I'm acutely aware of all the differences, and it won't take long for newbs to figure out that shooting pellets at 100Y and trying for MOA is not without it's frustrations, especially with wind involved. I think we all FOMO into things and see those "oh it's not like I thought it would be's" differently once we get hit by reality.
But they can still have fun at closer distances so no biggy.
As far as 22rf the match grade ammo that is more precise for long range has gotten expensive and the ES isn't great so those are some downsides. The more powerful rimfire rounds suffer even worse for ES except they are going 1800 fps to 3000 fps which makes up some for the low ES. But again it's getting expensive and a little over kill sometimes. Plus tiny 17gr bullets are very hard to spot where in the dirt or grass you missed at long range distances so not easy to know where to correct to.
That being said I have a little centerfire 5mm cartridge that absolutely destroys all these and isn't expensive because I reload for it. They all have their place and I'm glad I can pick which one I want to use right then.
Most of us would be in legal trouble if we got caught shooting firearms inside our property. Heck I'm surrounded by FS on 3 sides of my property but I'm not 400Y from the closest house so........ In other words I have the space but am constrained otherwise.
However I can hunt small game right off my property with airguns or can drive 20 minutes to shoot firearms. The PD's were up last week and I used my 17HMR.
Airguns - like others mentioned for us it's often grabbing the most appropriate tool for the job. Pellets - 6fpe up close, 20 fpe close to 80Y, 30 fpe the same as the 20 fpe. Even if I had a 100+fpe 30 cal pellet gun I still wouldn't want to shoot at 100Y because the 80 fpe 30 I used wasn't good at 100Y.
Slugs is another story - it's crazy how superior a mid powered pcp gun is with slugs as distance increases, like hundreds of yards, and it's cheap enough ammo wise to go for it all you want.
Also at 100Y the high BC slugs hardly blow in the wind compared to pellets.
Personal examples - not using wind flags, but shooting with pellets, when shooting in 12-ish mph full value winds, I've had groups as wide as 8" at 100Y and I was trying hard but the let offs and gusts were killing me.
Last week in worse condition's of a few more MPH, using slugs with a .18 G1 BC, I could keep all the shots inside 2.5" at 100Y.
With pellets it was frustrating but with slugs it was a lot of fun.
1 MOA isn't easy to do with 22rf at 100Y, nor with slugs, but if you have a good shooting slug/gun combo it's closer than I once thought, and when using pellets in any wind it's much harder to do MOA.
I'd rather not shoot pellets at 100Y except for messing around which brings back my personal conclusion that no I'll stay with slugs instead for longer distances.
"But to what end?" For me it's about what I enjoy and for you all it is most likely not the same as how I feel.
But they can still have fun at closer distances so no biggy.
As far as 22rf the match grade ammo that is more precise for long range has gotten expensive and the ES isn't great so those are some downsides. The more powerful rimfire rounds suffer even worse for ES except they are going 1800 fps to 3000 fps which makes up some for the low ES. But again it's getting expensive and a little over kill sometimes. Plus tiny 17gr bullets are very hard to spot where in the dirt or grass you missed at long range distances so not easy to know where to correct to.
That being said I have a little centerfire 5mm cartridge that absolutely destroys all these and isn't expensive because I reload for it. They all have their place and I'm glad I can pick which one I want to use right then.
Most of us would be in legal trouble if we got caught shooting firearms inside our property. Heck I'm surrounded by FS on 3 sides of my property but I'm not 400Y from the closest house so........ In other words I have the space but am constrained otherwise.
However I can hunt small game right off my property with airguns or can drive 20 minutes to shoot firearms. The PD's were up last week and I used my 17HMR.
Airguns - like others mentioned for us it's often grabbing the most appropriate tool for the job. Pellets - 6fpe up close, 20 fpe close to 80Y, 30 fpe the same as the 20 fpe. Even if I had a 100+fpe 30 cal pellet gun I still wouldn't want to shoot at 100Y because the 80 fpe 30 I used wasn't good at 100Y.
Slugs is another story - it's crazy how superior a mid powered pcp gun is with slugs as distance increases, like hundreds of yards, and it's cheap enough ammo wise to go for it all you want.
Also at 100Y the high BC slugs hardly blow in the wind compared to pellets.
Personal examples - not using wind flags, but shooting with pellets, when shooting in 12-ish mph full value winds, I've had groups as wide as 8" at 100Y and I was trying hard but the let offs and gusts were killing me.
Last week in worse condition's of a few more MPH, using slugs with a .18 G1 BC, I could keep all the shots inside 2.5" at 100Y.
With pellets it was frustrating but with slugs it was a lot of fun.
1 MOA isn't easy to do with 22rf at 100Y, nor with slugs, but if you have a good shooting slug/gun combo it's closer than I once thought, and when using pellets in any wind it's much harder to do MOA.
I'd rather not shoot pellets at 100Y except for messing around which brings back my personal conclusion that no I'll stay with slugs instead for longer distances.
"But to what end?" For me it's about what I enjoy and for you all it is most likely not the same as how I feel.
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