have you seen the price of pellets??
with a pistol doing approx 2ft/lbs its not going to make much of a difference. and you dont need it to "hit harder" or anything like that as you cant use it for hunting.
so the only difference i can see is a .22 size hole over a .177 size hole and abut £3 extra on a tin of pellets
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i shoot ft, so the lighter pellet traveling faster means it has a flatter trajectory so there is more margin for error when jugging distances.
i do have 1 .22 rifle which i got for the ubc comp, and because it was a bargain. plus if every there are any pesky meece around, they will be getting the good news
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no, it will be just as accurate, however shooting a .22 requires more skill.
when shooting differnt ranges you either dial in the scope(rotating the turret to ajust the point of impact) to the range or hold over/under(using say mil dots each dot will represent a differnt range depending on how its set up so you aim using that dot).
if you think the target is at say 50 yards you dial in for 50yards or hold over and take the shot,
if the target is in fact at 47 yards a .177 may still hit it however a .22 may not due to the loopy-er trajectory.
so you need to be more accurate in your judgements with the .22, the gun itself will be just as accurate.
its quite hard to explain without drawing a couple of trajectories.
im sure someone else will be able to put it better.
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