The 177, what most of us started with.

[Dogowski]

Thinking on what I got started on was the daisy cardboard tube of golden bullseye bb's .

Those tubes made it easy to load your BB gun and we're cheap back in the 70s.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Those tubes made it easy to load your BB gun and we're cheap back in the 70s.

Lol.. ya, pinch the opening like a trough and with a red Ryder flip open the tube door thing and pour them in easy and quick... Good times for sure ..lol

 

[jps2486]

I seem to go through 177 and 22 caliber rifles like underwear! Currently my only 177 is my classic leshiy!

Have gone through quite a few and honestly have settled on the 22 for general use.

I'm settling in more on .177. In fact I had Martin build me an HM1000x in that caliber for 100 yd EBR competition just to see if it could shoot as well as the .22s and .30s and it does. Shoots 30 fpe using Zan 13.4 gr slugs.

 

[Soren Drost]

I'm settling in more on .177. In fact I had Martin build me an HM1000x in that caliber for 100 yd EBR competition just to see if it could shoot as well as the .22s and .30s and it does. Shoots 30 fpe using Zan 13.4 gr slugs.

Tried my Daystate Red Wolf GP .177 HP with the 28” slug barrel at 100 yards benchrest target with JSB KO 13.43 gr slugs

.177 has come a long way since I started shooting 10 years ago !

 

[hameditor]

Tried my Daystate Red Wolf GP .177 HP with the 28” slug barrel at 100 yards benchrest target with JSB KO 13.43 gr slugs

.177 has come a long way since I started shooting 10 years ago !

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Hello Søren, that's great shooting - as always from you!

Thanks for sharing. I have a couple of questions...

1. What were the wind conditions?

2. I see you have a can of Coke and a flask of tea/coffee in the photograph. Before I stopped drinking any form of caffeine (many years ago), I found that it made my shooting less accurate. Do you find that at all also?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Soren Drost]

Hello Søren, that's great shooting - as always from you!

Thanks for sharing. I have a couple of questions...

1. What were the wind conditions?

2. I see you have a can of Coke and a flask of tea/coffee in the photograph. Before I stopped drinking any form of caffeine (many years ago), I found that it made my shooting less accurate. Do you find that at all also?

Thanks,
Steve

Wind was gusting 6-8 meters per second, so it was windy for sure

Can of Coke and hot cocoa in the thermos

Not really affecting my shooting much

 

[Danman]

Good shooting indeed @Soren Drost! Is that new barrel fussy about its slugs or not really? The drinks don't affect my shooting much it's always the running back and forth checking my groups and then pushing them out farther (lugging the 40lb steel trap farther and farther back) running back, get behind the gun, try to aim, realize I can't hold steady, wait 30 seconds or so and resume grouping

 

[Soren Drost]

Good shooting indeed @Soren Drost! Is that new barrel fussy about its slugs or not really? The drinks don't affect my shooting much it's always the running back and forth checking my groups and then pushing them out farther (lugging the 40lb steel trap farther and farther back) running back, get behind the gun, try to aim, realize I can't hold steady, wait 30 seconds or so and resume grouping

This new barrel will shoot slugs from JSB, Zan and H&N no problem Also pellets !

 

[jlowe]

Yeah I started with .177cal as a kid, but my first real airgun was a Beeman R-1 in .20cal. I stayed with .20cal for about 5 years before moving on to .22cal. Now I do some .177cal, but mostly .22 and .25cal.

 

[Sr.airgunner]

I started by borrowing a friend's NP trail break barrel in .177. I bought a Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk in .177 and used it until the nitro piston failed. 9 years later I have 25 airguns mostly PCP and .22 and .25 for shooting in windy conditions. The .177 get moved around too much at 60 yards.

 

[Florida_Man]

I started by borrowing a friend's NP trail break barrel in .177. I bought a Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk in .177 and used it until the nitro piston failed. 9 years later I have 25 airguns mostly PCP and .22 and .25 for shooting in windy conditions. The .177 get moved around too much at 60 yards.

Stalk!

 

[jlowe]

Cabelas and Bass Pro used to send catalogs to my dad back in the late 80's when I was a teenager. I always wanted a RWS 34 or a 48, but I needed a car, so that took priority. When I got out of the Navy and moved back to TN, one of the first things I did was buy a Beeman R-1 .20cal. I'm not sure how I found Americans Airguns website back then but I did and ended up not getting a .177cal.

 

[EdinGa]

Get some real pellets (not wadcutters) and try it some more! They are beautiful guns.

Or slugs. That thing has the power for them. I really wish I had picked one up when they were cheap.

 

[EdinGa]

I'm estimating that I probably have 35 to 40 .177s. IF I could only keep on caliber, it would be .177.

