Boomer_Mikey
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Like most of us I've always made an attempt to upgrade my pellets by weight sorting and checking the average head size range of each lot number and tin of pellets with a dial or digital caliper.
I recently made my own air gauge and calibrated it to agree with a friends air gauge I share information with. This really permits me to understand what I'm working with.
Until recently, I haven't had barrels and guns with the accuracy potential to make a significant difference in pellet selection that was meaningful or worthwhile. With these tools (air gauge and sensitive scale) I have been able to see that with weight sorting and head size sorting I can eliminate the extremes of weight and head size to improve accuracy in my guns to a reasonable advantage with a significant amount of work - 4-6 hours for each tin of pellets.
And then... I found a lot number of pellets for my HV gun that destroyed everything I worked so hard to understand. Weight - very consistent, extreme spread of .16 grains; head size - every size between 4.49mm and 4.51mm - wide spread that shoot better than anything I've weight and head size sorted to date. This supports the recent opinion of several record holding shooters that pellets straight from the tin are good enough if your gun likes them.
Does this mean I'm not weighing and sorting pellets by head size anymore? NO, I haven't found a lot number that works without sorting in my LV gun yet; until I find the magic pellet for the LV gun I'll continue to upgrade my existing pellets by sorting.
Mike Aber
I recently made my own air gauge and calibrated it to agree with a friends air gauge I share information with. This really permits me to understand what I'm working with.
Until recently, I haven't had barrels and guns with the accuracy potential to make a significant difference in pellet selection that was meaningful or worthwhile. With these tools (air gauge and sensitive scale) I have been able to see that with weight sorting and head size sorting I can eliminate the extremes of weight and head size to improve accuracy in my guns to a reasonable advantage with a significant amount of work - 4-6 hours for each tin of pellets.
And then... I found a lot number of pellets for my HV gun that destroyed everything I worked so hard to understand. Weight - very consistent, extreme spread of .16 grains; head size - every size between 4.49mm and 4.51mm - wide spread that shoot better than anything I've weight and head size sorted to date. This supports the recent opinion of several record holding shooters that pellets straight from the tin are good enough if your gun likes them.
Does this mean I'm not weighing and sorting pellets by head size anymore? NO, I haven't found a lot number that works without sorting in my LV gun yet; until I find the magic pellet for the LV gun I'll continue to upgrade my existing pellets by sorting.
Mike Aber
