Thoughts on an aspect of PCP shooting

Different people different goals, if you main goal is the field and hunting, 100% agree with you. Or maybe is the path or knowledge. PCP is not new, but slugs for example are new...and the rush for some to see where this path can lead is great, for others is not that great and others do not even care...they (we) all right! 

At the end is all where we can get the most fun of it...and for sure is not the same for all. For example...I do hunt, but I HATE to take pictures with dead animals, don't care if they are even rats. I do understand those who do it. For some is fun for others not, but is all good!.

Or a closer one, the Impact! for some is fun, for others not!

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Generally I stick with one caliber (.177). This is mainly for cost saving so I don’t have to have such a huge variety of pellets. Now if I need a rifle for a specific purpose like benchrest, then I wont hesitate to step outside my normal caliber for what works best. 

I certantly don’t need to be able to shoot every caliber available and of course this just personal preference.

.25 caliber is my choice. It's power can be dialed up and down for various situations. This caliber is as light as 19 gr and all the way up to 50+ gr slugs. One gun suits all MY purposes, and it reaches out well beyond 100 yards to greet unwanted pests!



Regards,

Kindly 'Ol Uncle

.25 caliber is my choice. It's power can be dialed up and down for various situations. This caliber is as light as 19 gr and all the way up to 50+ gr slugs. One gun suits all MY purposes, and it reaches out well beyond 100 yards to greet unwanted pests!



Regards,

Kindly 'Ol Uncle

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I love to mess with your posts! jaja actually as light as 16.5gn (GTO Lead Free). I think of the cals I have 0.25 is the one I like the most too.

For me it depends on what I'm doing..

I prefer .177 for target, general plinking, and bug hunting ( shooting hornets out of the air as they hover over a small dish of sugar water or coke is a blast)

for hunting I prefer .22

and the bigger pest I'll grab my .30 

I've tried using my Steyr as a multi-caliber gun .177 and .22, I feel it was to much of a pain in the butt swapping out the barrel and re-sighting in the scope. now I have more of a set it and forget it mentality.

I get where you are coming from with this.

With my PB stuff I used to have different weight and type of bullet for different purpose but eventually got tired of messing with zero and remembering trajectories so stuck with one favorite for each caliber. 

example is the 25-06 I used to go with weight from 75 to 115 grain and now just 100s if I feel I need more power for maybe big Mulies I grab the 30-06 with 150s if elk are on th menu or black bear the .300 Win Mag gets grabbed. 

with my PCP .22 I settled on just 2 pellets that shoot darn good, JSB heavies and shocker the Crosman Premier HP which have same impact point in my rifle at 25 yards and shoot almost equally small groups. Tim Hill set the PCP up for decent power and good shot count per fill with JSB and luckily the Crosmans shoot well too. I no longer have a chrony nor the inclination to fiddle with it and prefer to just shoot a lot. 

Call me lazy or maybe simple minded but if I want more power I will go .25 or up.

If you try hard enough you can make every hobby a job. That what you’re saying? 

As you age this becomes more obvious.

Long as it’s fun. Right? But I agree sometimes it’s best to be satisfied with what works and enjoy it. 

I am a one rifle/caliber kind of guy, although I don't oppose those who like to collect or play with different calibers/rifles. I contemplate building a .22 cal upper for my custom (currently .25 cal) pcp quite often which wouldn't cost too much, but at the end of the day I just don't 'need' it nearly as much as I 'want' it. Having ammo as light as 16.5-20 gr and as heavy as 50-60 gr covers all my needs/wants, ranging from 12-100 fpe.



-Matt