That's the ticket. I have a fellow air gunner in my area that tunes Weihrauch springers, and he taking squirrels with headshots at 40 yards with a detuned HW30 which is just under 7 fpe at the muzzle. I think his ballistic calculator gives him something like just over 3 fpe at the target, and he is dropping them with standard Crosman Pointed Hunters which have great penetration and zero expansion. I have to say that the Brits have pretty much settled the accuracy over power debate long ago."intenseaty22"Hey Jonny, I don’t know the math, but look at it this way as well. British hunters are killing bunnies at 60 yards plus, often times with .177s mostly using sub 12FPE guns. That’s 12FPE at the muzzle, not 60 yards away. These bunnies and squirrels just flop right over, no questions asked. Shot placement will still be more important. There are some folk that have done the math and calculated out energy loss from muzzle to impact zone at some 30 or 50 yards. Hope this helps a bit.
Take at look at MrDaveRatz on YouTube and you'll see this guy drop all kinds of small game at moderate distances with sub-12 fpe rifles. Also Andy's Range, Squirrel Hunter Channel, and The Air Gun Show show hunting rabbits, squirrels, corvids, doves, etc. with low power, highly accurate rigs that don't use expanding ammo.
Nothing at all against expanding ammo, and Brian, man you are taking no prisoners with your setup! Holy cow. You sure don't have to worry about the head during field dressing for that. Are you mostly taking fox squirrels in your area? Looks like great fun.
No matter what you decide Johnny, you will get the job done with good effect.
ATB,
Michael
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