.20 Any good!
So anyone had any experiance with .20 ! , is it realy the holy grail between .177 and .22 . Dose the .20 have the heavy pellet of a .22 and the flat trajectory of the .177 ?. This debate rages on the UK forums with no clear winner , but .20 is looking like having more support recently. Maybe just get my FAC and get a 9mm …….hmmm!
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Teflon, I would love to have one you know. May actually get to shoot one this weekend at RandyHub’s bud’s place.
gotta get the ole girl tuned up you know.
Ah, okay. I knew that you had your own rifle, but was never sure whether you had gotten around to getting, or even planned on getting, a Condor from the factory to fiddle around with as well.
Just my homebuilt Condor style Vulture (due to its ruddy ugliness)
Walter…
Walt, do you actually have a Condor yet?
RiffRaff, I think you made the right choice as the Condor really shines when you give it some real work to do. Consider adding a 9mm barrel to the collection as well 🙂
160fpe with 125 grain pistol bullets…….
walter….
My old Sheridan was my go-to gun for starlings. Compared to the .177 I was shooting at the time, the .20 shot harder and more accurately. The Sheridan actually out-shoots my FWB124.
I stuck a Williams peep sight on the back, and removed the aperture leaving only the threaded hole. This makes a great ghost-ring sight which I am very proficient with.
This setup would group around 1″ at 50yards, I have no idea how fast it shoots though. I haven’t fired it in years.
I almost bought a .20 barrel for the Condor, but I decided on the .25 instead for now.
I probably will get a .20 someday just to round out the collection. I have tons of tins of pellets for it already.
Somebody mention .20 slugs? Check what these guys are starting to make here in South Africa…40 $ 50 grainers!!!
Mine didn’t shoot the CP’s as well as it does the Benjamin/Sheridan “slugs” (the modern ones that have a bit of a wasit…the old Sheridan stright sided slugs shoot poorly). Proablem is, at that 14.3gr. weight, will shoot a bit SLOWER than 14.3gr. .22 pellets…better BC helps make up for it downrange.
Shoots some of the other pellets (kodiak, some old silver jets, silver stings) well so long as they aren’t over driven. The light weights seem to have a speed limit…looks like something in the 910-950fps range for really good accuracy.
Is it the perfect compromise?…not for me, but I had about 7,800 .20’s stashed away for an old Sheridan and realized I’d never shoot that old pumper that much.
The 12″ Bbl.l in my SS was a tack driver. That and in .20, crossmans are longer with a better BC., but at the same weight as the .22 at 14.3 grains.. If not for the high winds here, I would have ordered a .20 instead of the .22 18″ Bbl. The heavier Kodiaks do a much better job of bucking the wind.n But not in the .20. They are lighter in the .20. Why they chose to make them lighter in the .20 I’ll never know. Kinda defeats teh purpose of the Kodiak. And man, Those .22 Kd’s at 21.1 grains hit hard!
MIke
Its the limited pellet choice that puts me off and the fact that ive got tins of .22 sitting around. The flatter trajectory would be nice too. Maybe its one for the future as its seams to be getting more and more popular 😀
I really like the .20 and have shot several airguns over the years in that caliber. It really is great. But I am lazy and finding the best pellet your choices are limited. So I stick with .22 becasue it does what I want and getting a large variety of pellets is much easier.
I would shoot .20 with out hesitation. In fact AF now sells a .20 barrels for their guns.
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I love a gost ring sight! Well I use to until my eyes caught up with my age!!Lol. My .20 SS wouldn’t shoot the Sheridan .20. Not even the new slightly waisted ones. They woudl just about drop into the breach. No tightness at all. 40 yard groups were wel lover 3″ compaired to the Cp’s at under 1/2 inch. A shame, as they are avaliable here in town. The only potentally decent pellet avaliable here in town. I liked the Idea of the higher BC. I miked several of them from two different tins. All were under sized.
MIke