Just wondering

[abslayer]

On shooting targets with air guns
Do .22 and .25 air guns shoot as tight of groups as a .177 or are they better?

[Voltar1]

On shooting targets with air guns
Do .22 and .25 air guns shoot as tight of groups as a .177 or are they better?

All things being equal there should be no difference.

Say all are capable of minute of angle accuracy then should make same groups center to center.

[abslayer]

[quote="Voltar1
All things being equal there should be no difference.

Say all are capable of minute of angle accuracy then should make same groups center to center.[/quote]

That is what I was thinking HOWEVER one never knows
Any one have all three and could give hands on report
I have read some .22 can be a bit picky

[M3ga3T]

I asked pretty much the same thing, except just between .22 and .177 in another post. I just assumed people assumed .177 because of its obvious and general smaller size, therefore "smaller" groups.

[Voltar1]

Group size if measured center to center makes caliber irrelevant.

[bobtodrick]

My thinking is there is no inherent difference.
But all the 'REAL' accurate guns...the Olympic FWB, Anschutz, and Walther are in .177 only.
So it is probably next to impossible to do an actual side by side comparison.

[Penage Guy]

But all the 'REAL' accurate guns...the Olympic FWB, Anschutz, and Walther are in .177 only.

These are 10m match guns, designed to be very accurate at 10m. They have a good variety of pellet makes, shapes (wadcutters are preferred), weights, and head sizes, from which a shooter can find the best pellet for his particular gun. Other guns are built for accuracy at longer ranges such as those used in air rifle benchrest matches. The most common calibers are .177, .22, and .25, while many shooters are favouring even larger calibers such as .30 (eg the Daystate .303 Wolverine). Of course, the larger calibers which shoot heavier pellets have advantages at longer distances when wind can influence accuracy. But it is well known that air rifles are usually very picky about which pellets they shoot best. The two smaller calibers -- .177 and .22 -- have a wide variety of pellet makes, shapes, weights, and head sizes available from which to find the best pellet for the particular gun. I've wondered whether the lack of a variety of head sizes in calibers larger than .22 is a factor in finding the most accurate pellet for such guns. Some shooters of larger caliber air rifles insist that having only one head size from which to choose the most accurate pellet does not play a role in the accuracy of those guns. Perhaps the larger the bore the less picky the rifle is about which pellet it shoots best.