.22 JTS Takedown Pellets .22 25.39 gr Excellent

[Billm]

I really like the JTS pellets. I’ve tried several in my .22 Barra 250z and my .25 Ghost and they have performed well. This is a 31 JTS pellet group from the 250z .22 at 25yds. The group is on a painted steel plate and so the group looks way larger than it actually is because of the mushroom. The 31 shot group is less than 1/2” for 31 pellets. The other image shows a 5 shot group from the same setup with Barra pellets 19.9 gr. - probably 2-3” spread.

 

[Danman]

I really like the JTS pellets. I’ve tried several in my .22 Barra 250z and my .25 Ghost and they have performed well. This is a 31 JTS pellet group from the 250z .22 at 25yds. The group is on a painted steel plate and so the group looks way larger than it actually is because of the mushroom. The 31 shot group is less than 1/2” for 31 pellets. The other image shows a 5 shot group from the same setup with Barra pellets 19.9 gr. - probably 2-3” spread.

Those were actually the only JTS pellets that were crud for me, lol! The 18.1 (S510) and the 8.7 (TX200) are absolutely killer. The 25gr JTS reminds me of the (new-ish) shallow Mrds....Will definitely try em again in the Ghost though.

 

[Pumacarl]

I'm glad you finally found a winner. It's a great feeling, and a relief. I will be sticking with the JSB KO 20.83gr .216 slugs in mine. I have become confident that these shoot well, very well in my gun. A shout out to DairyBoy because I never would have tried the .216 if it weren't for him. Somehow, they work great.

 

[Billm]

I'm glad you finally found a winner. It's a great feeling, and a relief. I will be sticking with the JSB KO 20.83gr .216 slugs in mine. I have become confident that these shoot well, very well in my gun. A shout out to DairyBoy because I never would have tried the .216 if it weren't for him. Somehow, they work great.

The only pellets my Barra does not seem to like are Barra brand pellets lol.

 

[ctshooter]

I believe it's a fair statement to say JTS and AEA have taken away a significant part of JSBs pellet business.

I haven't bought JSB in several years and I continue to shoot through what I have when just plinking around.

When it's accuracy time though JTS/AEA come out to play.

 

[Billm]

I'm glad you finally found a winner. It's a great feeling, and a relief. I will be sticking with the JSB KO 20.83gr .216 slugs in mine. I have become confident that these shoot well, very well in my gun. A shout out to DairyBoy because I never would have tried the .216 if it weren't for him. Somehow, they work great.

I only have JSB KO slugs in .177 and .25. I’ll try ordering some of the 20.83 slugs at some point.

 

[Pumacarl]

I believe it's a fair statement to say JTS and AEA have taken away a significant part of JSBs pellet business.

I haven't bought JSB in several years and I continue to shoot through what I have when just plinking around.

When it's accuracy time though JTS/AEA come out to play.

Man, I am the odd man out on this. Maybe it's because I have older JSB pellets, but in my .30 AAA and my .22 Barra, the JSB shoot better than the AEA. Which I bought a lot of because everyone has been saying how much better they are. You still have to try everything.

 

[ctshooter]

Man, I am the odd man out on this. Maybe it's because I have older JSB pellets, but in my .30 AAA and my .22 Barra, the JSB shoot better than the AEA. Which I bought a lot of because everyone has been saying how much better they are. You still have to try everything.

I agree, you have to shoot waht your barrel likes. I have a Uragan Compact in 22 that like JSB the best. I've made the switch due to more than just accuracy. Factors such as cost, pellet qc, consistency of weight. Weight is a big one. I don't have to weigh the JTS/AEA pellets - JSB the .30 44gr would have weight spreads of 2.0+ grains.

 

[Billm]

I was going to shoot a .22 entry for the Springtime Challenge today. But to my horror I had no JTS 25.39 pellets left. Lots of other weights but none of those. No, biggie I thought, I have some JSB Exact Jumbo Monsters in 25.39 gr. Using the same setup, similar conditions I had to rethink this idea. It may not be fair to compare them, as they’re different styles of pellets. But a 25 shot group with the JSBs was twice as large as the 30 shot group with JTS. Both were shot with the .22 250z with a reg pressure setting of 1600-1700psi. Maybe the JSBs need a different velocity. The SD is double what it was with The JTS. I’m in no way knocking the JSBs, as I’ve had a really good experience with their products.

 

[Billm]

I believe it's a fair statement to say JTS and AEA have taken away a significant part of JSBs pellet business.

