Webley Tracker pellets

[tinbum]

I tried my tracker at the club today and the "grouping" at 25yds was approx 1 1/2-2". I was using FTT pellets and know I need something more suited to the 5.6mm barrel. I have read other posts and searched etc before posting this, and have Milbro Cal Ultra, TR and Wasps on the possibles list.
All I want is for someone to wave their magic wand and save me buying tins of gash pellets and just get the right one first time.

Izzy-whizzy, let's get busy!

[DCL_dave]

Always worth having a tin of RWS Superdomes in stock for these older guns...

[tinbum]

Always worth having a tin of RWS Superdomes in stock for these older guns...

Is it not a larger head size that's needed then? I know a wider/thinner skirt should help power, but are 'domes accurate in English barrels?

[sniperphil]

I use RWS supper domes in my tracker the best group I get is 3/4" @ 25 yards. Thay are hard to shoot as that are a light gun. Hope this helps.

[tinbum]

Ok, one tin of domes to order, I need something else for comparison, TR or Ultras!

[Geezer]

Good move on the 'domes.

Tried Hobbys? They seem to work OK in almost everything.

Defiant Vintage 5.6 are worth a go. They're still around if you look for them (Chris Thrale at Pax has a stash).

[tinbum]

I have some Hobby and will get some domes next time I'm in my local shop. I have just ordered 250 each of Milbro Cals, TR, Ultra and Select. If nothing else it'll be a fun afternoon testing them!

[Josie & John]

I have a small batch of .22 Webley Lazadomes for my Tracker, which shoot better than contemporary Lazapells and other pellets such as Hobbies and FTT. As both were made by JSB, my thinking is some JSB pellets ought to work as well.

John

[thisisdonald]

those caledonian ultras are a big bag of shite
I power tested my old tx200 with them to get an idea of what was happening... 7fpe-14fpe wildly inconsistent.. in fact it was so bad, im going to dig out the old spreadsheet and paste it in lol

Pellet Milbro Caledonian Ultra
Average Weight (25) (Grains) 14.5
Average FPS 580
Max FPS 917
Min FPS 340
Spread 577
Standard Deviation 174.25
Average FPE 10.85

shot string
1 657
2 381
3 646
4 635
5 735
6 386
7 641
8 636
9 369
10 857
11 634
12 375
13 650
14 340
15 396
16 370
17 866
18 392
19 680
20 662
21 635
22 644
23 372
24 917
25 633

[thisisdonald]

I went and bought some RWS superdomes and tested same day and got this, I couldnt believe the difference a pellet makes:

Pellet RWS SD
Average Weight (25) (Grains) 14.5
Average FPS 563
Max FPS 569
Min FPS 558
Spread 11
Standard Deviation 3.52
Average FPE 10.21

shot string
1 559
2 565
3 566
4 565
5 565
6 563
7 562
8 558
9 558
10 561
11 558
12 568
13 566
14 567
15 562
16 566
17 569
18 560
19 560
20 562
21 569
22 563
23 559
24 560
25 565

[evert]

My .22 Ospreys/Trackers have shown accuracy with these pellets(varying between examples):
5,6mm old Wasp
5,5mm old Gamo Match
5,5mm old RWS hobby (have not tried the new hobbies)
5,53-5,55mm FTT's (there have been some inconsistecies in these pellets, you need to sort out the loose ones in some batches)
5,5mm old or new RWS Superdome
5,5mm RWS Meisterkugeln
5,5mm Milbro TwinRing
5,5mm Milbro Select

My rifles are set up with Jim Maccaris "ultra XLD" HW99/50s spring and some spacing, this does not reduce power in mechanically sound guns, but reduces recoil a lot.