Best Pellets To Buy?
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Good pellets are the ones that shoot well in your gun.
Myself I use a mixture of pellets.
My HW 85 likes RWS .22 Superdome
My HW45 likes .22 Exact Sport
My HW40 like RWS .177 Hoby
I like RWS pellets and other more expensive brands as they are relatively clean and your fingers don't get blackened when using them.
Best advice buy what you can afford and try a few tins to see what shoots well in your gun.
As for alloy pellets I don't use them since I found what I like and they are usually lighter which is not all that good for springers IMO
Myself I use a mixture of pellets.
My HW 85 likes RWS .22 Superdome
My HW45 likes .22 Exact Sport
My HW40 like RWS .177 Hoby
I like RWS pellets and other more expensive brands as they are relatively clean and your fingers don't get blackened when using them.
Best advice buy what you can afford and try a few tins to see what shoots well in your gun.
As for alloy pellets I don't use them since I found what I like and they are usually lighter which is not all that good for springers IMO
easyrider604
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So far, I have tried some Crosmans, Gamos, Meisterkuglns, and the best all around in most of my rifles are the Crosman Premier Hollow Points. However, experts have told me that JSB Exact 4.52 are the best in their HW97s, for which I am looking for the best possible accuracy.
The pellets usually found at CT and TSC are not nearly among the best. Crosman pellets sold by the tin (and the milk carton) vary greatly in head size and weight. Grizzly pellets are rarely known for accuracy. The best pellets are made by JSB and H&N. Get round head pellets like JSB Exact or Express or H&N Field Target Trophy (or Baracuda if using a PCP). Head size matters if you're concerned about accuracy.
for Crappy tire or TSC stuff, I've always had good results from the Crossman 'premier' line... other then that RWS and JSB were the brands.
I like HEAVY... Alloy pellets super light, they are a marketing ploy to make everyone think there air rifle is super high velocity. NOT good for springers...
I like HEAVY... Alloy pellets super light, they are a marketing ploy to make everyone think there air rifle is super high velocity. NOT good for springers...
I think I have a good stash now:
Grizzly pointed and wad cutter, cross man premier pointed and wadcutter and RWS hobby wadcutter and hollow point wad cutter
3,000 pellets should last me a lifetime? Seems like a lot !
I wonder which kind will be the best.
I wanted to pick up round nose, are those THAT much better for
Accuracy or are they all Comparable / similiar ?
Grizzly pointed and wad cutter, cross man premier pointed and wadcutter and RWS hobby wadcutter and hollow point wad cutter
3,000 pellets should last me a lifetime? Seems like a lot !
I wonder which kind will be the best.
I wanted to pick up round nose, are those THAT much better for
Accuracy or are they all Comparable / similiar ?
3000 pellets... some of us burn through that in a year. Some shoot more.
You have to shoot a variety of brands , the rifle will tell you (by group size/consistency) which one it likes best. And if it's a springer, it will tell you what hold(or lack of) it prefers.
Round nose generally fly best beyond 20 yards. The flat points are used for 10 meter target shooting. Out past 20 meter the wadcutters tend to lose accuracy. That's where the round point shines.
You have to shoot a variety of brands , the rifle will tell you (by group size/consistency) which one it likes best. And if it's a springer, it will tell you what hold(or lack of) it prefers.
Round nose generally fly best beyond 20 yards. The flat points are used for 10 meter target shooting. Out past 20 meter the wadcutters tend to lose accuracy. That's where the round point shines.
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- Nova Scotia
Just last winter I went thru 2000. Wad cutters are better for comps because they cut holes cleaner. I just shot pointed from my IZH 60. Was getting spade shovel accuracy at 60M
sillymike
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
As long as you don't lick them, you should be OK. Airguns will not send them down range fast enough for the pellet to vaporize. When you pick them up afterward, just wash your hand before eating.
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3000 pellets? I thought they always came in box of 5000
Jocelyn (Cible Target Canada / nikkonos on Ebay) is probably the best place to buy H&N pellets... at least, that's where I've been buying mine.
