ricohets

[garry.22]

Does a .177 pellet give more ricochets than a .22 pellet.Just wondering as i will doing pestcontrol around buildings

[Thunderbolt A10]

Does a .177 pellet give more ricochets than a .22 pellet.Just wondering as i will doing pestcontrol around buildings

Hi,

I don´t know. But anyway you can get ricochets with most airguns both sub 12 ft/lbs and FAC airguns. So be extremely careful not to get those ricochets ! Always safety first !

[Fluffybuck]

Probably not much difference.

I once got hit just in front of my ear by a ricochetting .22 Bisley Magnum @ 11.5ftlb which had come back from a target 20yds away, which a friend of mine had missed. It didn't fly straight back, it did some kind of strange loopy trajectory (took a couple of seconds to hit me), because it flew over a brick shed 10ft high, which I was standing behind. 8loodywell hurt too (it drew blood and made my ear ring), even though it probably only had one or two ftlb left.

Take great care, whatever calibre you use!

ATB
Fluffy

[flims]

yes very imp. thats enough to blind you!!

[16 Grain]

If you're concerned about ricochets:

Wear safety glasses

Use a soft pellet such as Air Arms Field

Do not try Logun Penetrators! These ricochet all over the place.

If you have adjustable power on your gun, consider turning it down. 8-10ftlbs is more than enough for a rat at close range.

Remember you will only lose your eye once. Safety first!!

[clubshot]

If you're concerned about ricochets:

Wear safety glasses

Use a soft pellet such as Air Arms Field

Do not try Logun Penetrators! These ricochet all over the place.

If you have adjustable power on your gun, consider turning it down. 8-10ftlbs is more than enough for a rat at close range.

Remember you will only lose your eye once. Safety first!!

Logun Penetrators are my Original Exterminators

Any Pellet will ricochet if it hits a solid material at the right angle
But from my own extensive tests and others
Exterminators normally flatten
As designed that weight behind head Should be the Killer hit.......
Reason they normally Penetrate more than other pellets.
Unless they hit bone and flatten

BOB/R

[delta1]

Ricochets are rare with Exterminators, but when you do have one, its usually a good'un.

[whiteleggHW77K]

I find with the narrower pellets you have more chance of missing anything that causes ricochets!

[verminshooter29]

good to see you are still asking questions. stick with the 22 and feed it hollow points around sheds good enough out to 35 i use them in my s400

[Dead_eye]

Although a ricochet only has a few ft/lb of engery left dont forget that the average 12 bore load only has 4ft/lb per shot left at 50m and look what damage they do.

But TBH its not something worth worrying about, unless you can map out advance and higly accurate trajectory angles and impact forces in a few seconds its not something you have a great deal of control over- Just use the normall commonsense you would else were

[hawk5377]

If proof were needed my wifes cousin has a glass eye from a ricochet from an airgun pellet.
Lets be careful out there.
Nick

[garry.22]

thanks

[Tom_S]

ive been hit in the shin by a ricochet not very nice not to mention a mark lol

[garry.22]

i remember my dad and me were at a cliff somewhere plinking bottles and we got a ricochet and the pellet skimmed on the water quite impressive.