1st .30 cal experience

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Welcome to the Three-Oh. Mine never fails to impress me after almost a year. Apples to apples (.25 raw vs .30 raw) the .30 gets almost the same # of shots with 30% more power. And it’s like driving tacks with a framing hammer, haha. 
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Yeah, the thing I like best about the .30, compared to the .25 or even .22 is the amount of energy that gets carried to the target, and deposited in or on the target, especially at longer ranges. While you may say that the .25 or even .22 can reach out to 110 or 125 yards, shot placement is much more crucial than with the .30. At shots of over 100 yards, I've had numerous shots that had I been shooting a .25 would more than likely have only wounded the animal (in this case, ground squirrel). You may say a .25 at 60 fpe is very close to a .30 at 80 fpe, but the ENERGY DEPOSITED into the target is significantly more, and the damage is significantly more due to the diameter of the .30 pellet. Whereas a .25 may pass through the neck or body of a GS for example, without a kill, the .30 will deposit significantly more energy, cause more damage, and could result in a kill of the GS with the same shot placement. I know this may cause a storm of dissent from all the .25 aficionados, but if you think about it objectively it makes total sense... Plus, when you get right down to it, the .30 is just more bad-ass... ;)
 
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"Centercut"Yeah, the thing I like best about the .30, compared to the .25 or even .22 is the amount of energy that gets carried to the target, and deposited in or on the target, especially at longer ranges. While you may say that the .25 or even .22 can reach out to 110 or 125 yards, shot placement is much more crucial than with the .30. At shots of over 100 yards, I've had numerous shots that had I been shooting a .25 would more than likely have only wounded the animal (in this case, ground squirrel). You may say a .25 at 60 fpe is very close to a .30 at 80 fpe, but the ENERGY DEPOSITED into the target is significantly more, and the damage is significantly more due to the diameter of the .30 pellet. Whereas a .25 may pass through the neck or body of a GS for example, without a kill, the .30 will deposit significantly more energy, cause more damage, and could result in a kill of the GS with the same shot placement. I know this may cause a storm of dissent from all the .25 aficionados, but if you think about it objectively it makes total sense... Plus, when you get right down to it, the .30 is just more bad-ass... ;)
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Lol I agree completely :)
 
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Bullfrog did an in depth review of the Flex. It has some great information on it. I think he found that with pellets the Flex performed best at around 70-75 fpe. He showed a very good 100 yard group. The Hercules is nowhere near as adjustable as the Flex so I have to shoot it at high velocity. Luckily, it shoots great at those high speeds. Hunterone posted videos of kill shots with polymags at over 1000 fps in his 30 cal Hercules and have zapped squirrels at over 100 yards. Most people though polymags were only good at short ranges.
 
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