4.49 or 4.50 - what should I use and why?

[zooma]

The only way to be certain of your pellet size is to put them through a sizer.

The "competition grade" pellets may be more consistent than the cheaper offerings, but to be sure and confident, it would be best to mike a good number.

When I checked a selection of pellets a couple of years back, none of them corresponded in any dimension with what was printed on the tin, even the AA Fields. I measured head and skirt, both over two diameters, 90 degrees apart.

Then I bought a sizer from UK Neil!

Good idea!.but to get back to the original question posed by this thread - maybe we should ask what size of sizer - and why?

...and does it really matter?

Consistancy of the pellets always matters, we all agree, but is the size difference between 4.49 and 4.50 of any significance?