Which cal with 24" bbl in the quest for more power
Not so long ago I got a 18″ barrel for my otherwise stock TSS and it’s working great, but may go for a 24” some day to get the max out of my stock gun.
I’m thinking of maybe going .25 in the longer barrel. I’m wondering about the pros and cons of a slower moving .25 to a much faster moving .22. I really like the idea of a .22 Kodiak doing 950 or more, but a bigger heavier 31 gr .25 at around 840 doesn’t sound bad either… which would you choose for longer range hunting/target work? Or maybe a even heavier Eun Jin in .22 may be the best of both worlds in .22 with 24″ barrel? I’m also kinda itching to change cal since I already have 2 barrels in .22.
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Thx for the input. Yeah, I think I’ll go with .25 if I get a 24″ barrel. With the stock talon valve, I wouldn’t go there with a barrel less than 24″ though. I know they also make .25 pellets a little lighter than 31 gr, which would speed things up a bit, hopefully without sacrificing to much wallop.
The extra weight also helps balance out the shot string so you get more consistant shots.
I’d get 20 full power shots in .25, would only get 15 or so in .22 before POI changed enough I had to compensate.
When I went to .25 I was surprised at how fast I could push those large pellets.
Heavier pellets will retain velocity longer than thier lighter cousins too, so trajectory inst that much different.
When I shot .22 kodiaks, they actually dropped 3″ more at 100 yards than the .25 kodiaks do when I started both of them at 950fps.
some .25s are just as fast as .22s
In that case, .25 is the way to go.
I shoot .25 Kodiak at 1020-1040 fps. Fast. Flat. Accurate.
Yeah he had one like that.
Of course he had to get up every morning and inject it with steriods. He does some pretty cool stuff. 😀
Doesn’t Cygnus have a monster making 500+ FPE?
For the most power go for a .308 and or 9mm.
Get in the 270 foot-pounds or 360 joules of energy.
That’s power. 😀
If you’re looking for the most power you can wring out of your gun, you need to go to .25.
Do you do a lot of long range hunting? I ask because when you take a gun to the extreme of its power potential you will be making it less capable in other respects. It will be louder and require more fills and might not be as consistent from shot to shot. If you only take long shots on rare occasions, I would recommend you stay with .22 and optimize the gun for the shooting you do most.
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BC is a wonderful thing! 😀