Originally Posted by
Muskett
The above may have some truth but what has been made, well the designs that keep selling, do their job well enough.
10m pellets are capable of Olympic level of pellet on pellet.
25 practical able to do tight one hole in ideal conditions.
After that many are suited to the barrel and "hold it there".
There is only so much that can be done at these velocities which are mighty slow. Anything more would be minor.
To get more out of barrel and pellet would take a massive cost in development with minor improvement. Sure the consumers have to put up with what is offered but what is offered isn't that shoddy. A well matched combo will out shoot the shooter. That odd rogue pellet is barely worth anyones cash to remove.
There has been progress and pellets have never been better. They will get a tad better over time. However, progress will come as machinery and manufacturing techniques improve elsewhere and just filter down to the small gun market. I can't see some great leap coming in barrels and muitions anytime soon. Just slow small increments of improvement. What we have is pretty good already. We aren't yet going to be shooting lasers anytime soon.
Improved barrel and rifling to match improved pellet design to match velocities. All thre to get a tiny improvement. Shooters can't even decide which velocity they require. Gets expensive to fine tune it all for one of several markets.