 

[idle]

My all time favourite caliber is .25 but if I really like a gun and if avaliable, always trying to buy a .177 caliber too. It's traditional, probably most compatible and commonly accepted airgun caliber for me and most of the world. Experiencing same gun with .177 always a plus, teaching different aspects. Also for traditional target shooting and plinking great. Like other fellas said, it's cheap and more available in different forms (at least markets in my reach).

My all pistols; springers, PCPs and CO2 always .177 too.

I have 6 springer or gasrams in .177; Hatsan Mod 25, Mod 25 SuperCharger, Mod 85 Sniper Vortex, Striker 1000S, Mod 55 and Diana 34 EMS.

Also 3 PCPs; AA S400 MPR FT, Niksan Ozark W, Reximex RP (Mito).

And 3 CO2s; Niksan Serpent-S (Morpho), Diana Chaser, KWC Makarov clone BB pistol.

Even if I am in "a whatever, let's go shooting" mode mostly taking few of my .177s .

Edit: BTW I just started trying .177 slugs with my PCPs.

 

[EdinGa]

My all time favourite caliber is .25 but if I really like a gun and if avaliable, always trying to buy a .177 caliber too. It's traditional, probably most compatible and commonly accepted airgun caliber for me and most of the world. Experiencing same gun with .177 always a plus, teaching different aspects. Also for traditional target shooting and plinking great. Like other fellas said, it's cheap and more available in different forms (at least markets in my reach).

My all pistols; springers, PCPs and CO2 always .177 too.

I have 6 springer or gasrams in .177; Hatsan Mod 25, Mod 25 SuperCharger, Mod 85 Sniper Vortex, Striker 1000S, Mod 55 and Diana 34 EMS.

Also 3 PCPs; AA S400 MPR FT, Niksan Ozark W, Reximex RP (Mito).

And 3 CO2s; Niksan Serpent-S (Morpho), Diana Chaser, KWC Makarov clone BB pistol.

Even if I am in "a whatever, let's go shooting" mode mostly taking few of my .177s .

Edit: BTW I just started trying .177 slugs with my PCPs.

I have a .177 Chaser carbine that I bottled and it's one of my favorite plinkers. Hundreds of shots per fill. It even shoots lightweight slugs well.

 

[Jaabaa]

That's really making me think back.
I think my first decent Airgun I purchased as a kid was model 917 that sound familiar to anyone?
They had a 922 version also

 

[Sureshot]

A lot of us started with a 177 pump when we were kids, mine was a crosman 2100.

As we get into “adult” AG’s, 22 cal is often the small caliber we choose.

Last year I got into 30y benchrest shooting and wanted to challenge myself. I chose the 177 caliber. Afterwords my 177 rifles started to multiply! I found it really rewarding shooting those little pills.

If you have room and the budget, I highly recommend getting into 177.

How many people currently have one in their collection? How often do you shoot it?

Hey Florida Man. I have nine .177 springers and bench shoot every day, 7 days a week . Bad weather conditions such as rain, snow , hail, strong winds never prevent my late afternoon one hour shoot, ever. . I have built a small fully enclosed, shooting house with a bench and a heater. I cut a 12 x8 inch hole in the front door that I shoot through and glass on the side so I can see what’s around me. My seven foldable target backstops are positioned at the 23,30,35, 40, 46,50 and 61 yard distance . I never get bored because every day I make one of these five changes; the gun , the distance, c the target, the pellet or the big one being, I’ve tried to improve a gun by changing something about it whether it be the scope, spring ,seals or whatever might be needed to hopefully make it more consistently accurate. My target generally consist of small pieces of solid aluminum that resemble AA and triple AAA batteries . These are positioned on little aluminum posts . I’ve been using some of the same little targets for over five years. Great fun.

 

[PapaT]

Well... my first AG was a red ryder. When I came back and discovered AGs were more than bb shooters, I went with 22 cal break barrel. 22 is still my favorite caliber, but I have 9 177s that are non-pea shooters. Most are pumpers, and I think I am going to start working on FT with my 177 cal Vapor Max. So it is going to see a lot of trigger time this year.

P.S. What a delightful little thread that got resurrected!

 

[EdinGa]

Well... my first AG was a red ryder. When I came back and discovered AGs were more than bb shooters, I went with 22 cal break barrel. 22 is still my favorite caliber, but I have 9 177s that are non-pea shooters. Most are pumpers, and I think I am going to start working on FT with my 177 cal Vapor Max. So it is going to see a lot of trigger time this year.

P.S. What a delightful little thread that got resurrected!

And it looks like I'm the one that resurrected it. I don't know how I came across it in the first place, but I do know that I thought it a was current thread when I commented. I guess I need to be more observant.