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  1. 02-05-2010, 06:04 PM #1
    KEITHTMORRIS
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    returning after many years

    Hi I am returning to air gunning after many years away. I have the usual question.
    .177 or .22 for hunting?

    Thanks

    Keith
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  2. 02-05-2010, 10:32 PM #2
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    Hi Keith,

    This question gets asked more than any other, so I created a thread where the pros and cons for each are laid out.

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  3. 02-05-2010, 10:58 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by KEITHTMORRIS View Post
    Hi I am returning to air gunning after many years away. I have the usual question.
    .177 or .22 for hunting?

    Thanks

    Keith
    Are you trying to start WWIII
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  4. 03-05-2010, 10:47 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by jagxkrs View Post
    Are you trying to start WWIII
    ROFL. 3 posts to his name and the two I've found have both been (slightly) controversial. Me thinks he will fit in well
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  5. 03-05-2010, 10:51 AM #5
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    Both are fine at limit.
    I prefer .22..
    Especially when it is cold or dark..Blind with sausage fingers.
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    Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved." - Aristotle
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  6. 03-05-2010, 11:02 AM #6
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    Hi, welcome back !

    No one can correctly answer your question, only you can decide but I guess you have already worked that one out.

    I could glibly say go out and buy one of each but its your money not mine and I've no right to state that.

    Join a club and/or discuss the issue with as many like minded shooters taking the opportunity to shoot with as many guns as you're offered and then make the choice. It my guess that along the journey you'll end up with "one or two" air guns anyway and by then you will know !

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  7. 03-05-2010, 11:42 AM #7
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    Hello.

    And the answer is .177.
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  8. 03-05-2010, 12:03 PM #8
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    Hi, welcome to the forum.
    .177 first then add a .22 later.

    Or....... go for .20 and have the best of both worlds
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  9. 03-05-2010, 12:19 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by madnurse View Post
    Hi, welcome to the forum.
    .177 first then add a .22 later.

    Or....... go for .20 and have the best of both worlds
    .20 sounds like it would be the best idea except for the cost of the pellets. Still, a lot cheaper than buying two guns, scopes etc
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