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power for hunting 30fpe is enough for small game? opinion please!!! March 22 2012 at 10:40 PM		adcdam (Login adcdam) YF


hi i live In Argentina i have a discussion there in a airgun forum of my country, in my opinion 30 fpe is very good power for hunting almost all small game hunting, opinion please what about 22fpe?

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26-30 fpe agree... - richwoods on Mar 22, 2012, 10:45 PM

Some small game is 6 fpe "expert" resistant! - David on Mar 23, 2012, 4:57 AM

Re: Some small game is 6 fpe "expert" resistant! - Hunter (DK) on Mar 23, 2012, 7:05 AM

Yeah was fixing to say - Nunyabiz1 on Mar 23, 2012, 12:16 PM

4 fpe of energy point of impact is "adequate"? - David on Mar 23, 2012, 4:03 PM

If 1 out of 100 is unaceptable - Nunyabiz1 on Mar 23, 2012, 8:19 PM

4 fpe of energy point of impact is "adequate"? - David on Mar 23, 2012, 4:04 PM

Well I have shot more than a "few" and rl results don't bear out such claims. - David on Mar 23, 2012, 12:50 PM

I am thinking - Nunyabiz1 on Mar 23, 2012, 8:21 PM

define small game ?/ - robny on Mar 22, 2012, 10:45 PM

Depends on what you consider "small game" - Nunyabiz1 on Mar 22, 2012, 10:49 PM

Depends on the range and shot selection - jvc (echochap) on Mar 22, 2012, 10:50 PM

i mean for this animals - adcdam on Mar 22, 2012, 10:59 PM

Good on all those with plenty to spare. - Joe H. on Mar 22, 2012, 11:05 PM

what about animals like a groundhog? - adcdam on Mar 22, 2012, 11:11 PM

Groundhogs can be anchored with less than 20 fpe - - SteveV on Mar 22, 2012, 11:20 PM

Ground hogs would be easy to take with a gun putting out 30FPE - Lee Chiu on Mar 22, 2012, 11:24 PM

Inside forty yards my R11 will anchor groundhogs - Harvey on Mar 23, 2012, 9:06 AM

it all started because - adcdam on Mar 22, 2012, 11:17 PM

Yeah, well it's hard to fight the"jumbo shrimp" mentality - - SteveV on Mar 22, 2012, 11:30 PM

!!! There It Is !!! - Heywood on Mar 23, 2012, 2:24 AM

I can get 100fpe out of any gun - David Geesaman on Mar 23, 2012, 5:49 AM

Everything you listed there - Nunyabiz1 on Mar 23, 2012, 12:03 AM

Power can sometimes be overated. A good example - Tofazfou on Mar 23, 2012, 12:16 AM

Yes, however it is the occasional 150 yarder that takes the added FPE - checkursix on Mar 23, 2012, 6:58 PM

I have taken 2 groundhogs this year by the barn, with a - VAF on Mar 23, 2012, 9:02 AM

72 lasered yrds with 10.5 from a Stoeger X50. It was - James Dingle on Mar 23, 2012, 9:33 AM

Do not forget this is @ muzzle 30FPE...One must calc. to - checkursix on Mar 23, 2012, 6:26 PM

hey, dami - paul d self on Mar 23, 2012, 9:37 PM

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