Pellet recommendation for .22 Airsporter please.

[sevorg]

Good afternoon! I've just bought a nice condition Mk2 .22 Airsporter and was wondering what the more experienced on here use pellet wise as I've not owned a .22 in nearly 30 years. I have an encyclopaedic collection of .177 pellets for everything else I shoot and would rather not go through the same exercise in .22 to find what a single gun likes to digest!

I recently tried a friend's Mk3 with his pellet selection through my chrono and there was a significant difference in performance. RWS Hobby were putting out 8.3 ft.lb with 13ft/s variation, Webley (remarkably low)Powapel made 6.3 ft.lb with 25 ft/s variation, 5.6mm Wasps produced 9 ft.lb with 53 ft/s variation and Scalemead Hustlers made 8.3 ft.lb with an amazing 92 ft/s variation.

I'm inclined to go with the Hobbys in the absence of more info, but would be most interested in any recommendations from you knowledgeable sorts.

Cheers, Tom.

[Blackrider]

Try RWS Superdomes !

All my Airsporters loved them.

"Black"

[sidelever]

RWS Superdomes work well in my MkIII.
Give them a try.

[sevorg]

Thanks for the advice guys, I've ordered a couple of tins to give them a try.

[Blackrider]

Well done !
I had five Airsporters from a mk. 1 to a mk. 6 (no 3) and I put a shedload of different pellets brands through them including all three sized Defiants.
Every time, S'domes would group the best with good power. All were .22.
I've sold them now but I still have a "minter" RB2 in .177 bought new and that too likes the "Domes".

So there you go.

ATB.

"Blackrider"

[edbear2]

Another excellent pellet, IMHO... for "true" .22 older guns...ie. 5.6mm bore, is the H+N Field Target Trophy in 5.54 die size.....quite a heavy pellet, but I use this exclusively in all my .22 vintage guns (to the point of buying them in batches of 5000 at a time)