.177 shorty & 25. shorty…..
Ok ok…..
so we have the .177 short Taipan which no one has yet.
And the soon to be out 25. short Taipan.
I have never had a .177 pcp gun before. And I was thinking of getting a 25. shorty.
But I think what I use the puppy for, it may be too hot of a gun for me too use.
And I really don’t want a standard size Taipan 22. because the shorty is perfect. At under 23 inches long.
OK you guys with the 22 & .177 guns what ever the make.
How do you like shooting the .177’s does it shoot any flatter than the 22 guns? :4:
And if it does, too what range.
I would like too hear the pro’s & con’s of the .177’s.
Thx :biggrinn:
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Thx tsakula, & Pippo.
I like the idea of just, a fast shouldering of the gun, and having flat trajectory.
Will the .177 have enough energy too drop a crow @ 50-70 yards.
With a center mass shot??
Or will you need to do head shots, on them?? 🙄
So you want a .117 Taipan also then miksatx?
I really like mine in 22. now, but wanting a 2nd short puppy.
I just want a shorter .177 my current .177 is nearly 40″. plus .22 is over kill when shooting sparrows and starlings in my backyard. Most my shots under 60′ and have my gun turned down to 570fps.
Well not everybody will agree with what I’m saying.
For “standard” pcps in the 30-35 ft/lbs power range I believe the .22 is the optimum caliber due to the size and the weight of the pellet.
Personally I wouldn’t shot the .177 with more than 20 ft/lbs because of the pellet becoming unstable or eventually only with very heavy pellets.
People always believe that .177 gives you more shots per fill vs the .22 but actually this is not true, the .22 is more air efficient according to my experience.
Biggest pros of the .177 is being a laser beam because of the extremly flat trajectory making it easy to shoot without thinking too much about hold-over / hold-under at different ranges.
Don’t have any hunting experience so don’t know how the .177 performs in that department and this is also the reason why I don’t know very much about the .25 pcps because I think the .25 makes sense mostly in a hunting situation.
Probably the .22 is the best allrounder if you want to own just one gun (IMHO)
:2cents:
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Yes I sure do foxback. I have the Mutant std in .22 and it’s a kick ass bullpup and I couldn’t resist the deal Tony offered. The shorty .177 would just be icing on my bullpup cake!