Boring Packaging.

[Josie & John]

Oh, for God's sake, don't mention that attractive packaging might influence your purchase of a gun or pellets, or they'll insistall shooting products are packaged in plain, brown, oblong packets, like cigarettes.

Some do already and we also have the warning about lead on some tins too!

John

[Abasmajor]

Some do already and we also have the warning about lead on some tins too!

John

Out of interest, has anybody tried the new range of very expensive (green) lead free pellets in older air guns ?
They appear to be much lighter and may get cheaper if a larger market emerges, but not really viable at the moment.

Brian

[eyebull]

Out of interest, has anybody tried the new range of very expensive (green) lead free pellets in older air guns ?
They appear to be much lighter and may get cheaper if a larger market emerges, but not really viable at the moment.

Brian

The writing is on the wall for lead ammunition, well worth stocking up IMO.
I've only experimented with H+N FTT greens, and not in older airguns. They gave absurdly high velocities with corresponding high energy. IIRC there was 2 ft/lb difference between bisley magnums (10.5gr) and FTT greens (5.56gr). Led me to the conclusion that energy is best set around 11 ft/lb with a medium pellet if you're concerned about going over. Less of an issue with most older guns but worth bearing in mind.
Biggest issue at the moment is their relative hardness, hopefully if they can get that figured out then it might not be so bad when we (inevitably) transition to lead-free.

[Abasmajor]

The writing is on the wall for lead ammunition, well worth stocking up IMO.
I've only experimented with H+N FTT greens, and not in older airguns. They gave absurdly high velocities with corresponding high energy. IIRC there was 2 ft/lb difference between bisley magnums (10.5gr) and FTT greens (5.56gr). Led me to the conclusion that energy is best set around 11 ft/lb with a medium pellet if you're concerned about going over. Less of an issue with most older guns but worth bearing in mind.
Biggest issue at the moment is their relative hardness, hopefully if they can get that figured out then it might not be so bad when we (inevitably) transition to lead-free.

Thanks for the information and sharing your experience with lead free pellets which seem to be priced around the £20 per tin (500) now, so it will probably be some time before use becomes common unless legislated.

Brian