AIR GUN PELLETS QUALITY

[ThomasT]

I am wondering about this. Is the price for a pellet determine the quality and repeatability of a pellet? I dont know much about tolerances of a pellet ,how they do it. Is one company the best for repeatability and tolerances? If so, I wont waste my time on one brand , I would just go for the more/most expensive one to save time and money knowing I am going to get the quality pellet for competition/hunting purposes.

Hello @danimal4789

On average the "most poplar / best known brands" are pretty much equal in price. Where you purchase, the retail store, makes more of the price difference. But with that said if you look at enough threads here on the Forum where members have tested various Brands in a particular gun, there can be quite a bit of difference in accuracy. AA might stack one weight of pellets using that gun. Another member shooting the same pellet in a different gun finds them to be not very accurate.

I wish it was that simple to state that the H&N .22 cal in 18.13gr was"the best" and "most accurate" pellet, PERIOD, but it just doesn't work that way.

If you want the most accurate pellet for a particular gun, then in most cases you will have to shoot and compare various Brands and Weights.

ThomasT

 

[Sawney Bean]

There are a handful of brands out there that just market rebadged versions of someone else's pellets, often for a buck or two cheaper per tin. FX and AA pellets are just rebadged JSB's the last I'd heard, so you may as well save a buck.

 

[JimD]

It's reasonable to try Crosmans but I've gotten junk 177 Crosman pellets after enjoying a good tin. I haven't had a problem with the 22s but I rarely shoot them. My Prod prefers H&N FTTs (copper plated) and they aren't much more. The Crosmans are too light for my other 22s without a retune. I try JSBs and H&N pellets and sometimes others. But their favorites are JSB (two guns) or H&N (4 guns).

 

[Sawney Bean]

It's reasonable to try Crosmans but I've gotten junk 177 Crosman pellets after enjoying a good tin. I haven't had a problem with the 22s but I rarely shoot them. My Prod prefers H&N FTTs (copper plated) and they aren't much more. The Crosmans are too light for my other 22s without a retune. I try JSBs and H&N pellets and sometimes others. But their favorites are JSB (two guns) or H&N (4 guns).

I keep a few tins around just because they're available in the big box stores and I like to have a variety of pellets so that I can pretend I'm one of those serious shooters who shoots different pellets and then chooses the most accurate one. In reality I usually just grab whatever tin is open, adjust the scope a few clicks and since I'm shooting offhand or sitting I can't tell the difference in accuracy between them.

 

[coastal drifter]

The old vortex are Identical to and may be made by JSB, I generally use JSB. as the saying goes, if it aint broke don't fix it.

 

[JimD]

Mostly I shoot 30 yard challenge targets trying to figure something out or trying for a higher score. I rarely sort pellets (I haven't measured a benefit) but I want to shoot pellets my guns really like. When I practice other positions I want misses to be me, not the pellet.