What air-pistol should i get?...177 or.22??

Question

Hi im from england...

iv had bb guns... and i have handled air rifles which my friends have. iv used a cometa which i liked, but because of my house location and lack of space i want to get a pistol... i would like some recomendations on pistols and which is the better calibar for me. i only want to use it to short targets and cans,, i may hunt with this gun occasionally though.

thankyou

Harley

Answer 1

This is my absolute favorite air pistol for my indoor / basement range.

http://www.crosman.com/site/listing/1035

This is my favorite air rifle for indoor shooting.

http://www.crosman.com/site/listing/1040

2-3 pumps is plenty inside.

If I am outside and want to knock the c**p out of something, I choose .22 caliber and a much higher velocity.

http://www.crosman.com/site/listing/1387

before I got the above gun, I used this...

http://www.crosman.com/site/listing/1053

which could kill most small game at 15-20 yards.

a .22 (12.35 grain) pellet going 685 fps has a greater impact than a .177 (6.5 grain) going 900 fps. The .177 is going much faster, which means flatter trajectory, but also means it will pass through the animal often more cleanly. The shock of a .22 means faster death due to greater internal injury. If you hunt, make it your first priority to make a clean, humane kill on the first shot. Be an ethical hunter.

Answer 2

Inexpensive

Crosman 1377 .177

Moderate

RWS 5G Magnum .177

http://www.airgundepot.com

Expensive

Beeman/Weihrauch P1 .177

Weihrauch HW45 .177

Powerful PCP

Evanix Hunting Master AR6 .22

Airguns

http://www.pyramydair.com

Answer 3

both work great for targets and hunting and are equally as good with certain ammo almost all 22 ammo is good for hunting but not .177 for .177 hunting pellets i suggest gamo pba raptor and armor pellets

Answer 4

heyy it all depends on what ur using the gun for if ur shooting paper targets i would get the .177 that what i use however i also hunt squirrels with my .177 and 50% of the time the bb wont take down the squirrel so if u going to hunting i would get the .22 it has a little bit more stopping power than the .22 but if ur going to use strickly for hunting forget the air pistols and go with an actual .22 pistol

hope this helps