Got to agree that the Hobby is a good pellet. I keep the distance short when I use them but after reading this I might be brave & try them further out.
But have you tried RWS Basics? Nearly a pound a tin cheaper that Hobby (£3.945 compared to £4.75 approx) and very popular up at Rivi and Rochdale with the pistol shooting lads. Ive scored many a 50 ex 50 with these.
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Got to agree that the Hobby is a good pellet. I keep the distance short when I use them but after reading this I might be brave & try them further out.
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After recently getting my .22 80 restocked into something very very slinky and special I decided to go back to the start and try an array of pellets. I stayed away from pellets I knew that worked until the end and just tried everything I could.
Bisley Practice grouped very well, as did H&N FTT. Accupells and JSB Diablos were tripe. Superdomes were predictably good. But the best of the lot: RWS Hobbys.
They zip out of the barrel at a terrific speed and slam the plates hard. Virtually no hold over out to 30m. Had my best ever haul out hunting using Hobbys and this 80 so no surprise really. I'd be a fool to pay twice as much for pellets.
Group was shot at 25m, artillery hold with a 4x40 Tasco on top.
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Very nice, and a great group for off hand shooting. When I was about 13 I got a mk1 HW80 and fitted a Tasco FM 4 x 40 scope on it, shot very well with superpoints believe it or not! Later I got a HW35 Luxus (monte-carlo stock) I used RWS Diabolo a lot in this gun to great effect.
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I've never tried the Basics, Ian.
But I have tried the Geco. First impressions on opening the tin were very positive. Very nice and shiny. Used them in my HW40 and 70. Accuracy seemed okay, but the sizes seemed very inconsistent and quite a lot of swarf in the tin. Will give them another go soon as I have half a tin left.
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I use Hobbies in my match pistols and have not noticed any difference in accuracy between it and match pellets costing twice the price.
in fact all my .177 pistols like Hobbies, the only exception being the IZH 53m, that is now on Bisley Practice.