177 How Far Kill

[matty thud 42]

normaley shoot 22 riffles but bought a cheap aa 177 shamal few week back of my mate old gun one shot pcp but cant belive how good it shoots. been a couple times now to my 10 acre rabbit permission and yesterday took a rabbit at 42 yard head shot conditons good was well surprised with distance of kill. so just wonderd how far 177 will kill at its not fac neither

[Guest scramble]

Matty why were you surprised of a kill at that distance? if you didnt think it would be a kill shot then why take it??

[matty thud 42]

Matty why were you surprised of a kill at that distance? if you didnt think it would be a kill shot then why take it??

lad who bought it off wi me shooting and he told me take the shot as hes had afew that distance wi it so he new the range it can kill i meant 177 just surprised me how accurate and power ther got. sorry for not putting in post

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

well a .177 is just as accurate as a .22

the pellets just fly flatter so you dont need as much holdover when shooting at longer ranges.

 

its safe to say a well placed shot to the brain will take vermin cleanly at 90+ yards with sub 12 ftlb air rifles.

 

i personally have shot a crow in the head at 66 yards and it was dead before it hit the floor..

 

SKoT

[woodchip 2]

My AA s410 .177 is zerod at 50m and I regularly shoot further than this there is a video on you tube of someone shooting 500 yards with a sub air rifle

[dadioles 68]

There are two factors here.

One is your ability to shoot accurately.

The second is the power of your pellet.

 

Take accuracy first.

What is the maximum distance that you can shoot every pellet within a half inch circle, the size of a pound coin, the size of a rabbit brain!. That is your maximum range for shooting a rabbit.

 

It is generally accepted that you need at least 5ftlbs of energy to humanely penetrate a rabbit skull and shoot it in the brain.

For a 12ftlb air rifle that may equate to something like 75 yards. You need to calculate that by testing your pellet with a chrono.

 

Have a practice on paper and see what your reliable accurate range is. I would not mind betting that if you are honest it may be no more than 45 yards. Try it.

 

You are deluding yourself, or taking too much notice of others who for the sake of their own egos are deluding themselves, if you think it is appropriate to shoot rabbits at much greater range.

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

its best to try get close and spook the rabbit, than to shoot it up the arse at yards because you went for the head and you werent that good at shooting,,,,,

[WoodsmanJim 160]

My AA s410 .177 is zerod at 50m and I regularly shoot further than this there is a video on you tube of someone shooting 500 yards with a sub air rifle

 

I don't doubt your shooting bud, but that second part sounds like the ultimate "pub fact" if ever I heard it! Did they actually hit what they were "aiming" for? was it live quarry? I sincerely hope not!

 

If so, I call bullsh1t!! according to Chairgun my 11 ft/lb air rifle at the optimum angle will only throw a 16gr pellet 314 yards MAX!!

 

And the chances of an "aimed" shot actually hitting anything intended at that distance is absolutely ZERO. 'The Twig' on the airgun gear show managed to hit a kill zone sized target at "only" 200 yards after about 20 attempts and only then after aiming off at fixed points on tree above his head and adjusting for where the pellets fell. His scope would have needed to be able to see through the action and barrel of his rifle (a prosport I believe) in order to have line of sight at the target.

 

Shooting at live quarry that you can't even see is beyond irresponsible, and firmly into the realms of stupidity.

 

If I'm wrong I'm prepared to be proved so, but I doubt it.

 

Jim

Edited April 23, 2013 by WoodsmanJim

[Craig Fosse 286]

I'm a realist, I have a .177 and my furthest shot I have taken is 42 yards, I shoot off a Bipod for every vermin I kill if not its in a standing or kneeling supported position, if I roost shoot I shoot with sticks, I'm an ok shot but nothing out the ordinary so I keep within my limits, if I walk round a corner and see a rabbit or one suddenly pops up, I stop ten try and get prone rather than try and shoot free hand

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Woodsmanjim. That airgun gear show thing is a load of sh1t!! There must have been some camera trickery involved. that guy cant shoot for toffee...

[WoodsmanJim 160]

Woodsmanjim. That airgun gear show thing is a load of sh1t!! There must have been some camera trickery involved. that guy cant shoot for toffee...

haha! your probably right. It was just an example I could think of off the top of my head.

 

It does go to show how hard a 200 yard shot is if they had to use camera tricks though don't it! 500 yards - not a chance. The pellet would barely even go that far.

 

Jim

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

not long ago someone calculated how far my gun would go and it was 420 ish yards if i remember right. still nowhere near 500.

 

heard of snypercat, apparently she did some vids out to either 100 or 200 .i can believe that.. but not 500. lol

 

and the airgun gear show is a load of sh1t , they probably had some one off camera shooting a pcp from 30 yards away from his 'target' and just muted out the noise whilst editing lol