I can follow your logic about hard steel BBs, but what about accuracy at range? Isn't there a reason why BB matches are shot at 15 feet while pellet matches are 10m and up?It would be nice if cheap BB guns that shoot cheap ammo were a viable solution but it seems too good to be true.
I dont hunt anything….but think about this ..if someone gave u the opportunity to be humanely dispatched ..which would you prefer…a BB..or a well placed pellet from the appropriate weapon…..just asking …good luck
The efficacy of the projectile depends on the vulnerability of the target. As a kid I killed small birds and lizards with BBs. I still use BBs in the garden to dispatch snakes, brown anoles, and insects like tobacco horn worms and lubber grasshoppers. Six BBs in rapid succession from an Umarex 357 will pulp a pygmy rattler (but ten .177 wad cutters from a Crosman 357 is better). I don't think the harder steel BB will penetrate better than a heavier lead pellet. I use steel BBs in the garden in preference to lead. For hunting I prefer the most accurate lead pellet the gun will shoot. The heavier the better because it is mass that does the work. A hard projectile may penetrate a hard medium (like bone) better than a soft lead projectile of the same mass but at BB gun velocities a heavy lead pellet is going to retain more energy than a light steel BB. In the garden I'm shooting at point blank range or at the most a few feet at very vulnerable targets. I have tested cloth and paper "patched" BBs in a B-3. Accuracy was improved but loading was a chore.