calibre size

[BSAScorpionT10 0]

.177 go straight through the target, .22's best allround!! like you say just have to compensate with the trajectory.... at 40+yds

[heatmeiser 0]

Can anyone give a genuine list of the pros and cons of both?

 

Be good to get a definitive list for the newbie beginners (ie; me).

[stoaty 171]

had a .22 for years got a load of suff with it from webly vulcans too rapids and 410s but gotta say i love my airarms 400 in .177

[Grim Reaper 1]

.177 all the way for me - once you know your ranges and the rifle well, you can put the pellet where it matters all day long. You could say its almost surgical i guess? lol

 

Don't get me wrong, i ain't putting .22 down/slagging it off at all - each to his/her own, like. I have used .22 air rifles before and they were good - its just that i personally prefer .177

 

'A place for everything, and everything in it's place' is what i say.

 

Regards,

Grim

[SEAN3513 7]

i think im 22 missus says 177!!!!!!!!! lol. you know the score lads!!??

 

seriously though.............only really shot 22 but very keen to try 177 ...........but its the age old thing really..................each to their own.............shoot with what your comfortable with.

 

cheers

 

sean

[Halfinch 51]

I use .22 but i've heard 1.77 is a bit more accurate.

Just wonderd though, due to another topic iv'e been discussing, what pellet would you usually use on rabbits at 100yds +

[SEAN3513 7]

I use .22 but i've heard 1.77 is a bit more accurate.

Just wonderd though, due to another topic iv'e been discussing, what pellet would you usually use on rabbits at 100yds +

 

bisley magnums soaked in red bull.......i reckon!!

[Halfinch 51]

I use .22 but i've heard 1.77 is a bit more accurate.

Just wonderd though, due to another topic iv'e been discussing, what pellet would you usually use on rabbits at 100yds +

 

bisley magnums soaked in red bull.......i reckon!!

 

[fin and fur 2]

has anyone noticed the stronger influence of wind on a lighter .177 pellet over a .22

or does the wind have such a slight effect that the difference between calibres when wind is a factor is to all intents just theoretical or so marginal as to make no practical difference

 

cheers

 

Dave

[JOE BLOCKY 0]

I like .177 esp. hollow points....BUT this why .22 is better....with smaller pellets / bullets, because the weight is much less then say a e.g. a .22, the .177 has less inertia, and thus will slow down faster then a heavy round, as the heavy round will more inertia and will take longer to slow down because of the heaver weight. The heaver round will have more range, but more importantly, the .22 will retain more of its velocity and energy at longer rangers then a .177. This of course applies to all types of ammo weather it be bullets or pellets.