Do you weigh your pellets?

mephiskapheles6

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When I get a new tin I sort them by weight. I normally use corsman pellets and get three groups, 1.0g, 0.9g and 0.8g...just wondering if I am the only one that does this.

cheers,
corey
 
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mephiskapheles6 said:
When I get a new tin I sort them by weight. I normally use corsman pellets and get three groups, 1.0g, 0.9g and 0.8g...just wondering if I am the only one that does this.

cheers,
corey
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If you shoot competitively in such disciplines as ISSF (10M rifle or pistol), or Field Target (rifle or pistol), weighing your pellets may make a difference - particularly in FT where the maximum range is at 55 yards. That said, I know of many such competitors that do not weigh or otherwise sort their pellets and manage to post very respectable scores on a consistent basis.

I regularly compete in FT, and I do not sort my pellets by weight or any other criteria. At a match a couple weeks ago, I posted a clean match - 48/48. Typically, I only drop one or two points per match, such as last weekend, when I posted a 58/60 for a 1st place finish. Is the potential there to post a better score IF I weighed my pellets? I think that anyone would have a tough time convincing me of that.

For some folks, weighing and sorting pellets instills confidence, and if that works for you, great - but - in the end, spending more trigger time with your gun and learning it's nuances is a far greater benefit to your scores, and a lot more fun to boot. Perhaps in years past, there may have been a benefit to sorting pellets for a match, but I believe that with today's QC standards, any quality pellet should be good to go right out of the tin.

As always, YMMV.
 
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