And kill em clean? With prometheus pellets, I rather think not.
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60 yards kills are easily possible with a sub 12fpe gun, but unless you're supremely confident, and it's a completely still day, then 35 yards is probably the general limit for hunting.
prometheus pellets are alright, but you're better off with lead
I've got a tx200 right now. just stripped the stock and re-oiled it and had the metal re-blued
prometheus pellets are alright, but you're better off with lead
I've got a tx200 right now. just stripped the stock and re-oiled it and had the metal re-blued
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i heard somewhere that it only takes a pellet travelling at 3ft-p on contact to kill a bunny..
is this correct?
is this correct?
60 yards kills are easily possible with a sub 12fpe gun, but unless you're supremely confident, and it's a completely still day, then 35 yards is probably the general limit for hunting.
prometheus pellets are alright, but you're better off with lead
I've got a tx200 right now. just stripped the stock and re-oiled it and had the metal re-blued
thank you
domes or points?
only springer i have left is the Scorpion (just for plinking)
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that's true. a pellet dropping to only 3fpe of energy though is losing height really quickly, so if you don't judge the distance extremely accurately, then you end up with a miss, or a wounded bunny, which is not nice..
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thank you
domes or points?
only springer i have left is the Scorpion (just for plinking)
it depends really. domes are probably better for bunnies, as the points could easily over-penetrate, not transferring all of the energy in to the target. I'd got with points for pigeons
points aren't good for shooting paper, as you can't see the holes well, although air arms hunter are ok in paper, they're in-between domes and points flat heads cut out nice like round holes which are great for target shooting on paper!it depends really. domes are probably better for bunnies, as the points could easily over-penetrate, not transferring all of the energy in to the target. I'd got with points for pigeons
ahhh
i just used to buy mixed pellets and shove owt into the rifle when i was a kid, never gave it a second thought.
bought the prometheus cos they were the rage at the time but still didn't notice much difference tbh
well apart from they were more expensive
i have a tin of domes and a tin of flatties somewhere for the pistol
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And kill em clean? With prometheus pellets, I rather think not.
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True, very true but I've always made a rule of no further than 35 yards with sub 12.
Having said that my 22 LR is zeroed at 80 yards using subs but my best shot to date was a bunny at 124 yards, dropped it stone dead. Gave it about 2" hold over and down it went.
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The very best springers are 'break barrel' I have a Brummy Webley Tomahawk in .22, not for sale though, also a Webley Tracker (not break barrel but a bloody good airgun) and I have several other Webley's including a Longbow and a few BSA break barrel's.
hell break barrels are upto 1200fps in .177 and 1000fps in.22
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it depends really. domes are probably better for bunnies, as the points could easily over-penetrate, not transferring all of the energy in to the target. I'd got with points for pigeons
but in you are using flats for target and sighting in , and another for hunting point of impact will be different
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of course yes, but you should be firing a good few tins of pellets at targets before you start shooting live quarry, and flat-heads are good for things like rats and sqizzers!
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Old bsa brilliant, new bsa totally cheap made and nt like the old ens, get an air arms
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Haha no worries, I know of someone selling a Webley eclipse, with scopes. It's a .22 springer, reckon he will take 100
Sounds good. Where is he based?
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york mate, not sure how far that is from you?
About 300 miles. Shame
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I got a weihrauch HW35 struggling to get 8lbsft out of it apparently the cylinders suffer from pourous braze will check another day as cba to strip it again!!
Some pics:
I'd stick with well known brands and whatever you get ask for a chrono before handing over cash or factor in the cost of a service rebuild. The second pic shows a really poor pic of the light its way better than that i think for some reason I couldn't hold the Iphone in the right place to get a full view.
Some pics:
I'd stick with well known brands and whatever you get ask for a chrono before handing over cash or factor in the cost of a service rebuild. The second pic shows a really poor pic of the light its way better than that i think for some reason I couldn't hold the Iphone in the right place to get a full view.
