The pellet thread!

[Firebasealpha]

Have just purchased a pack of Thunderbolt, .22 Springer pellets.
Wanted something lighter with flatter trajectory compared to the heavier AA Diablo Field.. has anyone tried them?
I use x1 pellet for both HFT & Hunting and found the AA DF's to be a good all round pellet but felt losing out to some extent on the weight.
Have I made a good choice (gunsmith's recommendation)?

[walrus1#]

Have just purchased a pack of Thunderbolt, .22 Springer pellets.
Wanted something lighter with flatter trajectory compared to the heavier AA Diablo Field.. has anyone tried them?
I use x1 pellet for both HFT & Hunting and found the AA DF's to be a good all round pellet but felt losing out to some extent on the weight.
Have I made a good choice (gunsmith's recommendation)?

only if your barrel likes them will you know the answer to that one.
You must clean your barrel thoroughly before trying them mind.
I found that my HW97 liked them very much but some of my other guns did not,with a Hatsan even refusing to take them down the breech at all.The HW95 is not keen but one of they guys at the range had good results with his in Karbine form.So who knows

[walrus1#]

Just been thinking or rather been pondering your post.
I am not convinced that the very light pellets are the way to go for hunting in the field.They may not retain the energy sufficiently for downrange one shot killing.They are deadly accurate indoors but I find they carry the wind very badly are affected more than is deemed acceptable.
On that bombshell!!Have you tried the Falcon accuracy plus pellets yet???? They are a JSB made pellet but are less than 14 grains in weight. 13.44 or something like that.
I found these to work well for magpie shooting,but not yet put the bunnies to the testbut I would say they are probably better for your purpose.
and Defiants are worth a try as well at only 14 grains they are light enough to make a difference in trajectory without sacrificing the knock down power of the longer range shots.

[theman]

aa fields

[angrybear]

Air arms 510, .177
loves powa-pell.
also quite likes FX, Bisley LRG, Logun penitrator.
hates, air arms field, & all other Bisley.

AA 510 .22
loves AA diabolo field, & Falcon accuracy plus.
dislikes pretty much everything else.

FX Verminator .177
loves FX, AA field, powa pell.
Not found anything it hates yet!

[nobbybonez]

air arms tx200hc, .22

likes: rws super h point, bisley LR gold
disliked: napier power hunter, very inconsistent, poorly made pellets.

[Ken Harding]

HW100 - H & N FTT .177 (tin does not say how many grains - can someone tell me?).

Haven't used anything else as result are good thus far.

[gasman1]

hw100 22. air arms fields, accupells, powerpells, falcons, superdomes (to 30 yards only. fell like stones anything beyond. prefered 5.52's

hw100 177. jsb 7.9's and 8.4's, air arms fields, mozzies, lazadomes. use air arms and jsb 8.4's mostly as they're a very good pellet. prefers 4.52's

air arms s200. air arms fields, jsb 7.9's and 8.4's, mozzies, lazadomes. 4.52'2

air arms mpr 177. jsb 7.9's & 8.4's, air arms fields, lazadomes and hobbies 4.52's

hw97kt 177. falcons, air arms fields 4.52'2, jsb 7.9 and 8.4,s 4.52's also. hobbies out to 25 yards group well.

hw45. hobbies all the way. does like air arms and falcons too.

[Martynt]

Daystate Harrier X .177 12ft lb
Bisley magnum
JSB 4.5mm Exact Diablo

Logun MK11 .22 12ft lb
Webley Accupell
Crossman Premier
Daystate LI. Note that all are the same length and weigh in at 14.3 grains.
A lovely rifle that is gauged for this pellet type.

[Alex H]

HW99 in .22
Falcon accuracy plus 13.43 grain
work a treat with my rifle, tried a few other such as RWS superdomes ok but not as good over longer distances.

[Manka]

Webley Vulcan. Likes H&N pointed

[Ditch]

Weihraauch HW57.22 ....... RWS Superdomes

[ChrisG]

JSB Exact Express .177 - Work Great in my MPR-FT

Bit pricey though!

[Alexander91]

Hi, I currently use H&N ftt in my mfr was just wondering if jsb exacts were worth a try?

[benking]

Air Arms s410 .22 h&n ftt