THE BOINGER BASH AT QUIGLEY HOLLOW. MAKING GREAT MEMORIES SINCE 15th JUNE, 2013.
NEXT EVENT :- May 2025.........BOING!!
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THE BOINGER BASH AT QUIGLEY HOLLOW. MAKING GREAT MEMORIES SINCE 15th JUNE, 2013.
NEXT EVENT :- May 2025.........BOING!!
I made a brief passing comment a few weeks ago about the rising price of pellets. Especially .22 for plinking......
I've been keeping my eye on two particular pellets from our sponsors for a while, mainly to try in the Ratties down the garden. One was the Crosman wadcutter. The other had been out of stock for ages. Now in.....H&N Excite Hammer. So I ordered 500 of each last night and will look forward to giving them a try.
I have high hopes for the H&Ns.....will let you know how they go.
THE BOINGER BASH AT QUIGLEY HOLLOW. MAKING GREAT MEMORIES SINCE 15th JUNE, 2013.
NEXT EVENT :- May 2025.........BOING!!
I will report back, Martyn.
Especially when using my Ratties and the oh-so-pellet fussy Mercury S down the garden at short range, shelling out around the tenner a tin mark for most quality pellets seemed a bit OTT. When I tried some Marksman pellets a while ago they didn't seem that clever. I'd seen the H&N Excites launched quite a while ago and have fancied giving them a go for a while. And whilst I was on our sponsor's site and seeing his low price on the Crosman flat heads, I thought they'd be worth a go too. Both are coming in at around £6.50 for 500 (the Excites come in tins of 250), so they're "quality branded" at budget money.
Now, all I'll need once they arrive is a few days of calm and order and get-a-plinking.
THE BOINGER BASH AT QUIGLEY HOLLOW. MAKING GREAT MEMORIES SINCE 15th JUNE, 2013.
NEXT EVENT :- May 2025.........BOING!!
I have never tried those packaged as Crosman Accupell in .22 (and certainly never tried the .20), but I tried a few boxed .22 Premiers that chippendale brought along to an indoor range once. I only had HWs with me and those Crosmans were very, very tight and I'd guess, would rob a lot of power.
I did get a tin of Webley Accupell a few years ago. I can't honestly remember which, if any, rifles I tried them in but I can remember just blasting them through one of my Ratties to use them up.
Some boxed 7.9 grain Premiers that the lovely Joffy once gave me performed wonderfully, though.
I wonder if those .22 Premiers that were so tight in the HW barrels might perform in an earlier BSA barrel? Also, if the wadcutters are the same size? They might suit that fussy Mercury S of mine, you never know.......
THE BOINGER BASH AT QUIGLEY HOLLOW. MAKING GREAT MEMORIES SINCE 15th JUNE, 2013.
NEXT EVENT :- May 2025.........BOING!!
If I manage to get to the next Bash, I will be bringing this old girl and a tin of AA field, the only pellet a man needs. Comes with service history too.
Now that’s a beauty
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Awww, thank you for that, Martyn. Very generous.
However, I'll decline your fine offer for now; no offence :- The Mercury is, indeed, most fussy. It does shoot well with Superdome, though. And, as for the Rattles. Well, rather than chucking loads of money at them, I think it's better for me to just accept them for what they are. They can be accurate, but the chuck the odd flier. May be crowning issues. May be pellet compatibility. Don't really know. But, at the moment, they only get used for informal paper target shooting down the garden, so they'll be okay. The mini-carbined one might, theoretically, get used for close range ratting one day, as it'll still group within a 1/2" circle easily at ten yards if I get it right. As I say, just the odd flier to wreck a group, just not an out and out tack driver like my 1377 carbine. But then my scruffy old Supersport will quite happily send Hobby after Hobby down the same hole at medium range anyway and would, most likely, be the one to get used.
I just wanted some cheaper pellets to use in these guns and those that I've ordered are certainly that. If they perform well, that would be a very nice bonus.
Thanks again and I'll report back with the findings.
THE BOINGER BASH AT QUIGLEY HOLLOW. MAKING GREAT MEMORIES SINCE 15th JUNE, 2013.
NEXT EVENT :- May 2025.........BOING!!