Forget .177 Or .22

[Alsone 789]

 

I remember seeing a Youtube vid of Malcom Barnard of Country Pursuits TV trying to shoot farm rats with a sub-12 ft/lb .303 rifle. It was just pathetic! You might as well throw rocks at them. Way underpowered gun trying to shoot a very hefty, large calibre pellet? It was a farce. You just know what was going to happen. Or not! I don't think he hit a single rat with it.

 

 

The Daystate .303 above is 100 ft lbs and 935 fps, so doesn't suffer that issue. There's little point to them in the UK though.

[pianoman 3,589]

 

 

I remember seeing a Youtube vid of Malcom Barnard of Country Pursuits TV trying to shoot farm rats with a sub-12 ft/lb .303 rifle. It was just pathetic! You might as well throw rocks at them. Way underpowered gun trying to shoot a very hefty, large calibre pellet? It was a farce. You just know what was going to happen. Or not! I don't think he hit a single rat with it.

 

 

The Daystate .303 above is 100 ft lbs and 935 fps, so doesn't suffer that issue. There's little point to them in the UK though.

 

Well if that what a 100 ft/lb .303 PCP rifle performs like, I am further baffled why anyone would want such a dismal piece of junk. It was so poor I was convinced he was wasting his time with a sub 12 ft/lb version.

 

I might go look again...if I can ever be bothered, just to be sure.

 

100 ft/lbs is not that great for a .303 cal. round. I think it would need a lot more than that to make it effective??

[walshie 2,804]

 

 

Not read the links so forgive me but surely we don't have the required FPS to take advantage of such larger calibres?

That about sums it up, I seen a you tube where a rat had time to jump out the way before the pellet got there Lol.

 

Can anyone, ANYONE give me a solid, convincing reason that there is any merit or worthy value in buying a .303 calibre air rifle for use in the UK? I doubt you'll be allowed to shoot deer with one? Tell me if I'm wrong? Or can you shoot Muntjac with one? Just what is the point of a .303 calibre air rifle. We don't have dangerous wild boar or wild pigs roaming free in the woods here?? A .303 pellet needs a massive air charge in hundreds of FPE to make it effective at reasonable ranges. depending on what that effective range may be.

 

I remember seeing a Youtube vid of Malcom Barnard of Country Pursuits TV trying to shoot farm rats with a sub-12 ft/lb .303 rifle. It was just pathetic! You might as well throw rocks at them. Way underpowered gun trying to shoot a very hefty, large calibre pellet? It was a farce. You just know what was going to happen. Or not! I don't think he hit a single rat with it.

 

We've shot small vermin very effectively with sub 12-ft/lbs .22 or .177 air rifles for decades. Fast, reactive vermin need a small, fast flying, hard hitting round. What's wrong with the kit we currently have? Or going FAC and buying a sweetly set-up 17HMR or .22LR? If not, a tuned .22 FAC PCP or springer???

 

Or, apart from hunting pigs overseas, is this is a solution that has yet to find a problem ??? :hmm:

 

 

Correct. You wouldn't be able to shoot any deer with it. Even Munties or CWD.