Subsonic rounds dead by light how to#

The reason bullets can work well at SS speeds and pellets not so much has to do with projectile design and stability. They are grossly inflated to sound impressive and represent only the fastest numbers achieved with worthless light weight pellets. Like Tom mentioned, you can't give the advertised velocities any credibility. I know I'll never get an honest answer from the mfgrs, so I'm hoping someone here has some experience with fps claims vs reality that could help me decide. If I don't get into the sport, I haven't lost that much if I do it'll be a air-rifle I can leave at the cabin and not feel guilty about it. My current thinking is the crossman just based on price and assumption that 1000 fps is a marketing exaggeration. (then, just because I was looking, there's a 22 lever action rimfire for about the same price as gamo & benjamin).

Gamo Whisper Fusion 177 - new model, not much out there on it.benjamin Trail NP 22 950 fps (their 'all weather' version is at 100fps) (not a bad price) (177 is too fast).Crossman nitro venom 177 1000fps attractive price.22 (pellet) shooting lead at 950 fps might be the most accurate option for me.Īgain, I'm not asking a 'which is best' I'm trying to figure out how I can determine which is best for me.

Subsonic rounds dead by light how to#

I'm not asking which brand or which models, but how to tell what a given air rifle will really do?įor instance, gamo's new 'whisper fusion' says 1250, with lead will I be below 1000? or Crossmans Nitro venom, or benjamin trail np 110? Since shooting anything supersonic (or close to it) will adversely effect accuracy., it seems like a. I'm almost to the point of buying lever 22 and shooting shorts instead of pellets.īut the cost of pellets, and the ease of a break barrel gas piston is very alluring. How does someone new figure out what their stats result in the real world? A trip to our local range yielded people shooting $1,000 air guns. How can all these mfgrs sell them if they push the pellet trans/super sonic and the pellet goes tumbling off course? Wouldn't it be better to keep them below 1000 fps? Crossman well their offering that seems close is still trans-sonic. Gamo seem to get mediocre reviews, benjamin get panned for being made in china of 'soft metal'. Probably teh biggest downer is I am limited to a 'cabela's' purchase (gift card) and sub $300 (I can supplement it). The vast majority of 177 rifles I've looked at are either trans or supersonic. But if it shoots a lightweight ammo at 1250fps, an all lead pellet may be 250fps slower, so still trans-sonic. 177) pellet was 'bad' at 1250fps.Įither way I keep falling into a trap - the guns (I can afford) rate on fps using light weight ammo. I couldn't find anything that pointed out why a. It seems that one of the biggest thing to avoid is getting trans or super sonic. Made 1 purchase that I returned thinking I instead wanted a 22 for the heavier pellet. I have read a lot in the past week on air guns.