Have .25 caliber Airguns Lost their shine?

[qball]

.25 is the best caliber! Still relatively inexpensive to shoot, packs a punch on small games and simply versatile! I almost regret getting .25 but once I used it I really think it’s the best if your gun has the ability to adjust speed. 650FPS .25 pellets put the smack down on them squirrels with stealth and lower pass through or much better energy dump compared to .22. 

 

[TigOleBityz]

Looking at 22 at the moment but wouldn’t mind a bigger caliber. Using a small game would ya recommend bigger?

 

[Deleted 45061]

I prefer .22 usually but I have some .25s

 

[Impact701]

I had a .30 caliber MKII and a .25 caliber M3.
I kept the .25 caliber!

 

[N2 Shooter]

Looking at 22 at the moment but wouldn’t mind a bigger caliber. Using a small game would ya recommend bigger?

What kinda game are you hunting exactly? I had a .25 cal for my first PCP, and it worked well for smaller game. But to handle raccoons, I needed the perfect headshot. So I bought a .357 cal, which handled the 40 pound raccoons nicely, but I wanted something smaller. Now I have a .30 cal FX Maverick VP, and I couldn't be happier!

Great power for mid-sized game, but can be turned down on the fly to harvest smaller game.

 

[Airmanator]

I think mostly its cause them youtuber airgunner like Matt, South Africa guy, Utah airgun, shooter 1721, etc are using mostly .22 cal

 

[Ironman482]

I have 5 25 cal airguns and shoot just about every day. My only complaint is that I have to order pellets , can't get them at the big box stores , I have a few .22 call but they get loaned out or just sit in the safe most of the time.

 

[jps2486]

I still own .25 and .30 but its less expensive to shoot my .22 and easier on air. Theres a use for all of them.

I shoot a lot of BR. My fellow competitors have all seemed to gravitate into shooting .22s. Accuracy seems to be better and .22s power levels are just about the same. Too much overlap?

 

[Satchel]

Not with me.. I'm still chasing one though..It's fun. .She's showin promise.

 

[Bigragu]

25 cal 28.4g

pellet at over 1000 fps while still maintaining accuracy in my FXWC MK2 is pure joy

 

[Jasonmc]

i haven't shot a 25 in years.. i usually go for a 22 over a 25. here lately for this year's squirrel season i've been using the 25... it's been awhile and i have forgotten that wonderful thump a 25 has..

 

[crowski]

I’ve got 4 in .25 cal. HW90, HW80, HW77K and HW97kt. The 3 springers are all accurate to 45 yds. that’s all I’m interested in. They never give me an ounce of trouble. Awesome guns to have. Like a bowling ball hitting the nutters. I’m looking to get a HW98 and a R9 in .25 as well. Crow

 

[qball]

………,Like a bowling ball hitting the nutters……
Crow

THAT interestingly enough is why I stopped shooting nutter with .25 even at 600fps. It is so devastating it is simply not “fair”, more importantly not even close to being challenging.

 

[Centercut]

I think a lot of the competitors at EBR and RMAC are shifting from .22 and .30 to .25 King Heavy. I recently shifted from .22 RDM to .25 King Heavy, and others like John Bagakis and Thayne Simmons also have switched, either from .22 or from .30. I know of a few other top shooters that are also switching. The .22 RDMs have a similar but slightly less BC, but the pellet quality isn't what it used to be. The .30 caliber pellets are good, and very predictable in the wind, but have a noticeably lower BC and move more in the wind than the .25 King Heavy. Plus the .25 King Heavy can be shot at a higher speed (like the RDMs) compared to .30 pellets. I'm shooting my .25 Red Wolf HP at about 960 to 965 FPS with the King Heavy pellets...
So, no, .25 caliber isn't dying as far as I can tell...

 

[crowski]

THAT interestingly enough is why I stopped shooting nutter with .25 even at 600fps. It is so devastating it is simply not “fair”, more importantly not even close to being challenging.

Can you define “fair” and “challenging”?
And also what do you recommend I use?
Crow

 

[beerthief]

i would only use .25 at very long distance if wind was involved like over 100 probably 150 yards , It is just to much fun to shoot .177 and the thrill of instant gratification . But i must admit over 100 yards is maybe once a year just for fun

 

[scoutscope]

I think the shine is wearing off. The more I shoot the piss out of my veteran, the less shiny it gets. Also, the more I smile. I have an impact in .25 too now. Maybe that will help preserve the shine on the old vet.

 

[Funshine]

My Impact .25 still going strong putting those pesky Iguanas out to pasture. I have .177 and .22, but I only shoot the Impact .25

 

[Reidy]

I grew up with 12ft/lbs .177's in the UK. I always thought that .22 at 12ft/lbs was going to slow and too much of an arc in the flight path. I still have a .177 Diana 36 and it's very handy around buildings.

Now I'm in the USA I have .22's because we can shoot them fast enough here to negate the arch like trajectory.

I do want to try a .25 now though. It'll be my next buy I think.

 

[SDellinger]

Love my two FX 500 Royals.