With a .22 airgun you can kill anything. Even an elephant.. With headshots.. But if you can not hit excatly where you aim...No caliber will make a clean kill.
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.22 for hunting
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I would say if beavers are the subject just be safe and go with 22LR. Most ammo is cheaper than airgun slugs, will do more damage, and you don't need a compressor for your 22LR. Ballistics aside, I have realized pass through and energy and all these things do not play out in the real world like they do on paper or any kind of ballistics testing you see on youtube. You can kill a lot of things with stuff you wouldn't imagine but in reality, 22lr is just better suited for beavers IMO versus 22 caliber air rifles. Beavers go in the water and the last thing you want is a half-dead beaver (even if it's an ethical shot) sliding away into the water or worse his den.
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Just because a pellet shoots through and through at 900fps doesn't mean it is as powerful as a 22rf bullet at 1275fps. More shock at higher velocity.
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Slugs .. If you hunt .. . You would never use them..Its like hammering a nail in with a lead hammer..
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Slugs are as bad as it gets for hunting. Barracudas are not made of steel. But they do not deform by hitting a butterflue
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.30 Cal is VERY effective in taking down middle size animals !!! But shot placement is still a needed aspect!
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I have taken two coyotes, a wild turkey and a white tailed deer with JSB Hades 30 Cal. These pellets are very effective.
I have not used yet slugs for middle size animals.
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This thread is hilarious. Y’all took some strange detours and made it back to the topic at hand.
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The .22 lr is putting out 100-180 fpe. If you can shoot 40 grain slugs at 1080 fps you will be over 100 fp energy. But , most airguns don't come close to that kind of power. For me 12-50 fpe covers my needs. And knowing what the Europeans can do with 12 fpe really puts into perspective how important accuracy and shot placement is and how much is really needed for pesting and hunting small game up to rabbit size game. Raccoons or Beavers I would want at least 30 fpe and only settle for head shots inside 30y . I have taken raccoons with less power but I now have more powerful airguns so I use them . We have a few raccoons around our house but I won't put them down until they become a problem, same with all critters. It's more like a safe haven on our property.
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I am also trying to setup my Crown MK1 22 for larger game but going to try to move up to 25. Or .30 I know I could upgrade parts and get the speed up but figure it’s just easier to get the energy going up in caliber.
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i have a big gun safe and a small gun safe but now only a Anschutz target .22 PB and a PB pistol the rest if FULL of air rifles , no more room .
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Not to get off topic, but I've never put my airguns in a safe. Some of my long guns and a few of my pistols are. Are you guys putting them in a safe because of theft?
Normally, if I'm home, I'm armed with 2 pistols. I have another accessible and a few long guns are basically within reach. When I'm not home, my guns are in a safe except the airguns.
Normally, if I'm home, I'm armed with 2 pistols. I have another accessible and a few long guns are basically within reach. When I'm not home, my guns are in a safe except the airguns.
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Slugs are great for hunting! I almost hunt exclusively with slugs with my FX Maverick .30cal, and I put groundhogs dead in the dirt, even with bodyshots.
You just have remember shot placement is key. As other's have mentioned, with airguns, the power is determined by the airgun more than the caliber. There are airguns that shoot 25fpe in .25cal and other airguns that shoot 175fpe in the same caliber!
Again, as other have mentioned, I recommend a .30cal for beavers and make your shots headshots. The Umarex Gaultlet 2 in .30cal would be an economical choice for an airgun, and the JSB Knockout slugs would be a fine choice for ammo.
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