First of all, I have been wondering if the variation in head size from advertized makes any difference in accuracy or consistency. JSB has been all over the board with head sizes — very poor control. I sorted over 100 tins of Monster Redesign 22 cal first by weight and ended up discarding pellets under 24 grains (quite a few) or over 27 grains (also quite a few). I sorted into 8 hundredths groupings. Then I head sized each batch using a pelletgage. The pellets were either 5.54, 5.55 or 5.56 head size. The tins all said 5.52. Now for the testing. This morning I shot 2each 5 shot groups at 25 yards to see which had the smallest group size. The picture below shows the result (labelled).
Not much difference. Not enough to make a difference.
Next I figured "let's see about slugs at 50 yards" and I tested 3 weights I've previously tested indoors at 20 yards. First, the target at 20 yards indoors:
Now the same slugs at 50 yards:
The bottom two targets are JSB Monster Redesigns to be sure zero was still valid. For sure the pellets are the most accurate and consistent (if I do my job) but the slugs (especially the 17.5 grain) do very well and may do well in wind.
Not much difference. Not enough to make a difference.
Next I figured "let's see about slugs at 50 yards" and I tested 3 weights I've previously tested indoors at 20 yards. First, the target at 20 yards indoors:
Now the same slugs at 50 yards:
The bottom two targets are JSB Monster Redesigns to be sure zero was still valid. For sure the pellets are the most accurate and consistent (if I do my job) but the slugs (especially the 17.5 grain) do very well and may do well in wind.
