Trail/pack small game pistol?

With the requirements you specified you basically only want single cock magnum pistol. The only other one that I know of is the diana rws lp8. Hunting capable non pcp pistols have a relatively small number to choose from. I dont have any actual hands on experience with the pistol but a google search can bring up reviews. 

Yea no problem. Always nice to help someone who is trying to get outdoors and enjoy the sport. Backpacking is a lot of fun, I havent been able to do it much lately since I live in SoCal and its 102+ all summer long. 

I had a CO2 pistol in 25 caliber built by Mountain Air Custom guns. Roy will put together anything you want: caliber, power source, barrel length, you name it. It may be a bit more than you might want to spend, but the quality is superb. BTW, his triggers are the best.

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CO2 might be a problem due to the extreme heat in vegas. Personally after looking at the pistols listed i think the best option would be the diana because according to the man. it should hit 700 with .177 pellet which is roughly 8 foot pounds. The other pistols hw45 claims 560 which is just above 5 foot pounds which is just barely enough to take a bunny with a head shot. The p3 and p17 def do not have enough power to humanely take a rabbit. With 8 foot pounds you could take a rabbit with a headshot prob up to like 15 yards. 

The most power in the smallest, lightest package is a first-generation, two-piece barrel Crosman 150 (.22) or 157 (.177) that were produced from 1954 to 1956. Just as powerful and accurate as the later, one-piece barrel versions, at 9.5" x 5", just 27 ounces, and capable of 6 foot-pounds in .22 (and hot temperatures) they are capable of small game to farther distances than most shooters should attempt. They fit and carry nicely in a blue-jeans back pocket, and will shoot rings around larger, more expensive and CUMBERSOME choices. 





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He said non pcp. Chevyguy66, you might want to go on a quest for a Webley Alecto. I have one and it has been a great pistol. No CO2’s and having to worry about the temperature. When you cock it (pump it) 3 times it will rival a 1377 or 1322 with more than 10 pumps. You just have to find one. They pop up from time to time. Mine is as accurate as any pcp pistol and shoots almost as hard,

If you dont mind the wait while you look this webley seems like it would be the best. The adjustable power that the 3 pumps makes it super good to plink on 1 pump and hunt on 3. Ive heard that the single cock pistols can become hard to cock when a lot of pellets are fired, due to the nature of having to cock the heavy spring all in 1 go. This would make the cocking easier, although you would have to do a couple more.

CO2 might be a problem due to the extreme heat in vegas. Personally after looking at the pistols listed i think the best option would be the diana because according to the man. it should hit 700 with .177 pellet which is roughly 8 foot pounds. The other pistols hw45 claims 560 which is just above 5 foot pounds which is just barely enough to take a bunny with a head shot. The p3 and p17 def do not have enough power to humanely take a rabbit. With 8 foot pounds you could take a rabbit with a headshot prob up to like 15 yards.

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That 700 fps is with a 4gr pellet so 4.3fpe

Yea I just looked at reviews and ppl were getting roughly 500ish fps with regular pellets so it probably has the same power as the hw45. The hw is a lil pricier though. It seems hard to get hunting level power in a package that is easy enough to cock and small enough to fit in a pistol package. 

Here too its hot, about a hour from Vegas, its been 100+ since June, 106 yesterday. 

What fps in .177 am i looking for to be able to dispatch a rabbit. Not many reviews are listing fpe. I would like to keep it around $300 cause i think thats what i can get for my hw95. The P3 looks good, but reviews are saying not much difference than P17 other than build quality. Any other suggestions

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FPS means little it's the fpe you need to worry about and there are many fpe calculators out on the web. You will need the pellet weight and fps to use them. The Diana is a 4 and definitely under 5fpe gun at best. So it barely squeaks by on the 4.5 fpe needed, to humanely take a rabbit with a perfect head shot, if you use a 7gr pellet and are extremely close to your prey. You are asking allot from a single pump non co2, non pcp pistol. Spring guns are hard to shoot accurately so using the bare minimum fpe and a spring pistol to do an ethical shot will not be not an easy task. I do wish you luck in your search.

Offhand 35 yard shot, instant kill, 6.5 foot-pounds of muzzle energy, 1/2" average groups at 25 yards, 9.5" overall length.

More energy than absolutely needed is probably always good but I have taken many squirrels and rabbits with BB guns. Shot placement is key for such. The Webley Alecto in .177 is a fine pistol with 1, 2, and 3 pump capability and enough energy with 3 pumps to do the job and 2 might well be enough. I liked the first one I bought enough that I have 3 of them stored away.