Posted March 11, 200322 yr comment_5527 could comebody please tell me some information on FAC air rifles and .25 if there is such a calibre :( what would these do to an animal. p.s this doesn't have anything to do with foxes no more :laugh:
March 11, 200322 yr comment_5528 The post was about someone shooting a fox at point-blank range, where the pellet still has most of its energy and is easily able to penetrate a fox skull. Even an FAC air rifle pellet posesses a fraction of the energy of a basic rimfire (about 100ftlbs). I know of someone who has an antique precharged air rifle which takes .303 bullet shaped pellets (I think it was), fully rifled and is very powerful. There is an insert tube to allow it to take a smaller gauge pellet as well, which fits inside the .303 barrel.
March 11, 200322 yr Author comment_5529 ok i have changed it as that was probs a stupid question! :laugh:
March 12, 200322 yr comment_5526 There used to be .20 pump-up air rifles by Sheridan I believe and I seem to remember somebody bringing out a .25, but don't forget that it will have to be no more than 12 ft.lbs muzzle energy, so the veolicity is bound to be lower than smaller calibres. You might do better with a catapult.
March 12, 200322 yr comment_11781 This will answer you problem http://home.hiwaay.net/~ispellan/SetupAirGun.exe I may put it in a new thread as it is so usefull.
March 12, 200322 yr comment_11847 THERE IS SUCH A THING AS .25,AND U CAN GET A RAPID 7 IN .25 AT 40ft/lbs.THE PROBLEM IS FINDING A DECENT PELLET THAT IS GOING TO BE CONSISTANTLY ACCURATE. YOU CAN GET AIR RIFLES OVER 3OO+ ft/lbs, I THINK THEY ARE 9MM IN CALIBRE AND HAVE HEARD OF FOXES BEEN TAKEN WITH THESE.
March 12, 200322 yr comment_11851 Titan did a barrel for there JB1 in .25.That was 13 years ago. Still wish i had the ol JB1. all the best yis yp
March 13, 200322 yr comment_11874 The patriot used to be made in .25 but only FAC (otherwise the pellet speed would be too low to be of any use.)
March 13, 200322 yr comment_11882 Fac air rifles are seriously handy tools for some forms of hunting,but for foxes I would considernothing other than a 12 bore shotgun with heavy load cartridges
March 27, 200322 yr comment_12949 Just found this; http://www.guntrader.co.uk/GunsForSale/Res...020308133920286
March 28, 200322 yr comment_12990 I have an old .25 BSA Supersport spring air rifle and you are right I can do better with a caterpult the thing is useless :< :<
March 28, 200322 yr comment_12998 Yes i think bsa used to make a .25 (cobra??)or somthing like that ,it was a bit ill fated at 12ft lbs because of the obvious problems of having to push such a large pellet very fast to flatten out the trajectory which would make it over the limit.i suppose 80ftlbs would do it though :unsure: but then we are back to the issue of "you may as well have a rimmy"which will still shoot flatter,is more powerful and a heck of a lot more ammunition to chose from
March 28, 200322 yr Author comment_13021 yes these .25 rifles sound pretty useless. But does anyone know much about .20 and what they i like? :unsure:
March 30, 200322 yr comment_13111 Main problem with .20 is lack of decent pellets, however I thing that situation is starting to change...
March 31, 200322 yr comment_13143 But does anyone know much about .20 and what they i like? These links should keep you busy for a bit! http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/model.pl...pl?model_id=207 http://www.wholesalehunter.com/product/ben...benjdes/cb9.htm http://www.mrpsds.com/bensherstrea.html http://www.blazetrek.com/bensherpumpe.html http://www.webcom.com/airguns/Sheridan.html http://www.gosource.com/agusa/21.pdf http://www.airgundepot.com/cb9.html http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews889.html
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