22 vs 25

[DaMitch]

Ron that is the most spot on reply I’ve ever seen.

As My cap stated you will soon have both andshortly after a 30 will join the herd. so little time so much shooting To be done

 

[ohull1246]

25s make a much louder smack makes you clap hands and go yay

 

[L.Leon]

If you like to shoot a lot, plinking constantly, maybe a tin per week? Then you might be surprised at the price difference between.22 vs. .25 vs. .30 … In many instances the considerations / limitations that apply to .22 rimfires, apply to .25 and .30 PCPs. Which seems counterintuitive to why most come to airguns in the first place… Lower power, which actually produces more shooting opportunities…

 

[Arby186]

As a newbie, this question is very helpful! I tend to stick to the .22 cal due to availability and price, but am considering trying the .25

 

[daddypaddy]

As a newbie, this question is very helpful! I tend to stick to the .22 cal due to availability and price, but am considering trying the .25

exactly what i did and for the same exact reason. got the budget notos which was a great decision. then got a huben k1. awesome. so far, my only bad decision was trying out them wacksans lol

 

[Ta-Ta Toothie]

25s make a much louder smack makes you clap hands and go yay

My .22 slinging 34gr slugs @ 990 fits the bill.

 

[Preston tist]

Another reason to start with a 22 is that most popular airguns seem to be designed as a 22 and then modified a bit to make 177 and 25 calibers. Valve size, size of internal passages, etc. are really designed for a 22 caliber but will work for the others - just not as well. I don't know if high end guns are made this way but I suspect at least some are. It would be too expensive to totally redo the gun by caliber. The consequence is the 25 will be less powerful than a 25 design optimized for the caliber. If you want to shoot 25 grain 25 caliber pellets I don't think it makes a lot of difference. But if you want to shoot 34 grain, it may be challenging to get them up to speed.

I have two 25 caliber PCPs, two 22 caliber, and one 177 caliber PCP. I like 25 caliber but my next gun will probably be another 22 caliber. I see it as the best all around choice. Enough power for clean kills on small game, lots of pellet choices to find one accurate in your gun including pellets unavailable in 25 caliber, and good performance on targets.

Larger calibers do have an advantage on benchrest type target shooting, however, since you need to touch the higher point line for the score. A slightly bigger hole gives you a slightly higher chance of touching the line. IMHO you'd need to be a pretty serious bencrest shooter to buy a gun in this caliber for this advantage.

Very insightful my dude I know that it's old but I'm pulling hair out with my 357 dynamic. Air hog, less accurate the higher the caliber maybe especially with fx because pencil barrel? Idk f it