Are cheap pellets worth it ?

[TonyL]

There will be many airguns out there that will shoot more accurately with cheaper rather than more expensive pellets so, as always, it's advisable to accuracy test with a wide variety of pellets.

The other reason for choosing cheaper pellets would be for pure plinking duties. If I only owned one rifle and was using it for a variety of different purposes, including fun plinking, I would, however, rather just stick to the pellet that I'd settled on for top accuracy, with the barrel being conditioned with them.


Anyone remember the Rod Linton pellet tests in the early days of AGW? I seem to remember that one of the most accurate rifle/pellet combinations was a Mercury being fed a diet of Marksman pellets.

[Big Seth]

Anyone remember the Rod Linton pellet tests in the early days of AGW? I seem to remember that one of the most accurate rifle/pellet combinations was a Mercury being fed a diet of Marksman pellets.[/QUOTE]

I do, I think the Mercury/Marksmen combo gave the best group of all at 4.5mm at 10m.! Although I also remember reading that some of the "results" were obtained at considerably closer ranges!!!!

[Baxterbasics]

Steve-I understand your video is purely to demonstrate what we all learn in life: "Wise man cry once, foolish man save money but cry often", however, to batch test different pellets in any rife, you need to ensure you clean the bore properly and then re-lead in the barrel before you shoot groups-2-3 pull through's should get the barrel clean enough and 20-30 pellets of the brand to be tested should be sufficient to condition the barrel.

Well done on the video, you are obviously an enthusiast

[max headroom]

any old cheapos will work.take them out of the tin and wash them in a strong washing up liquid mixture. rinse them and dry them. a hot air blower gets the job done quicker. wash the tin.
then use a mixture of turtlewax. 1 part turtlewax to 5 parts water. tumble the pellets in that then dry them. hey preston, lubed pellets.

[Blackbaronfish]

Cheap pellets are only good for them dirty springers.
I wouldn't want to get my hands dirty when using my best pcp


Trumpetier you might need this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hytZ_LFUg3M

BBF

[Trumpetier]

Trumpetier you might need this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hytZ_LFUg3M

BBF

Thanks Ray Hopefully start cracking on with it soon

[TonyL]

Cheap pellets are only good for them dirty springers, as those namby pamby PCPs can't handle a bit of rough!

BBF

There, Ray, corrected it for you.

[Blackbaronfish]

There, Ray, corrected it for you.

On that note I was getting some good groups with a meteor and marksman pellets

BBF

[derekj]

I still think RWS Superdomes and Superfields are really good value especially bulk bought.

[catanonia]

Steve-I understand your video is purely to demonstrate what we all learn in life: "Wise man cry once, foolish man save money but cry often", however, to batch test different pellets in any rife, you need to ensure you clean the bore properly and then re-lead in the barrel before you shoot groups-2-3 pull through's should get the barrel clean enough and 20-30 pellets of the brand to be tested should be sufficient to condition the barrel.

Well done on the video, you are obviously an enthusiast

Thank you.

With the wasp pellets I don't think it would have made much of a difference as they were so loose in the barrel. But definitely a good point to let the barrel lead up a bit.

[1shot1kill]

I use the above for 10m air pistol in a Steyr & a couple of rather nice Feinwerkbaus, they are considerably more accurate than me & under £4 a tin so I don't see the point in spending twice as much on R10s. Surprised a certain Mr Jones who's a considerably better shot than me hasn't jumped in on this thread!
ATB John.

[oliver13]

I rebuilt an older BSA springer & got a tin of .22 SMK 'Blacks' to run it in, I'd normally get a tin of Wasps or Spitfires sort of thing & just plink for a couple of hundred shots at tin cans & such to do the job. They actually turned out to be quite a decent pellet in a lot of different guns, well above the Wasp/Spitfire standard. The only thing is, £3 only gets a tin of 250 they maybe aren't exactly budget enough for this thread?

[Phil Russell]

I have a variety of what you might call cheap pellets in .177 and .22. I use them just to check that a rebuild of a rifle has gone OK or for a bit of cheap plinking fun. Once happy with the rebuild I will continue the check using the prospective 'in use' pellet .. usually a JSB type.
Cheers, Phil

[TonyL]

I do, I think the Mercury/Marksmen combo gave the best group of all at 4.5mm at 10m.! Although I also remember reading that some of the "results" were obtained at considerably closer ranges!!!!

Yes, I also seem to remember later reading that his tests were not always the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the.