Depends on the gun.. I feed an FX in .25 and it likes JSB best and a couple Air Arms in .22 both really like 15.89g JSB
Air Arm's Diabolo Field's are good, JSB's are nice pretty consistently. Can Tire Crossman Hollow Point's have been good in my .22 also but @50m POI is 3" (PCP) to 5" (Springer) off vs JSB/Air Arms pellets. I've played at least a tin of H&N, FX, Crossman, RWS Predator Polmags, Gamo's, Beemans etc.. youtube abounds with opinions...
I've always liked this shows reviews...no industrial metal music blasting during reviews.
Air Arm's Diabolo Field's are good, JSB's are nice pretty consistently. Can Tire Crossman Hollow Point's have been good in my .22 also but @50m POI is 3" (PCP) to 5" (Springer) off vs JSB/Air Arms pellets. I've played at least a tin of H&N, FX, Crossman, RWS Predator Polmags, Gamo's, Beemans etc.. youtube abounds with opinions...
I've always liked this shows reviews...no industrial metal music blasting during reviews.
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IMHO, the best pellets are those that shoot well in your guns, at the ranges you shoot, for the cheapest price.
I own and regularly shoot 8 different springers, from 375fps (slavia 618) to 1030fps with 7.5gr lead (gas ram). H&N excite econs shoot as well as premium pellets in the lower velocity guns. I shoot a lot (3000 pellets will last me a few months -I'm retired)
I buy H&N from Nikonos on ebay. Econs are $5 CDN for a tin of 500. I find H&N Sport (8.18gr wadcutter) at $7.50 per tin of 500 to be almost as accurate as their match grade. I rarely shoot from a bench so "useable" accuracy is what I look for.
Incidently, the gas ram shoots the econs surprisingly well at 1030 fps. 3/4" groups at 20 meters, rather than 1/4" at 20 meters with premium pellets. However, at 30 meters, the groups really open up. So I shoot the cheap econs in that rifle up to 20 meters. At that initial velocity anything I hit blows up. Crabapples are really fun. Squirrels fight over the pieces while the blue jays just fly away with them.
just my $0.02.
ps. I bought a tin of pba's years ago. The only gun that will shoot them well is the gas ram at 1220 fps. Loud supersonic crack and poor accuracy. The tin is still almost full.
I own and regularly shoot 8 different springers, from 375fps (slavia 618) to 1030fps with 7.5gr lead (gas ram). H&N excite econs shoot as well as premium pellets in the lower velocity guns. I shoot a lot (3000 pellets will last me a few months -I'm retired)
I buy H&N from Nikonos on ebay. Econs are $5 CDN for a tin of 500. I find H&N Sport (8.18gr wadcutter) at $7.50 per tin of 500 to be almost as accurate as their match grade. I rarely shoot from a bench so "useable" accuracy is what I look for.
Incidently, the gas ram shoots the econs surprisingly well at 1030 fps. 3/4" groups at 20 meters, rather than 1/4" at 20 meters with premium pellets. However, at 30 meters, the groups really open up. So I shoot the cheap econs in that rifle up to 20 meters. At that initial velocity anything I hit blows up. Crabapples are really fun. Squirrels fight over the pieces while the blue jays just fly away with them.
just my $0.02.
ps. I bought a tin of pba's years ago. The only gun that will shoot them well is the gas ram at 1220 fps. Loud supersonic crack and poor accuracy. The tin is still almost full.
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sillymike
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
There's only one way to find out... lets do some shooting if they don't work, you'll have to try something else... and spend more time shooting your rifle!
In general, pellet selection will be more significant as range increase (kind of the same logic as with firearms)
If you're shooting at 5M-10M, chances that just about anything will be OK for plinking.
As your skill improve, you can then start looking for what works best in your gun.
if they don't work, you'll have to try something else... and spend more time shooting your rifle!In general, pellet selection will be more significant as range increase (kind of the same logic as with firearms)
If you're shooting at 5M-10M, chances that just about anything will be OK for plinking.
As your skill improve, you can then start looking for what works best in your gun.
