Originally Posted by
Geezer
Im basically with you.
But I am ambivalent about Webley Mk3s (introduced in .177 only at first, and widely used for target work in the 50s), all the smaller stuff (Milbro 25s, Webley Junior/Ranger/Jaguar, BSA Cadets).
For many pistols, .177 is either the only calibre they were made in, or I am ambivalent (eg wobbly Webleys, which I like in both calibres, despite my very unscientific view that they tend to be more accurate in .177). But BSA Scorpions have to be .22, surely? A .177 Scorp is like having a 1300 or 1600 Capri, when you could have had at least the 2-litre or even the 3-litre V6.
Personally, I think the Omega is most right in .22. By the time it was introduced (1984/85), it was not competitive in FT, but it was before the whole .177 for hunting thing really took off in the 90s.