What a difference pellet types make.!!!!!
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:17 pm
G"day All
I have been just about at the end of my patience with my R1 as it had a minor hiccup recently and had to go back to the docter to get looked at, prior to that I was unable to get it to group consistently even though I had tried several different pellets.
Well it came back to me last week and today I got a chance to put her through her paces and see if it will group better.
I first tried Beeman ram jets and it was terrible and would not hold better than an inch and a half , so I tried crow magnums and the result was a bit better but well and truely short of what I knew it could do, as they were the only two pellets I had with me at the range I decided to duck home and open a brand new pack of FTS I had sitting there, well I knew from experience that these were the pellet that shot well in most air arms and they did not disapoint on this occasion either, it was a bit breezy at the range today and the results show that, but overall I am happy with the result.
The crow magnums will be going to the tip and I will be stocking up on FTS.
It just goes to show how many people must just buy one type of pellet and just shoot it and never really experience the full potential of their air arm, I mean these are no real brilliant groups but there good enough for me with a bit of wind thrown in.
PS- one of them groups went first four into .109 and was blown out to.394 with the last shot.
Target was shot from sighter anti clockwise.
Regards
Damien Webb.
I have been just about at the end of my patience with my R1 as it had a minor hiccup recently and had to go back to the docter to get looked at, prior to that I was unable to get it to group consistently even though I had tried several different pellets.
Well it came back to me last week and today I got a chance to put her through her paces and see if it will group better.
I first tried Beeman ram jets and it was terrible and would not hold better than an inch and a half , so I tried crow magnums and the result was a bit better but well and truely short of what I knew it could do, as they were the only two pellets I had with me at the range I decided to duck home and open a brand new pack of FTS I had sitting there, well I knew from experience that these were the pellet that shot well in most air arms and they did not disapoint on this occasion either, it was a bit breezy at the range today and the results show that, but overall I am happy with the result.
The crow magnums will be going to the tip and I will be stocking up on FTS.
It just goes to show how many people must just buy one type of pellet and just shoot it and never really experience the full potential of their air arm, I mean these are no real brilliant groups but there good enough for me with a bit of wind thrown in.
PS- one of them groups went first four into .109 and was blown out to.394 with the last shot.
Target was shot from sighter anti clockwise.
Regards
Damien Webb.
