for three shots.Good, soft lead (that's a good thing).

They are pricey. The buy 4 pay for three deal makes them a little more manageable.

These group very well at 100 and 150 yards thru my Texan. Groups were 2 3/4" at both distances with bullets still drilling plywood and continuing on. This round worked perfect for a 275 lb whitetail at 90 yards. Four mil-dots of holdover and it was all over for him. Entered through right side rib, detached and demolished right lung, passed over heart, penetrated left lung, keyholed through left rib and lodged between rib and hide on the left side. That buck sounded like he had been hit with a baseball bat. He stumbled about 50 yards and expired. Expansion was good, considering I was under 800 ft/s. Expanded to about 7/8". Deadly round.

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