Hi Antoni
I just got some from Knibbs. He does 5.6mm Marksman pellets.
Hope this helps
Mark
From a small Airgun shop. The cardboard box looks very retro and the pellets therein look well and truly oxidised. I wonder how old that box is; maybe the style was not retro when the pellets were actually packed. I reckon that box is very old. New Old Stock maybe.
Anyway, they were cheap and they fit the Webley Hurricane "22-5.6 CAL" barrel well - best power yet: 3.0 fpe.
.22 inch is 5.588 millimetres.
I don't suppose anyone makes true .22 pellets now.
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Hi Antoni
I just got some from Knibbs. He does 5.6mm Marksman pellets.
Hope this helps
Mark
OK. My point is: I reckon the pellets I bought are true .22 inch, and are still available but only from very old production.
Maybe I should not have brought this up. Expect it has probably been done to death.
Just that it reminded me of a time 25 years ago when I was trying to tame a Dianna sidelever, and the results from the gun shop's chrono imperial / metric pellets caused me some 'confusion' at the time.
I reckon the chrono I've just bought is probably the same model the (different) shop had/has. Anyway, this really has probably been done to death.
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Ok well the ones I got from Knibbs are made for them. They are 5.6mm for use in the older British .22’s so may be worth a look.
Cheers
Mark
I bought some a couple of weeks ago following advice on here to use in my 1963 mk2 (?) BSA meteor.
Like yours mine came in a cardboard box and looked quite old-like me
But that's how they are- probably made from old roofing lead
But guess what- they work well in my old BSA!
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One company does, Lincoln Jeffries. They make genuine .22 pellets under the 'Marksman ' brand. Still made and available in the cardboard boxes the same as they sold them in the 1960s.
Pointed ones come in green boxes and they are crap. the original domed ones are still sold in red boxes of 500 but I haven't seen the yellow boxes (200 quantity) for ages. I bought 6000 a few weeks ago as I use them in all my .22 and 5.6mm barrels from the pre war stuff to the 1980's British gear.
I'm not sure of the size for the same brand in tins because I've never used them apart from those in .25 cal and they work quite well in my BSA but the now obsolete Green Rhino are much better in that. The cardboard boxed ones in .22 got a really bad reputation because people used them in 5.5mm barrels and they don't suit.
You might have bought old stock, don't worry about it
Yes, I bought a box a couple of years ago, mainly with a view to short range plinking in my 2240s. Awful. And equally awful in every other gun I tried them in including a Tempest and Mark I Mercury S. I did so want them to at least be half okay, to support the Lincoln Jefferies business, but they truly were shocking.
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.22 Marksman are still available to buy in card boxes - I bought some a few months ago to feed a pre war BSA that loves 'em. Strange thing is she hates other modern brands and my other vintage air rifles are, shall we say not at their best when fed Marksman pellets.
I love the way the design still looks pre-war and let's face it, they're relatively cheap and cheerful for informal plinking.
John
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The .177 versions can be a little mediocre to say the least. Try them, they might work well. It is the true .22 pellets under discussion because they are about the only pellet still made that are sized to suit the older British (and US ) barrels
If I only had 1 pre war BSA, I would consider myself deprived and would consider counselling to see if that would console me