.25 Pellet advice needed.

[maximus]

BSA Supersport .243 barrel, 20yds, no name 4x32 scope, no chrono (flat battery)

https://ibb.co/s3drry6

A/ - 5 shots Rhino green straight from the tin.
B/ - 10 shots Pylarm 21.6gn resized head & skirt 6.2mm
C/ - 10 shots Pylarm 21.6gn resized head only 6.2mm
D/ - 10 shots Pylarm 21.6gn not sized.
E/ - 10 shots Pylarm 18.6gn straight from the tin.
F/ - 10 shots Marksman 19gn straight from the tin, the pulled shot was my fault.

well looks like I might have to try the Rhino, Marksman & Pylarm 18gn through the sizer as well
But now I don't want to risk taking it out to 6.25mm without a spare.

Might be worth trying FTT after being sized too, they are a quality pellet.

[angrybear]

Might be worth trying FTT after being sized too, they are a quality pellet.

True but if you look at the pic's of the sized pellets above (post#24), even at 6.2 (middle) the FTT skirt is still getting badly smeared/stretched because it starts at almost 6.6mm

[maximus]

True but if you look at the pic's of the sized pellets above (post#24), even at 6.2 (middle) the FTT skirt is still getting badly smeared/stretched because it starts at almost 6.6mm

Ahh, didn't see that, yes a lot of deformation there. Still, some good groups with the pylarm and marksman so not struggling for accuracy.

[tim56]

Bit of an update. Drill bit arrived and I drilled a 6.20 hole in a bit of 4.5mm flat
stock steel. Bit of a leed in with a 10mm bit and good to go. Actually works ok
but is going to be labour intensive. Pellet on a hard surface and a tiny bit of lube.
Press steel plate onto pellet all the way down, turn it over and press down again,
remove pellet. Is re-sizing the head to 6.20mm but not the skirt. Just need to
get a batch done for shooting trials. :-)

[angrybear]

Bit of an update. Drill bit arrived and I drilled a 6.20 hole in a bit of 4.5mm flat
stock steel. Bit of a leed in with a 10mm bit and good to go. Actually works ok
but is going to be labour intensive. Pellet on a hard surface and a tiny bit of lube.
Press steel plate onto pellet all the way down, turn it over and press down again,
remove pellet. Is re-sizing the head to 6.20mm but not the skirt. Just need to
get a batch done for shooting trials. :-)

If you look at my target post#25 sized head only was very poor compared to head & skirt sizing with the new Pylarm

I've just had a further play this morning using the 6.2 to resize the 3 brands which already fit (rhino green, old pylarm, marksman)
Shot a group from the tin then a group resized, interesting results.

All resized groups lost power/velocity,
Rhino -11fps, 10.13-9.68ftlb
Pylam -13fps, 10.16-9.64ftlb
Marksman -8fps, 9.67-9.47ftlb

Marksman group fractionally better, Pylarm no change, Rhino group worse & 3 shots hit side on ,
so I won't bother to resize any of these again.

[BSAUltraBowkett]

All resized groups lost power/velocity,
Rhino -11fps, 10.13-9.68ftlb
Pylam -13fps, 10.16-9.64ftlb
Marksman -8fps, 9.67-9.47ftlb

Marksman group fractionally better, Pylarm no change, Rhino group worse & 3 shots hit side on ,
so I won't bother to resize any of these again.

Nice one, thanks for sharing.