Pellet Seating Tool...

[BeerJam]

The little pencils that you pick up at IKEA work very well too

(the missus goes there.........not me )

Cheers, Mark

[rogb]

Just to see what all the fuss is about, I knocked one up out of Delrin this afternoon.

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Whether it makes a difference I have yet to find out

But you can feel the pellet going into the rifling as you push the breech home. On the Steyr, there is only about 35mm gap when the breech is open, so it is easier to push the probe gently with the breech, unless you have tiny little fingers.

[POK!]

I always thought these tools were for improving the seal and shape of the pellet skirt and ensuring consistent depth of seating in spring guns. Therefore matchsticks, cotton buds or their use with PCP's is pretty much a waste of time IMO.

[rogb]

I always thought these tools were for improving the seal and shape of the pellet skirt and ensuring consistent depth of seating in spring guns. Therefore matchsticks, cotton buds or their use with PCP's is pretty much a waste of time IMO.

Out of interest, why wouldn't consistent depth of seating matter with PCPs?

[POK!]

Out of interest, why wouldn't consistent depth of seating matter with PCPs?

OK for PCP without a bolt/probe I guess.

I like to use them for sorting out 'dinked' pellet skirts.

A ball ended one in brass would be nice

That's why I said that.

Ever tried seating a .177 pellet in a Daystate mag without a seating tool?

You would need really tiny fingers!

Daystate didn't think it through.

[FPoole]

My FAC TX loses 60fps or there about when I seat the pellet into the rifling. This has been confirmed by 2 other spring gun shooters at our club. It also made the shot cycle feel very harsh.

[averageplinker]

.......try a refreshing cocktail at your local (no driving for twelve hours mind) then take home the stirrer which should have a lovely little ball at one end
( BTW Probably best for .22")

[18 Wheeler]

My FAC TX loses 60fps or there about when I seat the pellet into the rifling. This has been confirmed by 2 other spring gun shooters at our club. It also made the shot cycle feel very harsh.

I think that by seating the pellet further into the barrel on a springer you are effectively increasing the volume of the transfer port leading to reduced efficiency and making piston bounce more likely, hence the reduced MV and increased harshness. Just a thought.

[gunbag]

I always thought these tools were for improving the seal and shape of the pellet skirt and ensuring consistent depth of seating in spring guns.

I like to use them for sorting out 'dinked' pellet skirts.

A ball ended one in brass would be nice

[mikemorton]

I always thought these tools were for improving the seal and shape of the pellet skirt and ensuring consistent depth of seating in spring guns. Therefore matchsticks, cotton buds or their use with PCP's is pretty much a waste of time IMO.

Ever tried seating a .177 pellet in a Daystate mag without a seating tool?

You would need really tiny fingers!

[Cavalier]

Just to see what all the fuss is about, I knocked one up out of Delrin this afternoon.

Pic1 Pic2 Pic3 Pic4

Whether it makes a difference I have yet to find out

But you can feel the pellet going into the rifling as you push the breech home. On the Steyr, there is only about 35mm gap when the breech is open, so it is easier to push the probe gently with the breech, unless you have tiny little fingers.

Nice looking tool and even if it don't work you will look cool using it
I expect it is you Target boys and girls that get the best from it isn't it????

[rogb]

Nice looking tool and even if it don't work you will look cool using it
I expect it is you Target boys and girls that get the best from it isn't it????

Ooh cheeky!

Actually got it out at the club today... the pellet probe, what did you think?

And guess what, with the Steyr groups at 45 yards were exactly the same as without probing, except a couple of mm lower due to the slightly lower velocity (about 15fps). So good try but no cigar.

I will try the same procedure in the 80 next time I get a chance to see if it helps with a .22 springer but TBH it was grouping brilliantly at 45 today too

[Phil Russell]

Having just found a tin of awful JSB Exacts (.177) with damaged skirts, I have spent a little while 'mending' the skirts to give plinking pellets. My mender was a simple round head plastic map pin stuck in the end of a bit of wood. Worked fine.

Incidentally I use the same map pins, but stuck in the end of a bit of dowel to seat pellets into the magazines for CO2 pistols. You need to arrange the pins in the correct spacing... 8 for the Walther clones, 10 for the S&W. Works perfectly.

Cheers, Phil

[olivercromwell]

If a pellet looks cr@p throw it away!

The only excuse for seating pellets is if you are 9 years old and your Gat is so low on power you can just about reach the end of the garden!

If you miss with one shot take another - it's boring to hit everything first time anyway!

Slightly imperfect pellets? - life is too short to worry about such things