Question for people who understand the pressures and speed of air guns.
Reading yesterday on one site the author claimed that to achieve better accuracy at greater distance your weapon should stay below 1000 FPS.
He explained it as when you break the sound barrier it creates a sound / shock wave, that wave follows your pellet and as the pellet slows over distance the wave catches up and makes the pellet start to tumble and effects your accuracy.
Just wondering how true that was, and I assume that different pellets achieve different speeds.
So if I wanted to get out 50 yards or so, should I stay below 1000 FPS?
I haven't used an air gun in 25 years, they sure have come a long way.
Reading yesterday on one site the author claimed that to achieve better accuracy at greater distance your weapon should stay below 1000 FPS.
He explained it as when you break the sound barrier it creates a sound / shock wave, that wave follows your pellet and as the pellet slows over distance the wave catches up and makes the pellet start to tumble and effects your accuracy.
Just wondering how true that was, and I assume that different pellets achieve different speeds.
So if I wanted to get out 50 yards or so, should I stay below 1000 FPS?
I haven't used an air gun in 25 years, they sure have come a long way.