177 Or 22 Honest Opinion

[wildman 375]

i,ve had both over the years and i prefure 177 for range and penatrating power but being having a differance of opinion with collegue at work a novice thats trying to sell me a second hand brand spanking new 22 super ten

[bryanm45 787]

I would say what do you want to do with the rifle, target shooting the 177 because of the flatter trajectory, or for hunting .22 for stopping power, so what's it for.

[ArchieHood 3,692]

I use .177 for hunting and have no problems.Last night I hit a rabbit at 67metres and he went down like poofs wrist in an arm wrestle.

[wildman 375]

for me the 177 is best 22 dont have a look in for both but the only target shooting i do is when i need to set my sights

[woodcote1 88]

I prefer .22 for hunting. Tried .177 for a year but didn't have the confidence with it after a few runners.

[barrywhite 282]

If I had to choose between two older guns bsa airsporter or webley mark3 say, with open sights 177 or 22 I would go 22 .but today with quality accurate scopes and 177 guns shooting with the same power as 22 guns .,unlike in the old bsa or webley 177 9ftlbs 22 10ftlbs .As far as I feel ,the 22 is better for hunting was true once, but not today 177 has the edge at 12 ft lbs .22 works ,I have both caliber but if I had to have one caliber only it would be 177 .

[wildman 375]

nice one mr white answer i was iookin for you go to top of class and can hand out the pencils on monday morning ha ha

[robwelsh 354]

.20

[reaper1064 285]

I've always shot .22 but got hold of a .177 R10. After a few outings I still wasn't sure but gave it a bit more time. Glad I did, I am keeping the R10 and love using it. Still got a .22 Ultra but for me the .177 has the slight edge. Horses for courses no caliber is wrong as they will both do the job. There is no straight answer to this question you can only decide for yourself. Good luck.

[Mawders 595]

I've always ever owned .22 air rifles since the age of 13 but last month purchased my first .177

 

Lets just say I'm not rushing or hankering after going back to .22

 

Just prefer all the characteristics of .177 and when I saw the results on my first vermin I was properly impressed.

 

It would take something very special to tempt me back to .22

 

Mawders

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Mawders a brand new Super 10 is special, I know.....