.22 How many pellets?

[Sydney Monk]

When testing different pellets in an airgun, how many do you fire to determine whether or not a particular pellet is good/bad for that particular gun?

 

[PasadenaMike]

Tbh I just shoot JSBs because they just work. I have them in all the weights

 

[Solo1]

Tbh I just shoot JSBs because they just work. I have them in all the weights

Benjamin 14 gr shoot much better than 14 gr jsb. 10.3 gr aa are usually better than jsb and new 22 mrds are just barely better than jts but they beat the old mrds

 

[PasadenaMike]

Asking about pellets is like asking how do you clean your gun. You’ll have a million answers good luck

 

[Florida_Man]

I try and do this. I pick a day without wind and shoot from the bench at 25 yards.
Patch the barrel when changing pellets with different lead. For example all the JSB and rebrands get shot without a patch before changing model.
Shoot 20-30 pellets. Shoot 3 groups of 5 to evaluate. Move on.

 

[Solo1]

If you shoot any 22 cal 14 gr try a tin of benjamin hollow points in the black tin they are way more consistent in at least 2 of my guns

 

[PasadenaMike]

If you shoot any 22 cal 14 gr try a tin of benjamin hollow points in the black tin they are way more consistent in at least 2 of my guns

Oh yeah i have a ton of those they were great out of a Benjamin bb

 

[FL22]

The road map I use Hard Air Magazine Test Philosophy - Hard Air Magazine

 

[Florida_Man]

If you shoot any 22 cal 14 gr try a tin of benjamin hollow points in the black tin they are way more consistent in at least 2 of my guns

I've had the same luck, but with these.

 

[Luis Leon]

When testing different pellets in an airgun, how many do you fire to determine whether or not a particular pellet is good/bad for that particular gun?

For my purposes and the yardages I plink, pest and shoot? Within two magazines, in good conditions about 22 shots.

 

[Danman]

For new pellet testing, I like 10 shot (or more) groups with my .177 springers and 6+ shot groups for my .22s pcps. Off a bench, at the guns zero distance or closer, with minimal wind. I shoot the pellets as is (no cleaning gun/pellets in between) but will note were the first couple go, through scope. If the pellets are crud I will retry again a different day and if they fail again try closer distances. If they fail that they go away to try in a different gun or collect dust. AA pellets are premo, Jsb (minus Mrds) have been crazy consistent for me. Got 3 different tins of the JTS pellets and an H&N sampler pack to try in .22 soon! Gonna be doing an 18gr battle with the S510 at some point

 

[Florida_Man]

I have to admit that when I first get an air rifle sometimes I just shoot a full mag of each at a bull. Haha. I did that with my P35 25 cal

 

[Ray_PR]

When testing different pellets in an airgun, how many do you fire to determine whether or not a particular pellet is good/bad for that particular gun?

One full mag is more than enough to see which pellets any of my airguns like the most.

 

[Franklink]

Yep, within a couple shots after the scope is zeroed I've already determined if THAT pellet is good from THAT barrel from THAT gun at THAT speed. When pellets are impacting in a different location than all the factors (me on the trigger, any wind, etc) should make it impact, I move on to a different pellet.

 

[Holden Over]

When testing different pellets in an airgun, how many do you fire to determine whether or not a particular pellet is good/bad for that particular gun?

I have spent more time picking out pellets, than I have picking out wives. And I’m on my third wife.
Back in the day our pellet selection was limited now you can go absolutely crazy trying to figure out what’s best for what situation and what airgun at what distance …and on and on. But that’s what makes this sport such a, great one. So much fun to try and find out what works best. And the funny thing is you can be sitting at the bench shoot with somebody and they are using the same pellet as you are in the same air gun and they can’t hit a bull in the butt with a frying pan at 10 yards .
Lots of great advice here for many experience shooters, eventually you’ll have to sort through it yourself. Pussy info here. May save you a lot of time.

 

[pan60]

i try to take five shot by then i know if i dont have a group i am done.
having said that if when i buy pellets, they dont say JSB i just walk away.
why because they work they work in every gun i have ever put them in. now you might go though this or that and find somethig a tad better but you could most likey for pellets and be better off.

 

[Peskådot671]

When testing different pellets in an airgun, how many do you fire to determine whether or not a particular pellet is good/bad for that particular gun?

I shoot a minimum of 10 shots and then I'll start shooting for groups. Five shot groups work for me.

 

[Pumacarl]

Having shot a pair of FWB124D's for 40+ years the lesson they taught me is this, season your barrel. Yes, with pcp's it usually isn't as important, usually, sometimes it is. Before you write off any particular pellet, run a patch through your barrel, fire off a good 20 to 30 pellets, then see how they group. Shoot between 20 to 50 yards, no closer, no further, unless inside. The next thing you should do is wait a day, take your gun out and shoot a cold bore first group for accuracy and see how they do. If they shoot as well, winner winner chicken dinner! The one thing that really bothers me about my springers is that I always have to shoot a few shots off to get them to shooting to their potential. People don't talk about this much anymore but the problem exists with some springers. PCP's don't have this problem so much, if at all, but seasoning the barrel for the pellet matters if you never shot that pellet before. You don't know until you do.