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Bit of a funny question this, but which is likely to have more penetrative power on something like a tin can, a .177 or a .22 HW45?
I like shooting baked bean tins
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Dave
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Hello
Bit of a funny question this, but which is likely to have more penetrative power on something like a tin can, a .177 or a .22 HW45?
I like shooting baked bean tins
Cheers
Dave
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At the same ft/lb, at short range, the .177.
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.22 would hit your tin cans more with more authority though.
And those 500ml plastic coke/7up etc bottles, shaped like skittles?
A .22 Hobby, even out of a feeble pistol like a Nemesis - you hit one square in the middle, and it gives it a WHACK like you hit it with a cricket bat.
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If you are going to shoot 500ml plastic bottles with a low powered airgun, please wear safety glasses.....Originally Posted by Rooti McNote
.22 would hit your tin cans more with more authority though.
And those 500ml plastic coke/7up etc bottles, shaped like skittles?
A .22 Hobby, even out of a feeble pistol like a Nemesis - you hit one square in the middle, and it gives it a WHACK like you hit it with a cricket bat.
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Probably good general advice for informal air pistol shooting (thanks), although shooting outdoors, with a soft backstop and untethered drinks bottles as skittles, at between 10 and 20 yards distance, I've never had a pellet (or steel BB) come back at me.
I believe rebounds from a solid flat target or backstop (or something like a fence post) are much more likely.
You carn't be too careful though. When I was a kid I had one square in the eyeball (A rebound from my mate's .22 Super Meteor, via a big square wooden post). I must have blinked, because I had a pellet sized bruise on my eyelid for weeks, and I couldn't see right for years after that.
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Wood is a definite hazard, but drinks bottles can ping them back at you as well as they can be quite elastic. I'd recommend leaving the cap off.
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