No, but I have them in 22 to try when my 22 barrel kit arrives in the next couple of weeks.
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What is a good air gun caliber for hunting iguana’s?
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Blackpaw, what type of pellet regardless of the caliber is your favorite for hunting? I’m guessing slugs?
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Is it true lower the power of the air rifle, the lower the pellet weight should be for accuracy?
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I’d assume yes because the lower the power, the lower the velocity it will be capable of. So a heavier pellet may not go as fast and drop its speed quicker.
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Speed is not accuracy. Speed can make for a flatter trajectory and speed can also destabilize a pellet. You can have a very accurate combination that is quite low velocity with an arcing trajectory to it.
Accuracy comes from stability and consistency. It's a match of barrel type, barrel length, pellet type/shape/weight and velocity. They all need to be in balance for a given pellet. Testing is how you figure out which pellet works best in which combination.
Precision is your ability to apply that accuracy on target.
Accuracy comes from stability and consistency. It's a match of barrel type, barrel length, pellet type/shape/weight and velocity. They all need to be in balance for a given pellet. Testing is how you figure out which pellet works best in which combination.
Precision is your ability to apply that accuracy on target.
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Kingsqueak, barrel length definitely would change the accuracy. Why? I think because longer the barrel, longer the pellet stays in the barrel. So I’m thinking if it leaves the barrel sooner on a shorter barrel, the faster it’s gonna drop out of the sky. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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For example a 9mm handgun is gonna have a shorter kill range because it’s shorter barrel tends to reduce the velocity. Then a 556 caliber AR-15 is gonna have a longer kill range because one it’s gonna a longer barrel, two it’s got more gun power which increases velocity making it go farther.
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22 Caliber will work but shot placement is the key, I went in February but the only shooting I could get was from a drifting boat and I would only take head shots .
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22 Caliber will work but shot placement is the key, I went in February but the only shooting I could get was from a drifting boat and I would only take head shots .
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Nice, big boy there!
Where were you for thus hunt? I'm there every 6 weeks
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Killahog, what’s your particular pellet that u use for iguana hunting? Also would u use anything less powerful that a PCP type of air rifle for hunting?
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I went iguana hunting since I live in Florida and I’m using a fx impact m3 shooting 49.5 grain slugs at 950 FPS. I aim at their back neck to where there arm area is and hitting the spine I have cut them into two pieces. Like nothing is more ethical then separating the body completely from the head.
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Air-hunter_canyon, do you recommend heavy pellets should be used in PCP air rifles and not springer air rifles.
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