Pellet sorting part 3 - head sizing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2017
- Part 3 of my airgun pellet sorting videos. Air rifles can be finicky about their ammo. This is a how to series created to help shooters achieve greater accuracy out their ammunition. Today's air gun is an impressive, precise weapon, especially when it is given bullets that it likes.
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Did some shooting yesterday with a buddy, have targets at 20,30,50 and 85yds. Got a little .177 from walmart as well as Premier Hollow Points and had some fun. Wash and lube only we were hitting a skillet at 85 AND I actually shot a lizard in the head at 30yds. Couldn't believe it. Time to try the rest of ur tricks. Looking at a Hatsan Flashpup as my first PCP. Thanks for all the info
That's GREAT! Thank you for sharing your success!
nice video would love to see how this compares in the rifles on the targets thanks for sharing man
Dave,
The reason I haven't shot groups during this series is due to the lack of a controlled environment. If I had a locking gun rest and an indoor range, I would have shot groups for each step (I hope that changes sometime this year). I think both the shooter and environmental variables can erase such minor changes pretty easily. But if you think about it, with each step I'm making the pellets more consistent to one another. So, theoretically, there must be an improvement in consistency down range. Would you agree?
Absolutely I would agree, just fun and entertaining seeing it on targets
@@davidmaco1 , and seeing positive or negative results is verification.
you would think that jsb and friends could get the pellets a lot closer ???
Agreed.
Where did you get the clear plastic used to inspect the heads for imperfections?
www.airgunproducts.com/shop/speedy-pellet-inspector
Thanks for the vid. Is the head size you target based upon yotr barrels groove diameter?
No, it's based off of whatever size is the most consistent throughout the tin (whichever one there is the most of).
Have you thought of putting pellets in a tumbler containg sand or another material that would clean and smooth out the pellets? more accurate faster flying pellets might be a result of that?
It's a good suggestion and it has crossed my mind. But, do you think tumbling them would take off too much material? I mean, I'm sizing down to the hundredth of a MM already and I've noticed a significant accuracy difference in pellets that are 1/100th too small. Also, I'd have to go back to the washing phase again afterwards.
It definitely could take off too much im sure.Especially if left in tumbler for too long.It just came to mind after watching this video and other vids showing close ups of the pellets showing rough edges and pitting im guessing from casting
Just out of curiosity, has anyone played around with sizing pellets that have heads that are larger than optimum? I'm planning to build my own pellet gauge / swage after I work out what size heads my .25 likes. I like to tinker so I'm looking forward to see if it has any effect to the larger diameter pellets. Ahh, the things we do to eliminate 'fliers'....
larger head pellets can be very difficult to find. I recently found some 5.54 (.22) and bought about 1/2 case, on the spot! I've never seen 6.36 offered (.25).
@@Atoyota25 I have thought of tumbling pellets also. I am not too happy with the rough finish on the pellets. Instead of sand, I would use some type of walnut husk or something like that. There are tumblers for sale on Amazon as well as various tumbling mediums. The key is how long to tumble them so you don't loose weight. Also, a strainer is needed that will not allow the pellets to fall through. Most of the strainers that are used are for separating the brass from the medium. Need a separator that has smaller openings. Also, I would make tumbling the very first step before washing so you don't have to wash twice. Just some thoughts I have had on this topic.
Wow, incredible question, one thing you can use water to clean and dry, then oil something, yes or no?
If I understand your question right.... Yes, Clean with soap and water, rinse, let dry. Then you can oil (lube) them if you want to. I'll be covering lubing pellets in the near future.
ask one thing which brand oil put pellet?