Other Why so many .25 cal. for sale?

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pepper51 said:
Just curious. I watch the classified section and other airgun for sale sites. It seems to me that there are more .25 cal. for sale than say .22. Not having owned a .25 cal. air rifle I am wondering why? Is it less shots per fill, ammo cost, accuracy or ??????? Makes me think twice about buying one. Your thoughts? Thanks.
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could be lots of reasons like people buying TOO much airgun for their actual needs and then not liking the platform etc,,,, many possible reasons.
 
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.30 is pretty popular these days, .25 is way cheaper than that. If you want cheap shoot a .177. I have 3 .25’s in my safe, I like the extra thump they put on squirrels over a .22 while still being not too expensive to plink with. One theory could be that guys are shooting more slugs these days and are getting rid of their.25’s in favor of .22 slugs.
 
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cost of AMMO and i'm guessing tuned to high power so less shots per fill and last noise plus an actual need for high power large lead , here on the forum you read about guys shooting high power .25 Sparrow elimination . I cannot remember how many birds i killed with my trusty model 25 BB gun .
 
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pepper51 said:
Just curious. I watch the classified section and other airgun for sale sites. It seems to me that there are more .25 cal. for sale than say .22. Not having owned a .25 cal. air rifle I am wondering why? Is it less shots per fill, ammo cost, accuracy or ??????? Makes me think twice about buying one. Your thoughts? Thanks.
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The only thing I can think of is it's the end of the line for backyard friendly. 25 is a "magic" caliber for me. The best balance of power, trajectory and frontal area for hunting. It's not for the backyard or urban shooter usually. My air use isn't much worse than 22 or 177. 16 shots on the 25 mrod at 30fpe, 20 shots on a 177 disco at 14fpe. 32 shots from a compact dreamline25 at 43 fpe.
 
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Ammo Cost
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I agree, for what the majority does with PCPs the .22 is very versatile from chipmunks to yotes. And if you like to plink alot way less expensive to feed a .22 than a .25…. A very small minority of PCP users are able to take full advantage of those .25 and .30+ caliber projectiles… For the typical backyard shooter and small game hunter a .177 or .22 gets it done and has for many many years…
 
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.22 is the most common caliber for PCP's because of the cost of ammo and the weight diversity available.

.22 goes from 11 grain all the way to at least 40 grain slugs.

.22 is still 500 count verses .25 350 or .30 150 counts.

.22 can be enough to buck backyard wind over .177 when plinking steel targets.
 
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I can attest to the price of feeding lead to these things being a factor. It's hard to beat these .22 pellets for value if it can be accurate with my rifles. Still $6.98 at Wallie World. A tin of .25 Hades is nearly triple that at Trenier, unfortunately.

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No idea. It’s the best pellet caliber to me. Way cheaper than 30 and not much more than 22. Still super cheap shooting. Can run anywhere from 20 gr pellets to 34 gr without a super powerful gun. It takes quite a 22 to push 34 gr pellets. I like shooting 50-75 yards and don’t like the lighter stuff that blows around more. More thump for small game. I’m an odd ball though. I really don’t even like 22 much and it’s by far the most popular
 
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I love .25 but it is a hunting caliber. It hits hard and bucks the wind well. But it is not the caliber for sitting on a card table shooting BB targets in the back yard for hours.

At least until going to slugs, air rifles power limit is capped by velocity limits which for diablo pellets is around 900 fps plus or minus a bit. To get more energy you go to a heavier pellet. A .22 caliber 18.3 grain at 900 fps is 33 fpe, a .25 caliber 34 grain pellet at 900 fps is 61 fpe.
 
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Two reasons, at least that's what I thought.
First, is cost, we are frugal, and 25 costs a little more.

Second, perception, I didn't think 25 was a great caliber, thinking that 22 could easily outshoot it. Well, a couple of 25 cal airguns later and I can tell you that the 25 might well be the best airgun cal for accuracy. It makes me wonder if I'm now wrong about 30cal?????

I have a Dream Tac 25, that is one of the most accurate and consistent rifles I've ever had
 
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Long range competitors seem to like 30 cal and many like 22s. The 25s never seem to appear on the leaderboards. However, the 25 is a very good compromise for hunting and they DO shoot accurately and are far cheaper to shoot than the 30 which I wouldn't use for plinking for sure. Just for plinking and short to mid-range target shooting, I like the .177. I think it shoots better at up to 50 yards than with .22s. They are more fun and just as challenging as larger calibers.
 
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If you do a search for the most popularly used pellet, it'll be .177, there are many more choices in .177 as well. Likely due to it's longevity in target shooting, especially across the pond.

I agree that while .22 is likely the pellet of choice for most hunters, the .25 is actually excellent for same.

Being mostly a hunter, the .25 kick arse in the clean kill category and accuracy, at least in the FX lines, is great!

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There are lots of reasons why somebody would decide not to keep a particular 25 cal.
posters have mentioned a lot of valid reasons.
I think many shooters are prone to follow trends. Some people cannot afford to keep adding guns to the collection and sell one of their other guns to make room for the new trend In caliber. bchannell mentioned the 30 and I think some of the 25’s may be getting sold to make room for a 30.
 
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pepper51 said:
Just curious. I watch the classified section and other airgun for sale sites. It seems to me that there are more .25 cal. for sale than say .22. Not having owned a .25 cal. air rifle I am wondering why? Is it less shots per fill, ammo cost, accuracy or ??????? Makes me think twice about buying one. Your thoughts? Thanks.
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who knows .. once you drink the big bore koolaid though theres no going back to 'light' 😂
 
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