HW97 .20

I own 8 .20's. While none is the 97th you're considering, I have a Beeman R9 which is the same powerplant and it's very accurate with 4 of the pellets still made in .20. My Beeman R7, also in .20 is the same way. 

Read it said on one of the forums by a member that while there may not be many choices in the caliber, the ones still made are the cream of the crop and a couple will shoot well in the rifle if you buy one and I have that same sentiment myself. H&N and JSB still make them because they are that good. Daystate must also think so since they got both H&N and JSB to make them pellets with their Daystate label on them and so did Weihrauch for that matter...lol.

I have an HW97 .20 since about June of this year, although I haven't cronyed it yet, (I'm in the process of moving) I've been very impressed with it! My '97 likes H&N 11.42 and 13.58's best and does ok with JSB 13.73's too but keyholes the 15.89's, also does GREAT with vintage CP 14.3's...good luck finding them...I have about 1500 left. I have four .20 cal. airguns and never had any issues finding pellets or ones that work in any given gun. I prefer the '97 to a TX200 .22 I had for years...if you can find a .20 cal '97 I don't think you will be disappointed...I find mine very easy to shoot accurately, not hold sensitive at all! I tried to get one with the blue laminate stock but...any port in a storm...just happy I was able to get one in beech. First group out of the box...13.58's 25 yards off my knee.

What are you hoping that the .20 will do that a .177 or .22 won't? 

I realized that for me, the answer was "nothing". 

It doesnt have as flat of a trajectory as a .177, and doesn't have the energy of a .22. 

But yet the gun costs more, and the ammo costs more than either other caliber even though a .22 takes more lead to make. 

Just remember that Dr. Beeman was naturally going to be a huge .20 caliber fan simply because he was peddling them when few others were. He was trying to corner the market and make a buck. A salesman simply doing what salesmen do. 

I own 7 different .20 cals myself!! Lol 

My 97 is far from factory stock but the barrel is the same...and mine shoots all the current offerings of ammo really well! I'm shooting the H&N FTTs at the moment from a new batch I got about a month ago and it's a laser!!! The top right and lower left targets are half inch circles at 35 yards! 5 shots each!!!

James from Michigan

I own HW 97‘s in .20 caliber,. 22 caliber and .177 caliber. The .20 caliber is my favorite. Super accurate. Fun to shoot.

I have a beeman 97 in .20 and it pretty much stacks the jsb 13.73's on to[p of each other. I love 20 cal. My hw 50s is 20 also.

.20 cal is fine, just stock up on pellets when they come available. I wish they had more pellet choices as well though. Only gripe I guess.

The .20 is the last rifle I purchased. I have all 4 cal. in 97’s. Really like shooting all, have to say .20 is my choice. Same deal in my R9’s. Crow

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joaoglez said:

I know! Amd I think you are right I ve also heard that it is something between .177 and .22

So far to me my personal best groups have been made with .177 cal

I think Ill reconsider not because I dont like the cal soecially because for me its more dofficult to get .20 as easilly as the .177 or .22

Thanks for your comments

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There you go... You going with a pellet thats going to be fancy mail order only or a common everyday i can run in to walmart grab a tin to go shoot whenever right now pellet.. hmmmm..... . ( Opinion)

.20 carry a little more energy than .177 with the same spring input typically, it's more efficient with the energy coming from the compression stroke of the gun.

It's a great in-between caliber and as long as you can get some ammo stocked up when it becomes available you'll be fine!

I have probably 6 or 7 .20 springers. Love them.

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There you go... You going with a pellet thats going to be fancy mail order only or a common everyday i can run in to walmart grab a tin to go shoot whenever right now pellet.. hmmmm..... . ( Opinion)

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Yep, I've had to "fancy mail order" every .20 caliber pellet I have. I also have to for every .25 caliber pellet I shoot. I do because they're
calibers I enjoy shooting and I don't mind one bit.
While we'd all like to be able to shoot the most inexpensive pellets we can find AND have them local to us to just walk in a store and
snatch a few tins off a shelf, we can't.
Congrats to the many, including you, that Crosman pellets shoot well in their guns, but there are just as many of us and I'm one, that
they don't, we don't want to settle for the so-so accuracy they might give us (if they even do), so yeah, we do or have to do, that
"fancy online ordering" thing to get pellets that will shoot well for us.

I would not worry about mail order pellets , but here in Kentucky everything AIR is on line ordering

Yup, i dont mind a pellet picky gun as long as it picks crosman..

Id enjoy them to , but aint worth all that for a day of shooting + the added cost and all.. .177 for paper and .22 for hunts/ killing. All local bought easy. All day 500 shoys a day if needed. (For $6)

Everybody got there thing..