Much appreciated!
*I was referencing just weight in general.
what says you about the various head shapes? Got a fave/least fave?Upvote 0
Selecting right pellet for competition
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*I was referencing just weight in general.
what says you about the various head shapes? Got a fave/least fave?
Domed.Much appreciated!
*I was referencing just weight in general.
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Oooone last question?
Is there much difference/advantage in a regular domed vs a diabolo domed? (Short vs long I guess?)
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Shooting a spring Piston Airgun accurately is difficult. As long as you hold the same way on every shot you should be fine. When I test pellets, I shoot a half a dozen shots… usually you can tell in three or four shots whether the gun likes the pellet or not.
Since you only have 20 yards at home, I would use that to identify all the pellets that you want to test out at longer distances.
Since you are going to be competing at 50 yards plus, you need to test your pallets at that distance. You also need to test them in the wind. Some pellets will shoot excellent when it’s really calm, but don’t do well in the wind.
That’s an excellent rifle you’re shooting, good luck.
Mike
Since you only have 20 yards at home, I would use that to identify all the pellets that you want to test out at longer distances.
Since you are going to be competing at 50 yards plus, you need to test your pallets at that distance. You also need to test them in the wind. Some pellets will shoot excellent when it’s really calm, but don’t do well in the wind.
That’s an excellent rifle you’re shooting, good luck.
Mike
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Yes, I bought the FWB 124D supertuned from Beemans in 1983 with money I should have been saving for my honeymoon. In the middle of my honeymoon I had to go the front desk of the luxury hotel and inform them I may exceed my credit limit. I offered to work for the extra money I owed. Did not consider selling my airgun. Anyway, they just laughed and told me not to worry. My wife still brings that up now and then.
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Ummm... can you rephrase that question?Oooone last question?
Is there much difference/advantage in a regular domed vs a diabolo domed? (Short vs long I guess?)
No el understando regular domed.Upvote 0
Ummm... can you rephrase that question?
uhhh...let seeThe pellet.overal shape? Is a.lomger overall pellet better? Like how some pellets have a cylindrical area mak them longer(loke a missle)... were as some are more of a the birdie from a badmitten game(a bubble and a skirt)
See pics; the shape of the rest of the pellet behind the dome?
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I'll go against the advice here and say don't bother wasting pellets at 20 yards. You will wind up with 7 or 8 pellets that look fine at 20 yards, and then you have to test them at 55 yards. Skip straight to 55 yards. The fastest way to find your pellet is to shoot 10 shot groups at 55 yards, ideally on a non-windy day. When switching pellets, I usually shoot 3 to 5 pellets at a trash bullseye first, then shoot a group.
You will quickly eliminate most pellets. The really bad ones will be painfully obvious after a few shots.
Take the 3 best pellets home and measure the head size, they will probably be pretty close to each other.
Then clean the barrel and go back to the range with the 3 good pellets. Shoot 2 10-shot groups with each pellet and only look at the second group. If they are pretty close in group size, congratulations: you found 3 pellets that your gun likes.
The next step to narrow it down is to see which pellet has the least amount of drop. Zero at 20 yards, then shoot at 55 yards without changing the holdover. The pellet with the least amount of drop likely has the best BC.
The last step is to go to the range on a windy day and see if any of the good pellets seem to do better in the wind. I have pellets that shoot great in the wind but are just average without the wind. I would only use wind performance as a tie breaker between pellets of equal accuracy, but that's just based on my personal experience.
As far as weighing and sorting, I am lucky that my competition guns prefer Air Arms fields. I have weighed tins of AAFs on 2 different occasions and came up with 3-5 pellets that were out of my weight range. I no longer bother weighing or sorting. For bench rest, I would weigh pellets. For field target, that time is better spent practicing.
You will quickly eliminate most pellets. The really bad ones will be painfully obvious after a few shots.
Take the 3 best pellets home and measure the head size, they will probably be pretty close to each other.
Then clean the barrel and go back to the range with the 3 good pellets. Shoot 2 10-shot groups with each pellet and only look at the second group. If they are pretty close in group size, congratulations: you found 3 pellets that your gun likes.
The next step to narrow it down is to see which pellet has the least amount of drop. Zero at 20 yards, then shoot at 55 yards without changing the holdover. The pellet with the least amount of drop likely has the best BC.
The last step is to go to the range on a windy day and see if any of the good pellets seem to do better in the wind. I have pellets that shoot great in the wind but are just average without the wind. I would only use wind performance as a tie breaker between pellets of equal accuracy, but that's just based on my personal experience.
As far as weighing and sorting, I am lucky that my competition guns prefer Air Arms fields. I have weighed tins of AAFs on 2 different occasions and came up with 3-5 pellets that were out of my weight range. I no longer bother weighing or sorting. For bench rest, I would weigh pellets. For field target, that time is better spent practicing.
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If you look at the match results of field target matches you will see what pellets most are choosing. JSB 8.4, JSB 10.5, H+N FTT, and Crosman Premiers. It is likely that one of those will work from your rifle. I will check the head sizes of a few whenever I open a new tin. If the first few seem consistant, I don't worry about the rest.
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