22. vs 25. for long range accuracy

[Trucker3573]

I still love my .25s. The only caveat to all this is you have to spend some coin to get a .22 cal gun that will produce that power efficiently and accurately. The .25 and .30 can get more power on a budget so to speak.

 

[rscottar]

I live in southeast Arkansas, no shortage of deer, no shortage of coyotes, rabbits are scarce due to current agricultural practices. Rats abundant in the corn, bean and ricefields. I suspect that a coyote eats many more rats than anything else as they are plentiful and a no risk prey animal. Would I shoot a coyote if given a reasonable chance? Of course, but give the devil his due. He is an important balancer in the system.

 

[Airgunmann]

I still love my .25s. The only caveat to all this is you have to spend some coin to get a .22 cal gun that will produce that power efficiently and accurately. The .25 and .30 can get more power on a budget so to speak.

Not really the fx synthetic drs slinging 40 gr slugs at 900 ish fps have quite a punch also and one of my higher powered 22 cals though

 

[PumaCarl]

I'd love to see this 3 (three!) years old thread
revived — with new input now
after the high BC slugs have came out (Altaros ATP, then ZAN ELR and Scout Sniper).

Matthias

It looks to me like this year, .25 Altaros shooters are going to smoke everybody. It doesn't matter if they don't though, I know the round is actually the best, it would be the indian failing, not the arrow. I never thought of airgunning as a spectator sport, but I'm rooting for team .25 this year, actually every year.

 

[Tincho]

Matt está limitado a un calibre .22 como el tamaño máximo en África. ¿Dispararía con un calibre mayor si fuera posible?

jajaj, no lo dudes!!

 

[Dominguez]

Matt is limited to a .22cal as the max size in Africa. Would he shoot a larger caliber if possible?

All said!

 

[DC714]

In Matts new videos which i’m sure many of you saw, towards the beginning he briefly explains why he thinks the 22. is the best long range caliber out of all the other small bore calibers such as 25. and 30. To me, I wanted to purchase a 25. cal for long range because of the extra power and potential of having to shoot a coyote every once in awhile. But watching the video made me realize that in 22. with 34-40 grain slugs he was achieving around 80 foot pounds of energy, which is more than most 25. produce stock and even tuned up a little bit. Obviously 25. can be tuned to create more power, but do you really need any more than 80 foot pounds when hunting pest and small game? I’d feel pretty comfortable taking a coyote out to 50 yards with a headshot if I knew my gun was creating 80 fpe. He also briefly covered how the ballistics of the 22 caliber is better and how that’s another reason he prefers that caliber for long range. Before watching this I was 100% set on buying a 25. for my long range set up but after this am leaning towards a 22. Curious as to what others have to say on the topic.

Thanks.

I agree with the .22 having similar if not better accuracy in most conditions. There is a better selection, better price, and more shots per fill (pcp’s) as well imo.

 

[JimD]

Larger caliber ammo will always have a higher bc unless you restrict the length of the ammo. I doubt I will ever own a FX so I really do not care you can get a higher bc 22 into a FX magazine. I wonder what the shot count of a 80 fpe 22 is? I know it will be a lot lower than a 80 fpe 25 or 30. Matt is OK but some of his stuff sounds like quasi science to me. This one sounds like a bit of a troll.