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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => China Gate => : man00 October 22, 2009, 05:24:52 PM
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Talking about the .177 here I seen everything from 500-1015fps from reviews I know it won't shoot the 1100fps with lead but 500 seems awful low???
Talk to a member here and he loved his when he had it but since sold it. The main thing that worries me is the bent barrel read where few owners has faced that issue.
These rifles are a little hard to find without going with the combo setup. Like to add another decent .177
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My guess would be 500 if it is BROKEN, or if it is using some pellet made from mercury. I think you can get it to shoot 1100 with really light pellets, but what's the point? What matters is what gets pushed out. I recently chronied my .177 @ 830fps, but with 10.5 gr pellets. If you use the equation 1/2MV^2=E, you can convert to what it'd be shooting with a more 'standard' 7.9gr...It'd be 956fps, which is pretty accurate according to other chrony tests that Gene did when he tuned the gun. With 4.8gr crossman silver eagle hollowpoints, that would be about 1225fps...Maybe you'll loose a little in the conversion, I don't know, as I don't buy pellets that are that light, and really think breaking the sound barrier can affect accuracy, and I wouldn't go lighter just to gain speed. From my experience, heavier pellets are slower and more consistent.
Why are they 'hard to find'? Just go to compasseco.com. They have plenty of them. If you wait for a 10% off sale you can get it for $134.
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In Canada and a few other countries, air rifles are legally limited to a lower power than allowed in the US, for example. I think the limit is 5 or 6 fpe, which will be about 500fps with a .177.
This will likely explain the large discrepancy.
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In the UK, the limit is 12fpe.
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BumbleShot - 10/23/2009 4:27 PM
In Canada and a few other countries, air rifles are legally limited to a lower power than allowed in the US, for example. I think the limit is 5 or 6 fpe, which will be about 500fps with a .177.
This will likely explain the large discrepancy.
That's what it was most likely