What caliber do you use most often

What caliber do you use most often?

  • .177

    Votes: 37 29.4%
  • .20

    Votes: 3 2.4%
  • .22

    Votes: 56 44.4%
  • .25

    Votes: 23 18.3%
  • .30

    Votes: 5 4.0%
  • .35

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • .36 or larger

    Votes: 1 0.8%

  • Total voters
    126
Most of my springers are .177. Now I am acquiring .22 and .20 calibers. I do like the bigger calibers in the winter time, easier to load with gloves on. Foot Joy makes some awesome winter golf gloves.

When the tin is resting on something, because of my geezer fingers - that used to be able to effortlessly tie knots in 1 pound tippet and construct some pretty fancy dry flies - I often use tweezers to load the magazines. I can fill one in about half the time with the tweezers. An added bonus is that I don't get my fingers covered with lead so I don't have to wash my hands when done shooting.
 
I was all about .22 and .25 until I started shooting Field Target. FT really showed me the value of lightweight, zippy pellets. These days I probably go through 3-4 tins of .177 for every 1 tin of the other calibers combined. With PSA running Extreme FT next year, that may change some but I doubt .177 will lose its crown.
 
I was all about .22 and .25 until I started shooting Field Target. FT really showed me the value of lightweight, zippy pellets. These days I probably go through 3-4 tins off .177 for every 1 tin of the other calibers combined. With PSA running Extreme FT next year, that may change some but I doubt .177 will lose its crown.
I had a blast with my .177 impact mk2 what I didnt like was that they started getting whirley on me at 50 yards
 
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Most of my springers are .177. Now I am acquiring .22 and .20 calibers. I do like the bigger calibers in the winter time, easier to load with gloves on. Foot Joy makes some awesome winter golf gloves.
For both .177 and .22 I wear gloves that joggers wear. They’re sort of like glove liners, they’re thin and afford good dexterity for pellets. Sometimes when cold out I’ll wear my hunting hand warmer with those chemical heaters inside to re-warm hands if bitter cold. And for making pellet handling/selecting much easier I pour 20 or 30 into the flat tray shown, much much easier than trying to pick pellets out of a tin, especially .177’s.

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