I haven't bought JSB in several years and I continue to shoot through what I have when just plinking around.

When it's accuracy time though JTS/AEA come out to play.

I’ve been shooting H&N pellets for 50 plus years, mainly because my dad bought enough to last for years from the base rod and gun club before he retired in England from the U.S. Army. Way cheaper than the UK economy in the 70’s. Not to mention way better than Milbro or Marksman pellets. Because I’ve always owned German airguns other than a few Crossmans and Daisys, I’ve always stuck to the German pellets - either H&N or RWS. In fact I had never heard of JSB until before last year when I bought my first PCP. Now I’ve tried lots of JSB, H&N, JTS, RWS, Barra, Rifle, Crossman and Apollo. I will try AEA, NSA etc.. I’ve shot a lot of pellets/slugs in .177, .22 and .25 over the last 6 months. I keep terrible records, but I know that I’ve had the easiest time tuning for accuracy with both the JSB and JTS pellets. I do wish I could walk into a local store and buy decent pellets. I’m pretty much a plinker nowadays. But I like accuracy and consistency.
. My only real issue with JSB, is their naming conventions. It is really confusing following: mkII, redesigns etc. and figuring out which products are the newest version. Just my two cents.

 

[ctshooter]

I can relate to that picture of pellet tins. I have gone through more brands, types, styles, weights, diameters of pellets than I care to recall. I have thrown out some serious garbage - Rifle brand iirc.

When I speak very definitively about a brand and seem to be only shooting a small selection of pellets, it is because I have spent the time at the bench testing, testing, testing and more testing to find the perfect pellet for each airgun. I'm just saying that JTS and AEA pellets have surpassed what was the best of the best for each airgun (JSB, H&N, etc) in accuracy.

 

[Billm]

I can relate to that picture of pellet tins. I have gone through more brands, types, styles, weights, diameters of pellets than I care to recall. I have thrown out some serious garbage - Rifle brand iirc.

When I speak very definitively about a brand and seem to be only shooting a small selection of pellets, it is because I have spent the time at the bench testing, testing, testing and more testing to find the perfect pellet for each airgun. I'm just saying that JTS and AEA pellets have surpassed what was the best of the best for each airgun (JSB, H&N, etc) in accuracy.

I think you’re probably right, from what I’ve experienced so far.

 

[Pumacarl]

As far as whole brands are concerned it seems obvious at this point that AEA/JTS are doing better than everybody else. It just so happens that in my case they certinly are not, for the time being. When my stock runs out, I'll have to revisit it. I am finding though, that the JSB KO slugs are really getting all of the old mojo that their old pellets use to have. I have switched to the Knock Out's in .177 and .22 caliber, really awesome performers. Maybe that's where JSB's future lies, just doing slugs. I like ZAN slugs too.

 

[Billm]

As far as whole brands are concerned it seems obvious at this point that AEA/JTS are doing better than everybody else. It just so happens that in my case they certinly are not, for the time being. When my stock runs out, I'll have to revisit it. I am finding though, that the JSB KO slugs are really getting all of the old mojo that their old pellets use to have. I have switched to the Knock Out's in .177 and .22 caliber, really awesome performers. Maybe that's where JSB's future lies, just doing slugs. I like ZAN slugs too.

I haven’t tried AEA yet, so I don’t have an opinion on them yet. I’m impressed with a lot of the JSB pellets that I’ve tried and all of the JTS so far. Concerning the two pellets mentioned in this post, JTS grouped better than the JSB. The JTS standard deviation was half of the SD of the JSB pellets which might substantiate the better consistency of the JTS pellets. I am also really impressed with the JSB Match Diabolo Exact King MKII Heavy .25 Cal, 33.95 Grains, Domed pellets in the BRK ghost. I bought those based upon the recommendations for the TalonP and tried them in the Ghost. I will try them against the JTS in both guns. I enjoy the discussion almost as much as the shooting.

 

[jlowe]

I need to try these. I had so many JSB's left over from Covid, I hated to buy any more .25.39's but your making them look good.

 

[Danman]

I haven’t tried AEA yet, so I don’t have an opinion on them yet. I’m impressed with a lot of the JSB pellets that I’ve tried and all of the JTS so far. Concerning the two pellets mentioned in this post, JTS grouped better than the JSB. The JTS standard deviation was half of the SD of the JSB pellets which might substantiate the better consistency of the JTS pellets. I am also really impressed with the JSB Match Diabolo Exact King MKII Heavy .25 Cal, 33.95 Grains, Domed pellets in the BRK ghost. I bought those based upon the recommendations for the TalonP and tried them in the Ghost. I will try them against the JTS in both guns. I enjoy the discussion almost as much as the shooting.

