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So in another post I asked for opinions on the Ultimate in.177 for hunting and target shooting.
After due consideration I bought one and a Hawke side winder scope. Yesterday I put about a 100 pellets through it and was so confident with it that I laid out in ambush tonight and took 3 rabbits with it at 35yrds, 3 good clean head shots so I'm well pleased with my new rifle.
And for anyone wondering .22 or .177 the .177 hit so hard the impact of pellet sounded like a hammer and the sound of pellet on bone was louder than the sound of the gun.

great to hear all went well on your outing well done .
i had the .177 out today as well they do the job ok .

So you took the plunge . I always find the .22 is like shooting in slow motion
No really

BBF

I was always of the idea that bigger was better for hunting but I think I was wrong.
I have an S410 carbine in. .22 zeroed at 30yrds and that was the limit of my hunting ability as I couldn't get to grips with range finding and hold over and under.
I've zeroed the .177 at 35yrs and checked the zero right down to 20yrs and the impact point is almost bang on the cross hairs.

I dont believe it ............. Is the beginning of a caliber debate ??

Lord no I'm not trying to start a debate I'm just saying how I've got on on my first time out with .177 apposed to .22

A debate is pointless............everyone knows .177 is best..

Have to say a .22 hobby doing 600+ fps out of an HW80 Knocks rabbits over with no problems, had two yesterday evening at 45yds, good for a pellet that's used for rats and cardboard. Rog

BEAR54 wrote:Lord no I'm not trying to start a debate ...........

And why ever not ???? It singlehandedly keeps airgunning discussions going .... for decades

BEAR54 wrote:I was always of the idea that bigger was better for hunting but I think I was wrong.
I have an S410 carbine in. .22 zeroed at 30yrds and that was the limit of my hunting ability as I couldn't get to grips with range finding and hold over and under.
I've zeroed the .177 at 35yrs and checked the zero right down to 20yrs and the impact point is almost bang on the cross hairs.

Check even further, both my rifles are zeroed at 35 yards, they both hit a PBR of around half an inch from 14 yards to 38 yards.
.22 is ancient history.