.177 farmyard hunting....

[rhyslightnin]

I've got a tin of BSA Interceptor hollow point .177 sat here doing nothing 7.87gn, yours if you want to try them.

Great.. I'm up for that.. you going to the bash?

[angrybear]

Great.. I'm up for that.. you going to the bash?

No, sorry not my thing, PM your addy I'll post them.

[Black Beard]

I did a fair bit of pellet testing into soap and gelatine...

Best expanding hollow point was BSA interceptor (but quality control sucks and pellet heads tend to be too small). Next was H&N barracuda hunters (great pellets) and Bisley pest control. Super h point and h&n hollow point don't expand. Best expansion ever was Hobbys fired backwards. Norica killer were also interesting but not accurate and no longer available.

No matter what you use, please make sure accuracy is acceptable at farmyard ranges. Don't expect much from BSAs Noricas or pellets fired backwards.

[Kernel Gadaffi]

Myself and long time shooting buddy used RWS Squirrel and nothing else for almost 40 years, they were very accurate at all ranges and provided some great stopping power, sadly, they are no longer made and were just a little bit heavier than the Hobby, we have a few tins left and what we'll turn to when they run out I don't know. We bought a batch of 100 tins between us at the time.

[Steyr]

Just watched an aeac video on long range .177 pellet stability. He used some predetor polymags and it got me thinking..... The Daystate hasn't sold, the BSA is broke, as am I & I'm currently without a pcp (don't like using a gun I'm trying to sell). So I'm considering re-scoping the DS and trying some of the above pellets or other various hollow point variations for the farm. Might even service it & wind the power back to 9.5/10 just to slow them down a bit more.
What is people's impression of the various "hunting hollows" ,"flat heads" & what I call "spiked hollows".... Any recommendations in .177?
And is there any other tips I could use for a .177 rat & bird rig?
Thanks Rhys

It is no different to any other pellet/barrel match. There may be the usual suspects but until you load and send, you wont have a clue what works in your barrel.

The other issue with HP and that genre of hunting pellet is how far they can go within a group before the accuracy drops off.

My HW100 likes Bisley Pest Control...good to 30 yards max.

There is no short cut.

[lensman57]

Just watched an aeac video on long range .177 pellet stability. He used some predetor polymags and it got me thinking..... The Daystate hasn't sold, the BSA is broke, as am I & I'm currently without a pcp (don't like using a gun I'm trying to sell). So I'm considering re-scoping the DS and trying some of the above pellets or other various hollow point variations for the farm. Might even service it & wind the power back to 9.5/10 just to slow them down a bit more.
What is people's impression of the various "hunting hollows" ,"flat heads" & what I call "spiked hollows".... Any recommendations in .177?
And is there any other tips I could use for a .177 rat & bird rig?
Thanks Rhys

If they proved accurate in your barrel and you wanted to use them then keep the distance short. They are accurate in my HW100 and Huntsman Regal but no further than 35 ~40 yards and preferably about 25 Yards or so. The short distance is due to the lack of power of the sub 12 guns and the Polymag being a quasi wad cutter design has relatively poor BC, it bleeds energy quickly.

A.G