Is it my gun or my pellets?

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Hi guys, I don't have much reference as I only have a stoeger X20 for my pellet shooter. Its not fancy but with a 3x9 scope I pretty much every time hit a 22lr empty shell from 30 feet away from a resting position. For me, that's decent enough. My question is about pellets not fitting in the note right.

For a while, I was always buying crosman pointed, flat nose or such and they always fit nicely. Recently, I decided to try apparently better ones such as: RWS super h point, meistekugelen, hobby, beeman hollow, stoeger x field. All these new pellets fit so tightly that I need to seat them with at least 20 pounds of push with my seating tool? Otherwise, the end sticks out from the note. Is this because the bore is too tight for real pellets or what?

Thanks

Oh forgot I have a beeman p17, Benjamin trail pistol and an old crosman 1377. All of which take all the pellets fine?
 
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With airguns the rifle chooses the pellet. If you are plinking .22 empties from 30' I think your rifle is telling you what it likes... I would just go with it. Every pellet has a slightly different diameter, weight and fit so normally a lot of trial and error is done in finding the right ammo.
 
I'm not trying to be a smart a** ,but if you are getting good accuracy using cheaper pellets,BE HAPPY!
The rifle may just have a tight bore.
As you said, you still can use the more expensive pellets in your pistols.
 
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