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Klaus · 05-10-2002, 07:28 AM

.177 pellets are much higher velocity. There are many cheap .177 air guns that are over 800 FPS. The .22s are generally less than 400 FPS. Since energy goes up at the square of velocity, the better .177s have more power. They also shoot flatter.

05-10-2002, 07:28 AM	#11
Klaus Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 2,383	.177 pellets are much higher velocity. There are many cheap .177 air guns that are over 800 FPS. The .22s are generally less than 400 FPS. Since energy goes up at the square of velocity, the better .177s have more power. They also shoot flatter. __________________ "Gee, Wally, Eddie Haskel's mom puts out!"