Definative Prepper airgun?

[harlowmaverick]

Bsa do .25 cal air rifles now

[munchh]

I think I will just grab my daystate wolverine .303 cal and incase I get fed up pumping it up I'd also let the wife come along lol :

Thats a bit of a cannon!

[hobo]

Ideally, my Weihrauch HW77 .22 with a Fontaine scope (dunno any specs).

As I can't use it just yet 'cause of my bad arm, I'd have to go for my Weihrauch HW45 pistol .22

[(pete)]

I'm glad i started this one, so the other question i was pondering is (not the .177 or .22 battle of witts that seems to be on every airgun forum), does anyone put any stock in .20 or .25?

Never used the .20 or .25 so can't comment on how they perform but I do know one thing I have never seen pellets that size in the tackle shops so may not be as readily available

[Triple_sod]

Never used the .20 or .25 so can't comment on how they perform but I do know one thing I have never seen pellets that size in the tackle shops so may not be as readily available

Ah catch 22 int it,

.20 or .25 are hard to get hold of and expensive so no one wants to shoot them,
No one wants to shoot them so they don't make many guns in those calibres
They don’t make may guns in those calibres so there isn’t much demand
There isn’t much demand so the pellets aren’t produced in any great numbers
The pellets aren’t produced in any great numbers so they’re hard to get hold of and expensive……..

and at the end of the day, air rifles are only really good for shooting small game at reasonably short ranges so don’t really see how much of an edge any pellet can truly give you. So people are always going to be a lot more interested in the actual gun itself.

[dreamcatcher]

I'm glad i started this one, so the other question i was pondering is (not the .177 or .22 battle of witts that seems to be on every airgun forum), does anyone put any stock in .20 or .25?

On a lot of Air Gun sites the general rule of thumb seems to be .177 for feather. .22 for fur. .177 has a flatter trajectory, therefore you can shoot further. .22 obviously hits harder due to the additional weight of the pellet.

[seamus1979]

i bought a gamo x whisper as my first air rifle
i read alot of bad reviews about gamo rifles but that this model was ideal as a beginner rifle
the silencer is absolutely terrible though!

[munchh]

I'm glad i started this one, so the other question i was pondering is (not the .177 or .22 battle of witts that seems to be on every airgun forum), does anyone put any stock in .20 or .25?

On a lot of Air Gun sites the general rule of thumb seems to be .177 for feather. .22 for fur. .177 has a flatter trajectory, therefore you can shoot further. .22 obviously hits harder due to the additional weight of the pellet.

I had this very conversation with a friend last week, seems to be the way to go.

[harlowmaverick]

That's an old saying, technology has moved on, there are even fragmenting pellets now that are legal in the UK to hunt with.
.177 is fast becoming the hunters choice and I should know as I work in one of the largest gun shops in Essex and see what is being used for all manner of jobs.
It is all down to shot placement, not how big the pellet is now days.
Air rifles today no matter what make or type will always out shoot the person holding it.

[munchh]

That's an old saying, technology has moved on, there are even fragmenting pellets now that are legal in the UK to hunt with.
.177 is fast becoming the hunters choice and I should know as I work in one of the largest gun shops in Essex and see what is being used for all manner of jobs.
It is all down to shot placement, not how big the pellet is now days.
Air rifles today no matter what make or type will always out shoot the person holding it.

good to get some knowledge from someone in the buisness and i'm sure what you say is true if buying a new gun, but what advice would you give if buying second hand, how old would you go and are there any obvious things to look out for that would tell you not to buy?

cheers.