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<blockquote data-quote="sh00ter" data-source="post: 3974565" data-attributes="member: 24531"><p>Having blown all the PCP hot air, it really depends on how much coon killing you plan to do. My neighbor has this exact gun in 22cal and I know for a fact he anchored one with a shot between the eyes.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.benjaminairguns.com/air-guns/break-barrel/trail-xl-magnum[/URL]</p><p></p><p>But my other buddy who has to cull them almost every week gave up on pellet guns and uses an antique single shot 22 rifle with CB Ammo.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: (apparently I have a lot to say LOL) - You want to stay sub-sonic in a pellet gun or it will be much louder and accuracy will suffer. A 22cal in the 900-1000fps range with a 14.3gr pellet or a 25cal with slightly less FPS is where you want to be for airgun hunting anything larger than a squirrel. 12FPE muzzle velocity is the lowest humane FPE for small mammals and it is better to have 12FPE or more on impact. For a coon, again, I'd say "at least" 18-20FPE.</p><p></p><p>This page may be helpful to calculate FPE based on pellet weight/velocity and they have other links about airgun hunting.</p><p></p><p><strong>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.pyramydair.com/widgets[/URL]</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sh00ter, post: 3974565, member: 24531"] Having blown all the PCP hot air, it really depends on how much coon killing you plan to do. My neighbor has this exact gun in 22cal and I know for a fact he anchored one with a shot between the eyes. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.benjaminairguns.com/air-guns/break-barrel/trail-xl-magnum[/URL] But my other buddy who has to cull them almost every week gave up on pellet guns and uses an antique single shot 22 rifle with CB Ammo. EDIT: (apparently I have a lot to say LOL) - You want to stay sub-sonic in a pellet gun or it will be much louder and accuracy will suffer. A 22cal in the 900-1000fps range with a 14.3gr pellet or a 25cal with slightly less FPS is where you want to be for airgun hunting anything larger than a squirrel. 12FPE muzzle velocity is the lowest humane FPE for small mammals and it is better to have 12FPE or more on impact. For a coon, again, I'd say "at least" 18-20FPE. This page may be helpful to calculate FPE based on pellet weight/velocity and they have other links about airgun hunting. [B][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.pyramydair.com/widgets[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]
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