Ok guys so I want to give a shout out to my favorite caliber. Now if you asked 8 year old me it was all about 22 but after a few years of shooting pumpers I came to depend on the flatter shooting 177. When I got into springers as a teenager I thought ok now we are talking more power 177 is definitely obsolete...... Well a year later I am back to 177 and enjoying the heavier pellets and ballistics I never dreamed of as a young boy. Well when I got back into airguns in my early 30s I got back into them for the big power pcp's! I recently got a 45 Texan CF. It certainly is amazing! I hope to use it hunting with my dad soon and don't get me wrong I have used and will use 25 cal and 22 cal for hunting and all kind of pesting needs. When it comes to just breaking out the guns and playing with some lead and air I always get out my 177s. I just have to admit it's my favorite caliber and so versatile. I do alot of hunting with it too. As a rat or squirrel gun the 177 is a killer. It would do rabbit well too but where I live they often present themselves at 75 yards or more so 25 cal is the way to go. At any rate I hope that with all the new advances in airgun technology that we never forget the 177 and how awesome it really is.