agreed but the reason for the thread isn't about killing so much as trying to prevent through and through which can cause damage to property or ricochet.
been looking at these pellets and thinking id like to try them, only problem is I serviced the DS today and re-scoped with one of these:
http://www.nikonsportoptics.com/en/N...ra-Turret.html
zero'd, measured scope height, chrono'd it & its running at 10.8 with jsb heavies (cos I had some) and its stacking them really tight at the preferred zero of 26 yrds. I wasn't really trying either. the new scope on 7 is clear as a bell from 18-40 yrds and on 3 from 8 yrds which is very cool. the plex ret is awesome too. so itl shoot flat from 8yrds to 27..., enough to aim dead on all the way.
now, although trying pellets is probably a good idea, its f'ing hard when something works as well as this does to change it ...
I really don't want to sell this rifle.. I really like it too much, I just need to put it in a grs stock., put a 4-16 on top and just use it for fun because its so good! I did have the idea of changing it to a .20 once.., scr quoted me bout £300-350 to do the swap but again, its so deadly in the calibre it is I don't want to change it. maybe I should just save up and sort the R10!
anyways.... doesn't look like ill ever manage to strip myself down to one pcp
"corners should be round" Theo Evo .22/.177 - Meopta 6x42, DS huntsman classic .20 vortex razor LH 3-15x42 under supervised boingrati tuning by Tony L & Tinbum, HW77 forest green - Nikon prostaff 2-7x32 plex.
Shoot through happens equally with any pellet at very short range. At mid range then the .22 might slow a tad due to its frontal area but being heavier holds its energy better. Only .25 at range is most likely to slow considerably through a flesh tissue medium. But theses bigger calibre's have more weight if they miss so break brittle farm building materials more. .177 tend to break up, but cut through thin metal sheeting more easily. The all will dent thin metal sheeting.
On oak beams then all can bounce straight back at you, the bigger the pellet the more likely. .177 more likely to penetrate and stay. .22 ding and drop off. .25 bruise and drop off.
The velocity would have to be very low, or lead very soft, too soft, to stop damage from a miss. Going through a body cavity isn't reliable to counter over shoot damage to backstops. Farmers don't like paint damage to their multi thousands Tractors and machinery. Broken tile or sheeting is expensive to fix.
7 ft/lbs would deliver enough for a kill at "in the barn" ranges, and might not break as much stuff.
Maybe some vermin controllers might give their experience here?
"corners should be round" Theo Evo .22/.177 - Meopta 6x42, DS huntsman classic .20 vortex razor LH 3-15x42 under supervised boingrati tuning by Tony L & Tinbum, HW77 forest green - Nikon prostaff 2-7x32 plex.
A variable power rifle would solve the problem. Pity there isn't a dual power springer. Look at the HW45 - so why can't they do the same with a rifle? I'd be interested...
"corners should be round" Theo Evo .22/.177 - Meopta 6x42, DS huntsman classic .20 vortex razor LH 3-15x42 under supervised boingrati tuning by Tony L & Tinbum, HW77 forest green - Nikon prostaff 2-7x32 plex.
I slightly doubt it, nice though it would be. Given all that funny tech stuff that I don't really understand about swept volume, start pressures, TP size...
Given the expectations of a plinker pistol, the variable HW45 gets away with it, but I doubt a springer rifle can be made that performs to an acceptable level based only on changes to stroke at both 5.9 and 11 ft-lbs.
If it could, I'd buy it.
Rhys, might you just be better off spending £50-100 on a .22" Meteor, Diana 27, etc?
"corners should be round" Theo Evo .22/.177 - Meopta 6x42, DS huntsman classic .20 vortex razor LH 3-15x42 under supervised boingrati tuning by Tony L & Tinbum, HW77 forest green - Nikon prostaff 2-7x32 plex.
I use the polymag shorts in all my pcp's and I haven't found a better pellet. It's a Shame there £14 for 200.