Break Barrel If you have a HW50 what pellets do you find to be the most accurate?

[ernroe]

The title just about says it all. Finding the right/best pellet for the HW50, or any air gun for that matter, can be expensive. I would like to know your experience.
Thanking you in advance,
Ernroe

 

[Jaabaa]

My opinion on the HW50s is the same as the 30s
They are pellet friendly and once I learn where the shot goes I'm good with any of the H&Ns or RWS field lines I've tried to 50yards. I need to try more JSBs but they expensive and I shoot to much to be spending $20 a sitting

 

[ernroe]

My opinion on the HW50s is the same as the 30s
They are pellet friendly and once I learn where the shot goes I'm good with any of the H&Ns or RWS field lines I've tried to 50yards. I need to try more JSBs but they expensive and I shoot to much to be spending $20 a sitting

My HW30 is .177 and my HW50 is .22 I just bought a tin JSB 8.44 in .177 and also a tin of H&N 8.something, I can't remember but they both shoot good in the HW30. So does the Crosman and they are the cheapest by far. I have never tried the RWS pellets. I am shooting 14 gr pellets in the HW50 .22 and they group well and I also shoot them in my HW100. Thx for the input.

 

[Jaabaa]

Mines both .177

 

[Shortcut]

my HW50 seems to like JSB 8.44 and 7.87 the best.

 

[ernroe]

my HW50 seems to like JSB 8.44 and 7.87 the best.

What caliber?

 

[Franklink]

my HW50 seems to like JSB 8.44 and 7.87 the best.

Similar here.
.177 HW50 purchased around 2014.

It's pretty tolerant of pellets in that 8grain range.
I shot the boxed Crosman premiers for the first 5-6 years, and switched over to the JSB 7.87s 5ish years ago.

 

[ernroe]

I forgot to mention my HW50 is .22 caliber.

 

[Shortcut]

What caliber?

.177 sorry

 

[jps2486]

My .177 cal HW50 likes just about any 8.44 gr pellet. It's shooting them at 10.8 fpe. I mounted a Veyron 4-16 scope and repeated using the same pellets at 10M. Groups are much tighter as expected.

 

[dbowling]

H/N FTT 14.66

 

[jlowe]

H&N 5.53's in the last one I tested over about 10 different pellets at 25 yards.

 

[Jaabaa]

I did have a HW50s and the RWS Field line round heads where really good past 30 yards. The Ranged proved also to like them at 50 yards. It also liked Heavy pellets better than lite ones.
Good luck

 

[Chris two-furs]

H/N FTT 14.66

One of my favorite pellets for my .22 break barrels; r9, BSA, and pistol as! They seem to have less deformities than JSBs.

 

[Scriv]

Thanks to those that mentioned the .177 preference. Excited to receive mine.

 

[BanjomanMI76]

I had to get my notebook out. July 4, 2023 I took out 12 different .177 pellets to the range on a sunny day with a light wind and shot from 10 yards. The Top 3 that day were the H&N Field Target Trophy 8.64g, JSB Diabolo Exact 8.44g, and the RWS Super Domes 8.3g.
The two worst were the JSB Hades 10.34g; loose fitting on my rifle (Don't Use, I wrote) and the CPHPs which were full of fliers.
Hope this helps.

 

[jlowe]

If you had AOA tune your, it should shoot extremely well right out of the box.
Here is a pic of the last HW50S .177cal tuned I had back in 2021 of groups at 25 yards.

 

[RicL]

JSB 8.44

 

[Scriv]

I found that mine prefers h&n FTT 8.64

 

[jlowe]

I found that mine prefers h&n FTT 8.64

That's a really good on for the HW50. I thought I read somewhere years ago the HW barrels were designed around H&N pellets. I could be wrong on that.