All things OTHER than caliber being equal ... generally YES a .22 will be a tad harder.This IMO due to greater pellet mass being accelerated creating a greater 'Bump' upon firing along with the fact that a heavier pellet is in the barrel longer than a smaller bore light pellet. So motion of the rifles shot cycle is slightly more by the time pellet exits muzzle.
I'm talking similar power levels and similar quality rifles. My reason for asking this is I have a little more difficult time getting small one hole groups with my TX200 in 22 cal than I do with other rifles in .177 cal. I don't have the same model to compare, and I know there are many factors involved in good accuracy. I am shooting from a rest, and have tried numerous ways of resting and holding the rifle. It may well be the nut behind the butt plate .I think the TX is fully capable of putting pellets in the same exact hole at 10 yds, because I have done 5 shot groups with very tight groups. I just seem to have to work harder to accomplish it than with a HW97 in .177 cal or my HW50s in .177.I'm not trying to start a discussion on which is the better rifle, I'm just wondering what your experiences have been regardless of the brand or rifle between 22 cal and .177. Do you find one caliber slightly less accurate than the other?
A friend of mine had the same problem with his .22 tx200 hc.Problem solved after getting to 14 fpe and start using jsb exact 14.3 grain,she shoots one pellet on the other now.
Another few considerations is how clean is the barrel and has the rifle ever been taken apart de burred and lubed and is it still breaking in . How long have you had the rifle
Quote from: sfttailrdr46 on February 26, 2015, 10:33:02 PMAnother few considerations is how clean is the barrel and has the rifle ever been taken apart de burred and lubed and is it still breaking in . How long have you had the rifleHello Don,I just cleaned the barrel with Goo Gone. I bought the rifle barely used a year or so ago and broke it down for a polish and lube using Mccarri lubes and I installed a new spring guide. I have shot a few hundred pellets through it since the lube tune. Cleaning the barrel did seem to help somewhat. I don't think the gun is shooting terribly, but is just a little more fussey with hold and pellet types. I think everyone has provided excellent feedback and ideas answering my questions, and I feel better knowing the conclusions of others confirm what I was seeing in my own rifles. Again, not taking anything away from the TX, but it does seem to be more challenging in 22 cal.One more time, thanks to everyone for sharing your thoughts and experiences.Tom
Quote from: Tomcat on February 26, 2015, 11:09:21 PMQuote from: sfttailrdr46 on February 26, 2015, 10:33:02 PMAnother few considerations is how clean is the barrel and has the rifle ever been taken apart de burred and lubed and is it still breaking in . How long have you had the rifleHello Don,I just cleaned the barrel with Goo Gone. I bought the rifle barely used a year or so ago and broke it down for a polish and lube using Mccarri lubes and I installed a new spring guide. I have shot a few hundred pellets through it since the lube tune. Cleaning the barrel did seem to help somewhat. I don't think the gun is shooting terribly, but is just a little more fussey with hold and pellet types. I think everyone has provided excellent feedback and ideas answering my questions, and I feel better knowing the conclusions of others confirm what I was seeing in my own rifles. Again, not taking anything away from the TX, but it does seem to be more challenging in 22 cal.One more time, thanks to everyone for sharing your thoughts and experiences.TomWhen I clean my rifles I use a crown saver. I have also found some pellets like to be lubed. Here is a link on what I like to use (I should note I like goo gone too):http://www.mac1airgunshop.com/krytech-kit-w-crown-saver-p/krytechkit.htm
Depends on the gun...Hw 80 & 90 and Diana 54 are easier to shoot accurate in .22 than .177 My opinion and only
Quote from: PIPERMAN on February 27, 2015, 09:37:08 AMDepends on the gun...Hw 80 & 90 and Diana 54 are easier to shoot accurate in .22 than .177 My opinion and onlyI have no first hand experience shooting either gun you mentioned, however I would have to agree on principle simply because it wouldn't seem to be a good thing to squish all that receiver swept volume through a relatively small hole pushing a .177 cal pellet with such a stiff coil spring! Seems to me that the fatter cals would be better suited to those honkin large/heavy piston guns!