357wheelgunner
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I had an RWS Model 36 when I was 15, with a 3x9 airgun scope (very important to get an airgun scope and not a normal rifle scope, the spring piston rifle will tear a normal scope apart) with an adjustable scope mount. I killed hundreds of ground squirrels / chipmunks, and a few woodchucks and crows, and a coyote with a head shot. I kept track one year and I got 140 something chippies.
.177 is the way to go with an airgun. The tiny pellet needs penetration to kill and the .177 will penetrate much deeper than a .22 will. My buddy had a .22 air rifle and he couldn't shoot as far or kill as reliably as I could. There are numerous articles on the subject, most argue very logically that the .177 is better for serious airgunning. My RWS 36 firing a .177 pellet at 1000fps was extremely accurate out to 40 yards or so, and I killed a few crows a bit past that, all with one body shot.
As soon as I'm out of this apartment and I have a yard I'll be buying an RWS 48.
.177 is the way to go with an airgun. The tiny pellet needs penetration to kill and the .177 will penetrate much deeper than a .22 will. My buddy had a .22 air rifle and he couldn't shoot as far or kill as reliably as I could. There are numerous articles on the subject, most argue very logically that the .177 is better for serious airgunning. My RWS 36 firing a .177 pellet at 1000fps was extremely accurate out to 40 yards or so, and I killed a few crows a bit past that, all with one body shot.
As soon as I'm out of this apartment and I have a yard I'll be buying an RWS 48.
