Page 3 of 6 FirstFirst 12345 ... LastLast
Results 31 to 45 of 86

Thread: Why does .177 exist?

  1. #31
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    mountain ash
    Posts
    8,892
    Covers further distances and cheaper pellets in most places.

  2. #32
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Exeter
    Posts
    36,789
    I'm just surprised .177 pellets don't come in a rainbow tin

  3. #33
    Murphy is offline Cooee! Chase me you naughty boys!
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Wigan
    Posts
    22,424
    Correct me if I am wrong, but .177 is No 1 bore and .22 is No 2 bore.

    So, as we all know, it was named No 1 because it's the best.
    Master Debater

  4. #34
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Exeter
    Posts
    36,789
    No, because it's the smallest , designed especially for low power indoor target shooting.
    there was no .20 as it was only introduced in 1948, so No-2 was .22 & No-3 .25

  5. #35
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    redcar
    Posts
    937
    Funny thread.

    Simple... there are those that know.
    There are those that don't know.
    Then there are those that don't know that they don't know. (And they shoot .20)

    Don't worry about the why, and stick with ya oversized calibre, now that you cant see the pellet or feel them or load them properly.
    Now that you cant pull the knicker elastic back on ya catapult enough so have to use an airgun.
    Keep using your 4x only scope so it doesn't show the jelly wobble you now have, mind you now that you shoot from a stick it isn't so bad.
    Use the little toy airgun that weighs same as a bag of sugar cos a real rifle is too heavy.

    Leave the real shooting to the Woke, snowflake generation, and if they want rainbow coloured pellets that would be great, especially in the oversized calibres, as it will only help you see the pellets!!
    Last edited by gsxrman; 04-12-2023 at 06:23 PM.
    VAYA CON DIOS

  6. #36
    Join Date
    Jul 2001
    Location
    Tonbridge Kent
    Posts
    2,959
    Quote Originally Posted by tinbum View Post
    Genuine question.

    I’m not trying to start an argument, I use .20, but I sometimes look at .177 shooters and wonder if they were not loved enough as children?
    You could have fooled 99% of the membership

  7. #37
    tinbum's Avatar
    tinbum is offline Killer Vampire Lesbians on scooters
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Daarn Saaarf!
    Posts
    19,806
    Quote Originally Posted by Mark D View Post
    You could have fooled 99% of the membership
    It could just as easily be “.22”. I’m just wondering who first thought we needed an alternative calibre, and why?

    So far I think T20’s answer is the most plausible
    Better to admit you walked through the wrong door than spend your life in the wrong room

  8. #38
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    durham
    Posts
    3,516

    Why does .177 exist?

    Quote Originally Posted by Hsing-ee View Post
    Indeed it did. Until the production of the Feinwerkbau Sport, which I think was in the very late 1960s or early 1970s, the BSF break-barrels were the only spring-powered rifles that would do 12 fpe in .177. The others - BSA Airsporter, Weihrauch HW35, Diana 50 and 35, Falke 80/90, Webley Mk III etc etc would generally be around the 9 fpe mark in .177. Maybe a few HW35s would do 10-ish, but nothing but the BSF B55/S60/S70 would break the 800 fps mark with a normal pellet.

    It's a very light rifle, and the powerful spring and large amount of pre-load the BSF has makes it difficult to shoot accurately for a lot of people, but hold it gently and allow it to jump around and it groups well. Sometimes wish I hadn't sold mine.
    I've got an old .177 BSF S70 that shoots very nice at 10-10.5, I had the choice of standard or export springs when i rebuilt it & chose the milder spring on the advice of wiser bsf owners. Glad i did it's a nice very easy to cock little plinker
    Last edited by junglie; 04-12-2023 at 12:59 PM.

  9. #39
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Exeter
    Posts
    36,789
    Quote Originally Posted by tinbum View Post
    It could just as easily be “.22”. I’m just wondering who first thought we needed an alternative calibre, and why?

    So far I think T20’s answer is the most plausible
    Assuming Bell target was one of the "parlor" sports using the Flobert system in the mid/late C19th it would be correct.

  10. #40
    Hsing-ee's Avatar
    Hsing-ee is offline may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal repleneration
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Glasgow
    Posts
    18,684
    Quote Originally Posted by junglie View Post
    I've got an old .177 BSF S70 that shoots very nice at 10-10.5, I had the choice of standard or export springs when i rebuilt it & chose the milder spring on the advice of wiser bsf owners. Glad i did it's a nice very easy to cock little plinker
    Good idea. Aside from the cocking effort and considerable spring-surge etc, the BSF trigger is not fully active like a Rekord or CD unit. This means that the heavy spring makes the trigger action less sweet... so a lighter mainspring makes them better in this department too.

  11. #41
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    NR Doncaster
    Posts
    3,304

    .177

    It exists to show how pointless .20 is.
    "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" -- Benjamin Franklin

  12. #42
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    Near Wimbledon, SW London, or Lusaka, Zambia
    Posts
    26,998
    Quote Originally Posted by Murphy View Post
    Correct me if I am wrong, but .177 is No 1 bore and .22 is No 2 bore.

    So, as we all know, it was named No 1 because it's the best.
    nope, it's cos .177 evangelists are the no 1 bore.
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.

  13. #43
    Join Date
    Nov 2011
    Location
    Bexhill-On-Sea
    Posts
    5,455
    Quote Originally Posted by angrybear View Post
    I'm just surprised .177 pellets don't come in a rainbow tin
    Looking for TO-6 Trigger unit unmessed with or T0-6 kit for 34

  14. #44
    Born Again is offline Owns three Roy orbison albums
    Join Date
    Jun 2020
    Location
    Cardigan
    Posts
    1,603
    Quote Originally Posted by angrybear View Post
    I'm just surprised .177 pellets don't come in a rainbow tin
    Surely .22 should have the rainbow, to indicate the trajectory you can expect.

  15. #45
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    Rochdale
    Posts
    2,307
    Could there be an argument for .157 (4mm) for target shooting?

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •