View Poll Results: Could 17 FPE .177 air rifle kill very small hog?
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Can air rifle kill very small hog?
03-14-2016, 02:12 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Can air rifle kill very small hog?
Hello everybody,
I know I'm posting this in small game section,but i mean REALLY small hogs that weight 20lbs.
I'm talking about Hatsan 55 .177cal which has 1000 FPS.
On youtube i saw PigMan which kills small hog with Gamo Fusion which has 1300 FPS with non lead pellets.
Can you tell me could Hatsan 55 kill small hog from 17-20 yards if i shoot it in the brain?
I calculated power and it's 17 FPE.
Feel free to vote too.
I know I'm posting this in small game section,but i mean REALLY small hogs that weight 20lbs.
I'm talking about Hatsan 55 .177cal which has 1000 FPS.
On youtube i saw PigMan which kills small hog with Gamo Fusion which has 1300 FPS with non lead pellets.
Can you tell me could Hatsan 55 kill small hog from 17-20 yards if i shoot it in the brain?
I calculated power and it's 17 FPE.
Feel free to vote too.
03-14-2016, 02:55 PM
#2
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern California
Posts: 18,382
IMHO, I wouldn't mess with it (.177 caliber). I've seen videos of some .25 caliber airguns killing smaller hogs (looked like javelinas) but they were talking about a shot to the ear while the javelina was standing still. If you're set on hunting hogs with an airgun, I'd look at the Air Force Texan in .45 caliber. It's a PCP airgun and runs a $1K+ by the time you buy the gun and pump, etc. but you will be able to ethically and cleanly harvest a hog.
03-14-2016, 03:29 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 15,436
It is a bad question. The question should be can that gun consistently and humanely kill a hog. What is the point of killing a 20 lb hog anyway unless you are a land owner working on extermination because that will not happen.
03-15-2016, 02:34 AM
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,605
I looked at all of the OP's threads and they all have the same theme...asking about the use of a marginal weapon for the job at hand. PM sent and thread locked.
Last edited by Champlain Islander; 03-15-2016 at 02:40 AM.
