Years ago there was a push to get them to switch to FPE instead of FPS. They would have all had to make the switch for marketing purposes or people new to Airguns would still choose the biggest number without understanding the the FPE vs FPS. In most cases there is a super light weight allow pellet that would get close to those numbers. Might not hit a 6 inch target at 10 yards though.
I used a nailclipler to reduce lead on the head of 4.5 pellets on a F4 NP. Shure those were supersonic because of s snap, but no accurate more than 8 yds. So I stick to magnum 10 grain lead Pellets
Not to mention you don't want to reach some of those advertised speed due to the noise especially when you break the sound barrier (1115 fps) along with decreased accuracy. Generally, the sweet spot for best accuracy/power is 800 fps +/- 100 fps with lead pellets.
950 FPS on 4.5 is a nasty round to fire, I have a beeman and a Crosman F4. Both shots consistently on 900 fps mark and they smack hard on whatever they hit🎉
In my country 🇮🇳 one company lai to there customers selling break barrels marked as .177 but the actual bore size is .22 because our government ban .22 cal air rifles in 2016 😂 the funny part is this no body knows i mean 99% of government officers including police don't know the the size of .22 call so the company took the advantage of it and produce 5.5 mm air rifle and mark it as .177 cal 😅😅😅😅
I have seen lighter than 10 grain 22 rounds. And yes I have seen and heard some 22 break barrels break the sound barrier. 177 is also known to do so with light high speed ammo. But in reality this attributes to bad accuracy, as flight paths become more erratic and shots start to become inconsistent.
Years ago I shot 177 all the time, had a Crosman phantom rated 1200fps alloy and 1000fps with lead, and with lead 7.9gr Crosman Hollowpoints was around 860fps
True! Hatsan fps ratings are reputed to be pretty spot on! There are many vids online demonstrating that Hatsan's claimed fps ratings are, in fact, valid.
Good informative video. One of the air rifles in my collection is a Ruger Impact Max .22 (which I really enjoy shooting,), but I was aware that it tended to average around 750fps before I got one because of reviews. The numbers on the box don't just mislead people, but give people wrong impressions about how to rate the power of an air gun, since fps is only part of the equation.
Wish I would have seen this video 3+ years ago, when I did just that, was miss guided, not only the fps on the box... but the fact I was unaware that the Crosman .177 Mag Fire was not made in the states... for the Price it should have... That may say Ruger on the box, but at least they're not taking you over the coals... Glad you did this, you may just save some time money, and they may enjoy air gunning... 👍👍👍Big C 😎
Accuracy is what’s important, I got a little bit older air hawk and believe me one could do better with a sling shot 😂 got a gamo it’s hands down 3 times the rifle
Yeah accuracy is typically number 1 but not point of this video , now in my previous video, shot 3 different break barrels with same pellets and got same results at 30yd
Good point James and I figured that out years ago when I bought a BONE COLLECTOR GAMO. And it wasn't a accurate gun at all but it could have been me because I was just starting with airguns and different know about trying different pellets.
