.25 Calibre

[brian747]

Hi Guys who hunts & plinks with a .25 cal airgun either
a springer or pcp, and your views on this cal,
I have a Kral NP-02 in .25 I hunt rats & tree rats with this its
very hard hitting!!, I shall soon have a Hatsan Dominator in .25 cal as well.
atb brian

[look no hands]

I plink with my .25 Lightning and love it, I've not hunted with it yet and would have no hesitations either.

Pete

[les allam]

Hi Brian
I have 3 springer’s in .25 and enjoy using them for close range hunting and longer range target work.
I like the challenge in extending the range for target shooting and if I do my bit,they can be very rewarding.
I would love to own a Bsa Lonestar in .25 if I had a FAC.
Les..

[Dornfelderliebe]

I have a Weihrauch 99 in .25 and I'm very happy with it. Sub 12 Fp, but I have found it is unhappy with heavier pellets The two best IMO are H&N FTT at 20.06 gr and good old Marksman at 19.2 both give 11.3-4 and more accurate than the 25gr pellets I have tried.

[NewPaul]

Hi Brian. I have a HW80 in .25. I’ve had good fun with it at my old club/range ‘smashing up’ all sorts of novelty targets and old domestic items like crockery and kids toys. I haven’t really spent enough time with it, nor have I assured myself that I have the most accurate pellets but, yes, I would like to hunt with it once I’ve done that. You’ve just spurred me on to get it out very soon and start reacquainting myself with it

[brian747]

I have a Weihrauch 99 in .25 and I'm very happy with it. Sub 12 Fp, but I have found it is unhappy with heavier pellets The two best IMO are H&N FTT at 20.06 gr and good old Marksman at 19.2 both give 11.3-4 and more accurate than the 25gr pellets I have tried.

Hi DFL,i intend to test the Marksman.25 & the H&N FTT
both in my NP-02 .25 and my hatsan dominator .25 when that arrives
I may try others as well.
thanks for the replies guys.
atb brian

[brian747]

Hi Paul, I hunt with the np-02 In .25 cal only 25-30 yrds mostly rats/ tree rats.
it poleaxes tree rats if shot at base of ear no movement just stone dead .
rats it drops like a stone , I am getting to enjoy this.25 cal.!!
atb brian

[Trumpetier]

You’ve just spurred me on to get it out very soon and start reacquainting myself with it

[NewPaul]

Trust you

[angrybear]

I love .25 cal,
I had a Hatsan Striker back in 2011, even did a review on here, It loved Marksman pellets Brian, so I'd try them in the Dominator, I was almost tempted to buy that as it was just down the road from me.
I've also had a BSA SuperSport .25, although that obviously had the .243" barrel,
& I've now got a BSA Scorpion SE in .25.

The Scorpion seems to shoot anything pretty accurately, but chrono testing has shown me that 25-26gn is the top end weight for a sub 12 pellet, above that they just aren't efficient & muzzle energy falls off a cliff.

As it happens I recently acquired 3 tins of Norica Apache 19gn & a tin of Mosquito 20gn (God I wish JSB would make them again as Exact RS Kings) to go with FTT 20.6gn,
Also worth a look are JSB lead free at 16.54gn, although they're really far too hard for a hunting pellet.

For Rats & Tree Rats in the garden it's my go to rifle.

[peddy]

Hi Guys who hunts & plinks with a .25 cal airgun either
a springer or pcp, and your views on this cal,
I have a Kral NP-02 in .25 I hunt rats & tree rats with this its
very hard hitting!!, I shall soon have a Hatsan Dominator in .25 cal as well.
atb brian

I've as same as you Brian, but only use at short ranges upto 25yards. The trajectory is too loopy past that. Try bsa pylarm in your np02, beats h&n and jsb in mine and not too heavy. I find once a rat is hit with .25 it's not going anywhere and little chance of pass through. I tend to shoot around machinery and livestock so want the pellet to stay in the body.

[brian747]

Thanks AB &Peddy for your replies,,once I get the hatsan dominator
I intend to try several different make of .25 pellets,i use in the NP-02 .25cal
air arms.25 pellets which seem the best suited, this .25 cal is growing on me
its great fun.!!
atb brian

[Murphy]

Every time a .25 post pops up it reminds me I have a shopping list of parts waiting to be put together.

HW80 action.

HW98 .25 Barrel.

CS500 stock.

Airmax 2-7x32 AO.

[rapidresponse1]

i had a 25 mfr which i bought off guy great gun it was

[Craig-P]

I built a .25 HW95 - originally for clobbering close range vermin.
But then Don reminded me that he owed me a favour and engraved it all over. I added a nice walnut stock and colour case hardened parts of it.

It now lives in the cabinet and only comes out to clobber tin cans on nice days...