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Hunting Springers

SJS said:
With the wide variety of pellets available now in both calibres a heavy 177 or a light 22 probably negates the need for .20 ( I’ve put my tin hat on for the inevitable incoming!)
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I dont think you need your tin hat. The variety of different pellets does provide a range of possibilities but very few of us ever explore the potential. I was given a tin of lightweight. 22 hunting pellets a few years back. The rifle i tried them in hated them so they went back on the shelf.
Then I bought a new HW97 and the advice I was given was put about 500 pellets through it to let it settle down before you start competitions.
Out came the odd tins of gash pellets to use up including these lightweights I was given. The 97 loved them, not match accuracy but squirrel accuracy at modest range definitely.
 
I don't hunt anymore but when I started shooting air rifles. Springers only with my son about 25 years ago it was all we used them for. The only paper we shot at was to check zero before setting off.
One was a . 22 HW97 and the other a. 22 Webley Stingray LE.
We never came home empty handed. Pigeon, squirrel or rabbit.
Still own both rifles. All that has changed is that I have stopped hunting and started collecting. 🙄
PCPs for hunting, then or now never entered our minds and if I was to hunt again tomorrow for the rest of my days it would be with a springer.
 
There's the typical usual banter on this thread about caliber - all are fine, ie: I've dropped deer ( humanely) with a fast .22 centerfire & at the other extreme, a .375 Holland & Holland... Both calibers will do the job, though, a fact is; bigger holes are harder to stitch up. This said, as I've mentioned before, tailor rifle & importantly, ammo to task. In the same way a powder rifle bullet is used based on it's characteristics on impact & penetration ( for a given game species), so to, one should choose a pellet accordingly. If shooting long range, one obviously wants a sleek, pointy(er), heavy( er) high B.C. pellet with a narrow meplat( projectile tip). This same projectile profile, whilst aiding long range shooting, can/ is a hindrance when close in shots are taken - lower terminal energy imparted ( aerodynamic pointy tip acts as a wedge) & heavy pellet over penetrates. A flatter meplat(more surface contact on impact) & slower velocity pellet imparts more efficient energy over a larger area , given the same density/ resistance of the target medium. This resistance & surface spread puts energy in target & not behind it. Win/Win.
Takeaway here: be selective in your ammo choice in relation to it's intended usage & distance...one pellet to do it all is not
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really the best choice.
While the weights differ a bit, have a peek @ meplat of each pellet here - all in .22
JSB Express .
Crosman Premier H.P.
RWS Superdome
RWS Hobby

Look at meplat difference & think, velocity , being all that's needed, which one would you choose for given tasks ? Comparable accuracy a given.
 
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