Well This Is Getting Pretty Boring

[ctshooter]

I shoot straight from the tin , I did sort for a while but like you would rather shoot . Right now im shooting RWS R 10 Match pellets

I'm a mostly from the tin guy. I really only clean and weigh for longer distance shooting, but prefer shooting from the tin if viable. I do find JSB has the largest weight variance - but some barrels just shoot them better than pellets with tighter tolerances - so go figure......

On another note - I've never quite understand the "rolling" thing. Could someone summarize that in a sentence or two?

 

[Franklink]

I'm a mostly from the tin guy. I really only clean and weigh for longer distance shooting, but prefer shooting from the tin if viable. I do find JSB has the largest weight variance - but some barrels just shoot them better than pellets with tighter tolerances - so go figure......

On another note - I've never quite understand the "rolling" thing. Could someone summarize that in a sentence or two?

Think of the pellet as two rings, of different diameters, head and skirt. So when you roll a cone it curves. By rolling pellets and sorting them by the point to which they roll you're theoretically homogenizing them to the same head to skirt diameter ratios. So, pellet sorting.

Personally I feel that when you yeet that pellet out the barrel with a couple thousand psi blast it's gonna take the shape of the barrel....

 

[beerthief]

I'm a mostly from the tin guy. I really only clean and weigh for longer distance shooting, but prefer shooting from the tin if viable. I do find JSB has the largest weight variance - but some barrels just shoot them better than pellets with tighter tolerances - so go figure......

On another note - I've never quite understand the "rolling" thing. Could someone summarize that in a sentence or two?

take something very flat , make a barrier thin wood perfectly square 90 % . Now you place the pellet along the virtical axes and let it roll down to the horizontal axes , marking the start and finish roll point . select the roll point that matches the most pellets . you end up with many points just like weighting.
Forgot to say , place the pellet skirt facing up on the vertical start point . the pellet then rolls in an arch to the finish .

 

[dgeesaman]

I know! Been sorting FX .25 34 grain pellets plus or minus 2/100ths of a grain as a general rule. View attachment 479176

Do you get an ugly group when you mix the heaviest and lightest bins and shoot them?

 

[MikeAllen]

Do you get an ugly group when you mix the heaviest and lightest bins and shoot them?

I won’t say “ugly” but groups are better if pellets are sorted. I’ve said before that I am probably the biggest variable!

 

[ctshooter]

Think of the pellet as two rings, of different diameters, head and skirt. So when you roll a cone it curves. By rolling pellets and sorting them by the point to which they roll you're theoretically homogenizing them to the same head to skirt diameter ratios. So, pellet sorting.

Personally I feel that when you yeet that pellet out the barrel with a couple thousand psi blast it's gonna take the shape of the barrel....

OK - I get it, thanks.

 

[sonnysan]

I bought a Pellet Gage - used it for a while. I found that FX pellets were very consistent in head size - more-so than the same pellet branded JSB. So I stopped using the Pellet Gage, sold it, and pretty well standardized on FX .25 34 grain pellets. I refuse to get involved in roll testing. That would take entirely too much time and too many beers. Besides, pellet skirts become pretty uniform when pushed into a barrel, so no need in my opinion. I prefer to eliminate as many (reasonable) variables as I can and concentrate more on my shooting skills which, at this time, is reading the wind! Damn...reading the wind is the biggest challenge to accuracy!

Why make life hard on yourself, and tap into reading the wind with ESP? https://www.liveabout.com/how-to-develop-your-psychic-abilities-2593937

 

[MikeAllen]

Why make life hard on yourself, and tap into reading the wind with ESP? https://www.liveabout.com/how-to-develop-your-psychic-abilities-2593937

 

[VneMC2]

I looked at the 45 grain JTS and AEA pellets side by side and could find no difference. I believe they are made at the same place. The JTS pellets are made in China as far as I know. The consistency so far has been much better than the JSB offerings have compared them to. I hope the competition drives improvement in both cost and uniformity.

I wonder what would folks be willing to pay for pellets guaranteed to have certain tolerances of head size and weight? 50%, double?
I hate to imagine paying even more for pellets than they currently cost, but the frustration of hours spent weighing, sorting etc. or just accepting flyers has to be worth something.

I suppose it is just a matter of how valuable your time is and what your "needs" for accuracy are

 

[Widget23]

I just started with the AEA pellets, but I'm seeing so much more weight consistency than JSBs.
I would sort the JSB 0.25 Diablo Heavy by the 1/10th grain - 33.8, 33.9, 34.0, 34.1 etc
The AEA 0.25 33.9 grain I sort by the 1/50 grain (!!) 33.78, 33.80, 33.82, 33.84 etc.
My scale says the AEA are closer to 33.8 and not 33.9 the tin indicates.
At this point there is really no need to sort the AEA anymore, they are so consistent. And how accurate/repeatable are these scales, really??
I'll still sort them, though. You know, just for .... fun.
The only issue I see is the occasional oddball pellet that is so out of line, usually on the light side.
I think in the 3 150 pellet tins I sorted I had a half dozen oddities.
As far as accuracy at 70 yards, I'm still experimenting. So the jury is still out.

 

[MikeAllen]

I just started with the AEA pellets, but I'm seeing so much more weight consistency than JSBs.
I would sort the JSB 0.25 Diablo Heavy by the 1/10th grain - 33.8, 33.9, 34.0, 34.1 etc
The AEA 0.25 33.9 grain I sort by the 1/50 grain (!!) 33.78, 33.80, 33.82, 33.84 etc.
My scale says the AEA are closer to 33.8 and not 33.9 the tin indicates.
At this point there is really no need to sort the AEA anymore, they are so consistent. And how accurate/repeatable are these scales, really??
I'll still sort them, though. You know, just for .... fun.
The only issue I see is the occasional oddball pellet that is so out of line, usually on the light side.
I think in the 3 150 pellet tins I sorted I had a half dozen oddities.
As far as accuracy at 70 yards, I'm still experimenting. So the jury is still out.

My experience also! I ordered several tins of 300 pellets from UA - just waiting for the back order to be filled.