I’m thinking buying a used 8002 and was wanting to get some opinions on this rifle. I’m looking for a rifle to shoot silhouettes. Is this overkill?
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Anschutz 8002-S2 Black
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Not sure what distance you want to shoot and how heavy those silhouettes are, but the Anschütz 8002(-S2) is a .177 caliber 10-meter match rifle that has a muzzle energy of just over 5 ft/lbs. You can modify them to go up to 12 ft/lbs, but still quite the expensive tool for silhouette shooting in my humble opinion. To answer your question, overkill indeed.
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That’s a great question that I hadn’t considered. What kind of FPE does it take to shoot silhouette. The targets are 1/10 sizesize and are placed from 20 to 45 yards. Seems like the pellet would knock over the target but the wind may be the challenge
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