The original monsters are definitely not as good as the Monster Redesigns in my .22s. I personally love the Jsb sizing and selections....the fact that JTS 18.1 pulled ahead (of the 18.13 Jsb) in my S510 testing last year did blow my mind.....I will be testing the crap outta this!! Once could always be a fluke.... Just recently I shot a 10shot group with my TX and some new H&N FFT pellets, NEVER has H&N came close to JSB or JTS in my Airguns but I shot a thumbnail group @ 25Y with them, minus 1 flier. 2 more tins on the way, I'm not impulsive I swear.....

 

[Pumacarl]

I haven’t tried AEA yet, so I don’t have an opinion on them yet. I’m impressed with a lot of the JSB pellets that I’ve tried and all of the JTS so far. Concerning the two pellets mentioned in this post, JTS grouped better than the JSB. The JTS standard deviation was half of the SD of the JSB pellets which might substantiate the better consistency of the JTS pellets. I am also really impressed with the JSB Match Diabolo Exact King MKII Heavy .25 Cal, 33.95 Grains, Domed pellets in the BRK ghost. I bought those based upon the recommendations for the TalonP and tried them in the Ghost. I will try them against the JTS in both guns. I enjoy the discussion almost as much as the shooting.

I haven't tried the JTS yet, but I bought a sleeve of the AEA .30 50.1gr and just a tin of the .22 21.9gr and they both did not impress me at all. I am currently shooting the JSB .25 33.95gr MKII (my favorite pellet period) in my TalonP and it's shooting them at 60fpe and I don't even have it turned up all the way. I really just like the lead that JSB uses, it doesn't seem to build up much and what does, cleans easily. Still my favorite brand but I will try some JTS .22 18.13gr and .25 34gr, at some point. I will definately continue to use those two particular size pellets. Most other pellets are losing significance with me. I am really liking the performance of slugs more and more and it's hard to put up with pellets sometimes. In my .177 springers I use H&N FTT and those are staying too.

 

[Danman]

I haven't tried the JTS yet, but I bought a sleeve of the AEA .30 50.1gr and just a tin of the .22 21.9gr and they both did not impress me at all. I am currently shooting the JSB .25 33.95gr MKII (my favorite pellet period) in my TalonP and it's shooting them at 60fpe and I don't even have it turned up all the way. I really just like the lead that JSB uses, it doesn't seem to build up much and what does, cleans easily. Still my favorite brand but I will try some JTS .22 18.13gr and .25 34gr, at some point. I will definately continue to use those two particular size pellets. Most other pellets are losing significance with me. I am really liking the performance of slugs more and more and it's hard to put up with pellets sometimes. In my .177 springers I use H&N FTT and those are staying too.

I'm about at that point as well. My TX shoots 7.33 to 8.7gr - the S510: 15.89-18.13gr , Ghost 20- 25.39 gr. ( I'll still play sometimes on the bench with other weights)
Brand matters not, only what shoots well. To date I have never bought more than one tin of a pellet I haven't tried yet.......I've regretted that occasionally.

 

[Pumacarl]

I'm about at that point as well. My TX shoots 7.33 to 8.7gr - the S510: 15.89-18.13gr , Ghost 20- 25.39 gr. ( I'll still play sometimes on the bench with other weights)
Brand matters not, only what shoots well. To date I have never bought more than one tin of a pellet I haven't tried yet.......I've regretted that occasionally.

I have started to think that brand does matter a little, just because of the lead they use. I really like JSB and ZAN lead, more than anyone else's so far. I still haven't tried JTS yet, but I will be buying single tins at some point, I heard their lead was the purest of the Chinese brands. Yeah, I've learned my lesson, just one tin. The problem with that is it might be impossible to buy more, any time soon, if you end up liking them.

 

[Billm]

I’m guessing all of the imported pellets will be getting a price hike her in the U.S. soon, with a huge one for the Chinese imports. So, as I find ones that work, I’ll stock up on them. I would like to narrow my pellets and slugs down to a couple brands/sizes for each caliber. I wasn’t expecting to get back into airgun shooting as heavy as I have. As much as I’m shooting right now and only plinking and target shooting I can make use of most of the ones that I don’t like. So far I’ve only found three tins that I don’t like to shoot at all: a tin of Crossman Premier Predators and two tins of Barra pellets. At some point I will launch those at the steel plate.