HW45 calibre question

[ETCHY]

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

[eyebull]

At the same ft/lb, at short range, the .177.

[Rickenbacker]

.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.

[eyebull]

.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.

If you are going to shoot 500ml plastic bottles with a low powered airgun, please wear safety glasses.....

[tinbum]

If you are going to shoot .177 pellets with an airgun, please wear a pink tutu.....

Wise words my friend.

[Rickenbacker]

If you are going to shoot 500ml plastic bottles with a low powered airgun, please wear safety glasses.....

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.

[eyebull]

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.

[Rickenbacker]

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.

I will good Sir, thank you. I was thinking of getting a beret, but they don't seem to come with a peak, for keeping the old sun out of the eyes.

[eyebull]

Wise words my friend.

Why I oughta...

[ETCHY]

Cheers all. Yep when shooting in the garage I always wear goggles as I've had the odd pellet come back at me

So it would appear that for actually blasting holes in things a .177 will be preferable. That's interesting

[Mr. Gen]

I wear my cap sideways, hold the pistol at an angle and effect a gold tooth.........the pellets are afraid to come back.

[blooregard]

Cheers all. Yep when shooting in the garage I always wear goggles as I've had the odd pellet come back at me

So it would appear that for actually blasting holes in things a .177 will be preferable. That's interesting

I think that both will be OK from an HW45, I beleive that the .177 is the same gun as the .22 it just has a different barrel. There is nothing done to take into account the extra push that .177 needs so the FPE will be lower.

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

The 177 will have greater penetration, but 22 will have more whacking power.

[ETCHY]

The 177 will have greater penetration, but 22 will have more whacking power.

Nicely put, thanks for that, it does help a lot

I just have to decide now which is the better option for what I like to do

[Inspector 71]

If you want to "whack" then .22 is the way forward. Also sweeter to shoot as the internals are under less working load than the .177. The larger calibre is great out to 15m especially with a light wadcutter like the previously mentioned RWS Hobby.