Which 0.177 pellet for competition use

[harvey_s]

It's an interesting question, but ultimately a completely movable feast I feel...or only "correct at time of going to press"

Some pellets produced from one batch or die will be better than another.
Wear will eventually mean the batches change over time or as another die gets introduced.

Price pays a part too even for some competitive shooters I know : They know pellet X is better than pellet Y - but are happy to trade off a small decrease in accuracy for a more appealing price (never quite got that one personally given the difference is probably a penny a shot) seemingly in the belief that their level of skill cannot fully utilise the extra accuracy offered by the higher priced item.

Add in the introduction of the latest 'wonder pellet' and small production variances in even the same model of gun during its lifetime and even differing disciplines and ranges encountered in competition use and any answer becomes both very personal and 'of it's time'.

[vbull]

At the end of the day it's up to the shooter. If he/she wants to spend time experimenting with different size heads amongst other things, that's fine. As a C/F benchrest shooter, years back, I along with others constantly searched for anything that would give an edge, anything. Old habits die hard so nowadays, playing around with benched air rifles I'm still looking for ways to shrink my groups so, as I've already said in the previous post, I've found that head size does make a difference, slight, but a difference all the same, not only with the Steyr, but other match rifles as well.

[cooper_dan]

Thanks for all the replies, they will all be useful when I do my write up. I've got 3 weeks of scope posts to write first so unfortunately the pellet post won't be any time soon.

I managed my first trip to Iden Ferns today (great club btw). I tested my air arms diabolo 4.51 vs 4.52 and as predicted, I couldn't tell the difference. However JSB express were a definite improvement in group size. This is the first time I've tried express and I'm impressed so far. Although it was a very still day so I don't know how wind will affect them yet. (This is with a TX200HC, almost standard internals with just a bit of weight added to the stock).