No.2 (5.6mm) pellets

[flogger]

Just looking at your post i had a look at my large collection of air gun pellets well knowing i had some 5,56 ones in there. Having sold alot of them over the past couple of years i came up with a new tin of Eley Wasp in blue tin in 5.56 and a rare Webley G.P Tin, Black with red G.P. Letters and in 5.56 cal.both tins in ex.condition and full of original contents.

[WILBA]

Just looking at your post i had a look at my large collection of air gun pellets well knowing i had some 5,56 ones in there. Having sold alot of them over the past couple of years i came up with a new tin of Eley Wasp in blue tin in 5.56 and a rare Webley G.P Tin, Black with red G.P. Letters and in 5.56 cal.both tins in ex.condition and full of original contents.

I still have 4tins of eley wasps i bought in around 1990. I bought 4000 at the time but used 2000 hunting.

[andrewM]

Defiant Vintage in 5.6mm have ceased production. The machinery was bought by H&N but I have been struggling to find out when they intend to commence production. Personally, I have found the old Defiant pellet not quite up to the standard of a number of 5.5mm pellets, so far as accuracy is concerned (but have a slight edge in terms of power), and I have found that Superdomes have the edge in many old .22 calibre rifles (5.6mm) and are also pretty good from a power perspective too.

A

[look no hands]

Defiant Vintage in 5.6mm have ceased production. The machinery was bought by H&N but I have been struggling to find out when they intend to commence production. Personally, I have found the old Defiant pellet not quite up to the standard of a number of 5.5mm pellets, so far as accuracy is concerned (but have a slight edge in terms of power), and I have found that Superdomes have the edge in many old .22 calibre rifles (5.6mm) and are also pretty good from a power perspective too.

A

I bought a few boxes of Defiant Vintage but they don't seem to go through any of my BSA's very well.

Pete

[andrewM]

I bought a few boxes of Defiant Vintage but they don't seem to go through any of my BSA's very well.

Pete

Certainly, there is room for improvement by H&N; perhaps they can tweak the pellets to match their Sniper Light, which I have found to be highly accurate. However, they appear no further forward with production. This is unfortunate when one considers that there must be hundreds of thousands of air rifles and air pistols in the UK that were manufactured to the old .22 (5.6mm) size. Not least, there is no significant competition.

[Geezer]

Certainly, there is room for improvement by H&N; perhaps they can tweak the pellets to match their Sniper Light, which I have found to be highly accurate. However, they appear no further forward with production. This is unfortunate when one considers that there must be hundreds of thousands of air rifles and air pistols in the UK that were manufactured to the old .22 (5.6mm) size. Not least, there is no significant competition.

My understanding is that H&N have no intention of reintroducing the Vintage.

[WILBA]

At the prices the proper eley wasps fetch on evil bay i might take a punt and put mine on there. Some have gone for £45 plus postage

[andrewM]

My understanding is that H&N have no intention of reintroducing the Vintage.

I held extensive correspondence with them in 2019. They bought the Defiant moulds and machinery, which they must have done with a view to production. However, they needed to adjust it/upgrade/repair it and needed an expert from the UK to do this. The correspondence then became bogged down in the translation and I have not revisited it, which I must do at some stage.

I explained to them that with the demise of Eley Wasp and the absence of any competition, they could mop up here quite simply. It sounds like a no-brainer to me. It merely needs the go ahead.