Really short .177 lead pellets...

[Shed tuner]

Hi,
I searched for months to find a good reliable pettet for my paratrooper, and found jsb diablo Express, perfect, works a treat, from our sponsor, J S Ramsbottoms.

it's funny you say that...

Just went through the stockpile and measured the shortest contenders...



from left to right


H&N Defiant sniper light 5.4mm
Eley wasp 5.4mm
JSB Express 5.25mm
H&N Excite wadcutters 5.0mm
4.4mm copper coated ball
JSB Diabolo 8.4 for comparison (were getting scrunched) 6.2mm


So the expresses or the excites seem to be the winners Will try them in the gamos tomorrow

[Geezer]

Think you have the Wasp and the Defiant listed the wrong way round.

Quite nostalgic, that time when almost all pellets were short and squat, and things like the JSB on the right looked weird (though maybe - then - modern).

[Shed tuner]

Good spot mr K, now fixed.

Yup, with the .22 wasps it was even more pronounced that the .177s - they were like balls.

[bill57]

they exist ?!

I think he means the ones marketed as JSB Exact Express - they are noticably shorter (and lighter) than the standard ones.

[Shed tuner]

just tested the Paratrooper with the excites.. absolutely perfect, feed smoothly, and decent accuracy. And as a bonus, they are cheap too

[Shed tuner]

and the G1200 likes them too, with surprisingly good accuracy and consistency.

Job done

[lightning22]

Good spot mr K, now fixed.

Yup, with the .22 wasps it was even more pronounced that the .177s - they were like balls.

And they smelled lovely when you opened them...

No? Only me?




Taxi!

[deejayuu]

Geco measure a breath under 5.5 if it helps.

[maximus]

Accupel/ Crossman premier are pretty short, remind me of old wasps.