With all the interest in new airguns, it’s easy to forget that there’s a ton of airgun ammo news at IWA 2026 as well. Today we’ll rectify that bias…
Of course JSB has a high profile at the show. The Czech ammo manufacturer was busy presenting a complete makeover of its product branding, as we can see here.
Pavel Kolabec – JSB’s main man – explained to me that the product names remain the same but the labels and packaging design is all completely different. I have to say that I like the “borescope-view style” graphics concept for the design.
Meanwhile the tins are also given additional treatment. The angled black-and-white banding will remind you – and inform others – that it’s JSB pellets and slugs you are shooting so accurately!
All of this was backed-up with a new trade product catalog. JSB’s re-branding is a very professional implementation – as you would expect from the company.
Zhuhai Qiang Yuan Sport Goods Co, Ltd from China is the manufacturer of a range of pellets and slugs. Usually known by the “QY” brand, these can be very good quality products, as Hard Air Magazine has confirmed in the past.
When I last me the Qiang Yuan people, the company was concentrating almost-exclusively on .177 caliber wadcutters for 10 Meter competition. But they have certainly changed, with a range of caliber pellets and slugs to be seen on the booth in a variety of design configurations.
Sure, we’ve all seen giant slugs and pellets before as promotional tools. But they still are an attraction, as QY demonstrated…
Below. Rifle Ammunition is a large-scale manufacturer of own-brand and OEM-branded airgun ammo from Brazil. They have a large range of products and are always present at IWA OutdoorClassics.
Meanwhile Öztay is a pellet and slug manufacturer based in Turkey. Although they have a relatively-limited range of products at present, they have great plans and ambitions to enter the US market.
So remember that you saw Öztay airgun ammo first in Hard Air Magazine!
And now for something completely different.
Schupter is a company based in Warsaw, Poland. They were exhibiting at the IWA Show for the first time ever with their “Full Auto 50” and “Semi Auto 50” digitally-controlled, single mold slug casting machines.
Schupter told me that the small size and relatively low price makes this attractive as a “club machine” for those shooting large numbers of slugs. They can also be used to start a small business manufacturing airgun slugs.
Although Schupter is a small company, they are looking to establish a network of local country distributors. But they will accept international orders if you contact them direct. Pricing seems to be attractive in the sub $5K range, including shipping, tariffs, etc.
Oh, and Mathias Vangilbergen at FX tells me that the Halo slugs will definitely be shipping this year!
So that’s a summary of the airgun ammo news I was able to find at IWA 2026. There’s more airgun news to come…
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