Which has been your favorite and why?
I have a lot of time behind the .177 and hunting with it. For decades the caliber had the best choice of pellet designs and styles and thry preformed well giving deep penetration and pinpoint accuracy.
About 3 years ago I took a sidetrip into .22 land and was suprised to find that the caliber has caught up to the .177 in pellet styles! Now the preformance once limited tothe smaller caliber was available in the larger more potent .22! Along with the pellets, thr Magnum rifles were now being chambered in .22 and this opened new relums of preformance to play with.
Now I have 2 batteries of magnum rifles but no longer hunt. I really don't have the information on hunting with these modern guns to comment on their advantages over the .177 caliber guns.
I do know that benchrested, the modern Magnums print on paper at ranges where the .177 was king. That being 50 yards, +. The high powered Springers like my RWS Model 52. .22 act like .177's do! Trajectorys are near identical to the .177's anf ft/lb reads are much higher!
For instance, my Beeman R-11 and Diana 52 shoot alike! Their trajectories and long range impacts are similar! Groups can be run around the target with very similar amounts of clicks on their scopes! You can literally drive the groups all over the paper with Finger adjustments! Now I don't have referance to preformance data for hunting but accuracy for targeting and plinking are the same. I am sure that the .22 would kill more efficentlly due to it's heavier weight pellet. It just might be a better hunting caliber?
I know that for old eyes, the pellet holes on paper show up better! Impacts on inatament objects are heavier and a empty 12 ga hull will fly farther off with a louder "wack" than one hit with a high speed .177/
So how bout it? Anyone have the hunting experiences with both calibers to compare them? It'd be really intresting to have more info.
Frankilly, I like both calibers and have several of each. Choosing is near impossible 'cause I chose each rifle for other factors also.
my only duplicate rifles are in the RWS 34 Family and comments above pretty well sum up the differences between the two. The .22 has a little more drop but it;s easilly compensated for.
The old British saying, ".177 for Feathers and .22 for Fur" might be some good advice?
BPDave
I have a lot of time behind the .177 and hunting with it. For decades the caliber had the best choice of pellet designs and styles and thry preformed well giving deep penetration and pinpoint accuracy.
About 3 years ago I took a sidetrip into .22 land and was suprised to find that the caliber has caught up to the .177 in pellet styles! Now the preformance once limited tothe smaller caliber was available in the larger more potent .22! Along with the pellets, thr Magnum rifles were now being chambered in .22 and this opened new relums of preformance to play with.
Now I have 2 batteries of magnum rifles but no longer hunt. I really don't have the information on hunting with these modern guns to comment on their advantages over the .177 caliber guns.
I do know that benchrested, the modern Magnums print on paper at ranges where the .177 was king. That being 50 yards, +. The high powered Springers like my RWS Model 52. .22 act like .177's do! Trajectorys are near identical to the .177's anf ft/lb reads are much higher!
For instance, my Beeman R-11 and Diana 52 shoot alike! Their trajectories and long range impacts are similar! Groups can be run around the target with very similar amounts of clicks on their scopes! You can literally drive the groups all over the paper with Finger adjustments! Now I don't have referance to preformance data for hunting but accuracy for targeting and plinking are the same. I am sure that the .22 would kill more efficentlly due to it's heavier weight pellet. It just might be a better hunting caliber?
I know that for old eyes, the pellet holes on paper show up better! Impacts on inatament objects are heavier and a empty 12 ga hull will fly farther off with a louder "wack" than one hit with a high speed .177/
So how bout it? Anyone have the hunting experiences with both calibers to compare them? It'd be really intresting to have more info.
Frankilly, I like both calibers and have several of each. Choosing is near impossible 'cause I chose each rifle for other factors also.
my only duplicate rifles are in the RWS 34 Family and comments above pretty well sum up the differences between the two. The .22 has a little more drop but it;s easilly compensated for.
The old British saying, ".177 for Feathers and .22 for Fur" might be some good advice?
BPDave