washerboy Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 I only own one .177 gun and I find it more difficult to shoot with then a friends identical gun in .22 . i have heard several folks say the .177 is harder to master in a spring gun because it recoils more/ differently. i have a Webley excel in .177 that is a workhorse and is kept just for ferel pigeons in work premises, it is also more challenging to shoot then a hanson in .22 ? Strange? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemini52 Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 32 minutes ago, washerboy said: I only own one .177 gun and I find it more difficult to shoot with then a friends identical gun in .22 . i have heard several folks say the .177 is harder to master in a spring gun because it recoils more/ differently. i have a Webley excel in .177 that is a workhorse and is kept just for ferel pigeons in work premises, it is also more challenging to shoot then a hanson in .22 ? Strange? I have a walther centuary in 177 and a walther classus in.22,the 177 is by far more accurate then the 22,they are both scoped in at 28 yards,with the centuary i can put five pellets in a paper target the size of a five pence coin,the classus which i have had for about five weeks is starting to bed in now,will give simmilar results but for longer distances the 177 takes some beating,i took a magpie out of a tree at forty five yards,stone dead defore it hit the ground,for me the 177 is easier to acheive better accurate shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Like for like, .177’s tend to be harsher than .22’s with spring guns. I believe they suffer more piston bounce, therefore more recoil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Not to get too picky But increased piston bounce leads to more surge (the opposite to recoil ) ie when the gun moves forwards not backwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, Ultrastu said: Not to get too picky But increased piston bounce leads to more surge (the opposite to recoil ) ie when the gun moves forwards not backwards That is too picky,lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 Yeah I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Ultrastu said: Yeah I know But true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 So in general, the .22 springer is more forgiving. Either is greatly improved with a tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 2 hours ago, DC177 said: So in general, the .22 springer is more forgiving. Either is greatly improved with a tune. Agree, I have a HW98 in .22 and a HW77 in .177, as above the 98 is smoother on the shot but accuracy of both is superb. Advantage, to me, is the much flatter trajectory of the .177 on target shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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