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I've been shoving RWS hobbys down the neck of my Beretta for a while now. The one thing I noticed all the time was how difficult the pellets were to get into the mag. Even using the speedloader I really had to put all my weight on it to seat them and Joshua couldn't do it at all!
So... quite why it's taken me this long but last night setting up my new adjustable sights ready for todays activities, I cracked open a brand new tin of H&S Match Finale that I had left over from the sale of my Morini. They went in nicely. So I tested how hard it was to push the pellet out of the mag using a small hex driver. It took a lot to get them crappy hobbys out, the Finales popped out nicely.
Shooting even Joshua was amazed, my card entry holes were no longer ragged but nice and round and the guns power as increased dramatically.
Now these finales are 4.49 head size, I dont know what the hobbys are and I know the finales are 3 times the price, but damn what a difference.
Anyone want to buy 8 tins of hobbys?
Santamonious old git
Interesting.
Try RWS Gecos. Cheaper than Hobbys and go well enough from my Rohms for just plinking. RWS R10 Match may be cheaper than H&N's. There is always Bisley Practice?
I found Superdomes very tight if I was using up a tin for the pistols.
I am using Hobbys in my Rohms at the moment and no problems there. Must be the Beretta mags?
Steve
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Yeah I'm sure it's the mags. I'll get my calipers out later when I get back from the UBC Shoot
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Hobbys are quite big and hard to load in magazines. Get a pellet sizer from UKNeil and they load and shoot fine. The sizer should pay for itself with 3 tins of posh pellets saved.
BTW try putting a mike or vernier on your 4.49s. You may get a surprise and think about a sizer anyway.
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Another vote here for the Gecos...value for money practice pellet!..
Eric.
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Geco
Me to super pellet+cheap from bbs sponsor...Mike...Originally Posted by eredel
Another vote here for the Gecos...value for money practice pellet!..
Eric.
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defo vote for gecos fo rpractice - the serious stuff go for RWS R10 match - cheaper than H&N's
ATB
Phil
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Hobbies are best used for springers IMHO. Very light but a wider skirt to provide enough resistance for best compression. The wider skirt is why they don't seat well in the mags. I also don't like them in the HW45/HW75 as it's impossible to seat them properly with your thumb with the result that the skirts chew up the breech seals.
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Just got a couple of tins RWS Gecos, seem fine in the Umarex mags and shoot nice in the HW45 too. Bargain they are as well and nice and light at 7grain.
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I bought three different pellet types to try in my Beretta
Bisley Practice were best
Gecos a close second but cheaper
Hobbys were ok but as you say too tight in the mags
Have fun
BSA Superten BBK (Blueprinted), BSA Ultra SS Regged, Tanfoglio Witness, Umarex 1911
and many, many bows and slingshots
Smurf me up!
RWS Geco's at £1.95 a tin (on a 10 tin deal from JSR) are perfect in my many Berretas, S&W 586 & 686 & Colts
No probs loading, shooting ..... or paying for them
H&Ns at 3 times + the price ... and no obvious improvement on the target
Keep 'em
Cheers
Roy
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