.177 or .22 for target.

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Sorry if the question has been asked before, for target only which caliber is better .177 or .22 for rifle and also pistol?
 
.177 has less drop. In most accuray competition they only use .177. You also have much more choice in guns (pistol) and amo. If you intend to compete, .177 all the way.
Denis
 
Buster95 said:
Sorry if the question has been asked before, for target only which caliber is better .177 or .22 for rifle and also pistol?
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How "Target" are you asking about?

If you look at what is available as far as competition level air guns, I'll go on a limb and say that there are not any .22 caliber ones available. Anyone?

If you are looking at the kind of air guns that you might find in a normal sporting goods retailer's stock, that are reasonably accurate for casual playing around, that is a different thing altogether, but the choices as far as quality grades of pellets are wider in .177.

Cheers
Trev
 
.177 is the standard target airgun calibre. Any of the fancy target guns you can see will be .177. It is very possible to get a good shooting .22, but the real target stuff is .177. There are plenty of very accurate .22's out there- and they are more appropriate for killing things.
 
If both caliber air rifles have the same muzzle velocity, say, 495 fps if they are both non-PAL or no licence required rifles, they would both have the same trajectory. If both rifles required a PAL to purchase, the .177 would most likely have the greater MV and hence the flatter trajectory, which lends itself to more accurate shooting at longer distances. Keep in mind that any pellet rifle that shoots over about 950 fps will suffer from pellet instability as the pellet approaches the trans sonic zone. Generally speaking .177 air rifles and air pistols are favoured for target shooting because they are flatter shooting. Not only that it is easier to find good quality pellets in .177 than in .22, and the vast majority of pellet guns, rifle or pistol, have a preference for a certain shape, size, and weight of pellet. Pellets come in different head sizes. For example .177 comes in 4.50, 4.51, 4.52, and 4.53 head sizes (at least in the better pellets such as JSB Exact and H&N Field Target Trophy. Round head pellets are best for longer distances and are equally accurate as wadcutters at shorter distances.
 
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