No.2 (5.6mm) pellets

[WILBA]

What did your RB2 carbine have?

Pete

Dovetail grooves. It was a full length rb2 also pete. Chris

[andrewM]

Well I've emailed JSB so just have to wait for a reply. I even offered to send some original Eley Wasp pellets if it would assis them.

I've found original wasps to be the most accurate pellet in a number of airguns past and present be they 5.6 or 5.5 barrels. 80s seem to like them I've found.

I'll post any reply they send. I'd be surprised if it hasn't been suggested to them before though.

Great stuff! Will be most interested to see their reply.

[look no hands]

Dovetail grooves. It was a full length rb2 also pete. Chris

The only RB2 I know that has the Maxi rail is the Stutzen.

Pete

[WILBA]

The only RB2 I know that has the Maxi rail is the Stutzen.

Pete

The maxirail was off my lightning

[look no hands]

The maxirail was off my lightning

Chris, I was explaining that the only RB2 that had a Maxi rail was the Stutzen, John Knibbs argued with me that all RB2's had a Maxigrip rail, which isn't the case.

Pete

[hwtyger]

My 5.56 Tempest loves 5.53 FTT. Its less accurate with 5.55 FTT
The .22 MK3 was best pellet FTT but after overhaul/tune changed to JSB Exact 5.51 (or vv).
Good tip, Superdomes. Will keep in mind.

[TonyL]

A little casual testing with the Mercury S yesterday at about nine yards:-

Superdomes okay-ish. A few flyers, though. But the gun hasn't been used for years and maybe the barrel was in need of cleaning / conditioning? May try again.

Marksman were noticeably worse.

Then I tried some proper early Wasps. "These should be awesome," I thought. Absolutely hopeless!

RWS Hobby - Wow! Tiny little clusters of five shots, barely larger than a single pellet hole. I didn't measure, but in the region of 1.0 to 1.5mm centre to centre.

Will try some FTT and AAF through it next.

Hope this is of interest and use to anyone looking in.

[WILBA]

A little casual testing with the Mercury S yesterday at about nine yards:-

Superdomes okay-ish. A few flyers, though. But the gun hasn't been used for years and maybe the barrel was in need of cleaning / conditioning? May try again.

Marksman were noticeably worse.

Then I tried some proper early Wasps. "These should be awesome," I thought. Absolutely hopeless!

RWS Hobby - Wow! Tiny little clusters of five shots, barely larger than a single pellet hole. I didn't measure, but in the region of 1.0 to 1.5mm centre to centre.

Will try some FTT and AAF through it next.

Hope this is of interest and use to anyone looking in.

Funny my old mercury loved early wasps

[look no hands]

A little casual testing with the Mercury S yesterday at about nine yards:-

Superdomes okay-ish. A few flyers, though. But the gun hasn't been used for years and maybe the barrel was in need of cleaning / conditioning? May try again.

Marksman were noticeably worse.

Then I tried some proper early Wasps. "These should be awesome," I thought. Absolutely hopeless!

RWS Hobby - Wow! Tiny little clusters of five shots, barely larger than a single pellet hole. I didn't measure, but in the region of 1.0 to 1.5mm centre to centre.

Will try some FTT and AAF through it next.

Hope this is of interest and use to anyone looking in.

Thanks for that Tone, I'm always willing to try new pellets and hopefully find the surprise pellet that actually groups well but also doesn't cost a fortune, I'll order some up when I get paid.

Pete

[TonyL]

Funny my old mercury loved early wasps

As did my old Mercury.

I was pretty astounded myself, expecting this rifle to love the old Wasps. I didn't measure the groups, but there were a couple of shots nice and close but then the flyers made them into groups of about three inches. At that range.

Given the performance with the other pellets, I couldn't quite believe it when it started dropping the Hobbys down the same hole.

[SRV1]

A curious and frustrating business this pellet lark can be. For my 0.22 Classic BSA's; Airsporters, Challengers, Mecury's, Superstars, etc it appears that Superdomes or AA's are the best suited so far. Some modern Wasps have been OK, some not so good, but, that could be down to my skills and concentration, who knows. I have not tried all of the vast range mind. I tried Marksman and they were terrible, all over the place, maybe I had two bad batches, they did not even look good and roughly finished comes to mind. I am desperate for some of those old Green Rhino 0.25's......

[harvey_s]

So far through my 'new' Webley Tracker I've put about a dozen different types through with my top 3 so far being...
1. RWS Superdome (best for accuracy and power)
2. Pax Defiant (close 2nd on both counts)
3. Webley Flying Scot (most accurate of the 'vintage' pellets I've tried so far).

Anecdotally I've been told the RWS Superfields are as good and possibly slightly better than the Superdomes, but I've not tried them myself yet.

[andrewM]

So far through my 'new' Webley Tracker I've put about a dozen different types through with my top 3 so far being...
1. RWS Superdome (best for accuracy and power)
2. Pax Defiant (close 2nd on both counts)
3. Webley Flying Scot (most accurate of the 'vintage' pellets I've tried so far).

Anecdotally I've been told the RWS Superfields are as good and possibly slightly better than the Superdomes, but I've not tried them myself yet.

Yes, my two Webley Mk3s prefer S.domes with Vintage Defiant very closely behind. I have yet to try FTT.

Curiously, however, my Webley Omega loves H&N Spitzkugel (previously, H&N Pointed) and Excite (made, I believe, by H&N but with rimmed lines alongside pellet).

[harvey_s]

Yes, my two Webley Mk3s prefer S.domes with Vintage Defiant very closely behind. I have yet to try FTT.

Curiously, however, my Webley Omega loves H&N Spitzkugel (previously, H&N Pointed) and Excite (made, I believe, by H&N but with rimmed lines alongside pellet).

Mine didn't like them particularly...

[Papa g]

A little casual testing with the Mercury S yesterday at about nine yards:-

Superdomes okay-ish. A few flyers, though. But the gun hasn't been used for years and maybe the barrel was in need of cleaning / conditioning? May try again.

Marksman were noticeably worse.

Then I tried some proper early Wasps. "These should be awesome," I thought. Absolutely hopeless!

RWS Hobby - Wow! Tiny little clusters of five shots, barely larger than a single pellet hole. I didn't measure, but in the region of 1.0 to 1.5mm centre to centre.

Will try some FTT and AAF through it next.

Hope this is of interest and use to anyone looking in.

My old mercury loved milbro Calidonian pellet back in the 70s-80s
Regards Graham