pellets

[deanothehunter 34]

anyone tried jsb exact pellets ? they supposed to be the dogs ******** and are from same die as air arms diabilo field apparently but cheaper they look a good pellet any one used them like to give a quick review .....cheers all.<IMG id=smid_15 src="http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/thumbs.gif">

[Nathan_R 10]

Yes, I use JSB Exacts, and get on really well with them. I've also used AA Fields, and the JSB's shoot just as well as the AA's from my experience. Price wise, they're about the same (maybe 50p cheaper or so) from where I get them, so it hasn't saved me a fortune. Another thing I've noticed is that a tin of JSB's seems to have less damaged pellets than a tin of AA's, but maybe I've just been lucky with that.

 

Has anyone used FX Pellets? I've been told they're just as good as AA's and JSB's and I was wondering if this was true?

[Ron Weasley 83]

I've never tried JSBs or FX pellets, but have read great things about both.

 

I've used Accupells almost exclusively since they first appeared on the scene. They were recommended by the gunshop when I bought my HW95K all those years ago, and they performed so well, it seemed silly to change.

 

When I purchased my BSA R10 last year, the rifle was supplied with a tin of RWS Superdomes. I was disappointed with these, the R10 seemed to spit them out all over the place. As I had plenty of Accupells around the house, I tried these out, and again, I find them absolutely brilliant. I'm wary to try anything else, as I don't want to end up with tins of pellets kicking around that I don't use.

 

That said, I will be buying another rifle soonish, in the .177 flavour, so I'll be open to new comers then, and I think JSBs will be high on my 'to try' list.

 

Maybe we could set up some kind of THL Pellet Exchange on here? I admit I have NO IDEA how it would work, but might be worth thinking about between us?

 

Cheers

[deanothehunter 34]

cheers all for your replies.

[matt_hooks 188]

I've been thinking of buying a load if tins of pellets and making up "trial packs" for people, so when they buy a new rifle they can buy maybe 20 of a variety of pellets and try them out to see which performs best.

 

Would anyone be willing to buy a pack? I reckon maybe offer about 10 different pellets, £2 per type. Works out at a lot per pellet, but cheaper than buying a whole tin, and you can try several.

 

Anyone interested? I'd need to know I could sell a few before I laid out on the pellets!

 

Maybe dealers could offer them with a new rifle too?

[Ron Weasley 83]

I've been thinking of buying a load if tins of pellets and making up "trial packs" for people, so when they buy a new rifle they can buy maybe 20 of a variety of pellets and try them out to see which performs best.

 

Would anyone be willing to buy a pack? I reckon maybe offer about 10 different pellets, £2 per type. Works out at a lot per pellet, but cheaper than buying a whole tin, and you can try several.

 

Anyone interested? I'd need to know I could sell a few before I laid out on the pellets!

 

Maybe dealers could offer them with a new rifle too?

 

Something like that already exists mate, PellPacks I think they're called.

[matt_hooks 188]

I saw those, but wasn't very impressed by the pellet selection, and they don't seem to do any options, just a standard pack. I'd also be looking at tailoring packs for different guns from user experience, so for example someone buys a 97k, I will be able to give them a list of pellets that others have used successfully in that rifle. Just seems to me there's scope there, with a little thought and work, to offer a far better service than the pelpacks people!

[Ron Weasley 83]

I saw those, but wasn't very impressed by the pellet selection, and they don't seem to do any options, just a standard pack. I'd also be looking at tailoring packs for different guns from user experience, so for example someone buys a 97k, I will be able to give them a list of pellets that others have used successfully in that rifle. Just seems to me there's scope there, with a little thought and work, to offer a far better service than the pelpacks people!

 

Sounds like a good idea mate, I'd certainly but a set. You're right about the selection in Pellpacks....Milbro Caledonians and Marksman pellets? I can't imagine many people are going to splash several hundred pounds on a decent rifle and use those pellets, are they? I'd suggest more than 20 pellets would be required though to get an idea, based on my experience anyway. Bearing in mind that zero can alter quite dramatically with different pellets. Maybe 50 pellets, but limit to a selection of 5 or 6 brands? If you could pitch that to the major retailers, you might be on to something!

[stokeshooter 0]

I've been thinking of buying a load if tins of pellets and making up "trial packs" for people, so when they buy a new rifle they can buy maybe 20 of a variety of pellets and try them out to see which performs best.

 

Would anyone be willing to buy a pack? I reckon maybe offer about 10 different pellets, £2 per type. Works out at a lot per pellet, but cheaper than buying a whole tin, and you can try several.

 

Anyone interested? I'd need to know I could sell a few before I laid out on the pellets!

 

Maybe dealers could offer them with a new rifle too?

 

Sounds like a great idea mate i have plenty knocking around the house but im sure it would be good for people just trying to find a good pellet with there gun.Cracking idea

[spud gun 16]

thats a good little idea about the tester pack of pellets.

when you get a new gun it can take ages to find the right pellet for the gun and cost a lot too

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hi Matt.

 

Now that is a clever idea mate, and would help a lot of people.

 

Re the JSB's excellent pellet used them in my HW100 and had good results.

 

Very recently changed to AA Field though, even better results.

 

Crazy things these air rifles

 

 

 

ATB.

 

 

Bill.

[Phantom 631]

Yep agree Bill,

Guns are Crazy, but the ownersare even more so

 

RiffRaff gave me a few hundred H&N FTT's to try in my baby as he and the guy who owned the rifle before me used to use them in it and they got very tight groups with them.

 

Everytime I went for a tin the shops had none

 

Anyways, I put these in my top right breast pocket as they were loose and I had a tub of FX 16 Grainers in my lower right pocket. After filling my gun and preparing it for the impending train journey I decided to stick my hunting gear into the case as well, never know might knock a few live ones over

 

I picked up my jacket to fold it and put it in the case and all the H&N fell out onto the floor, followed by the tub of FX

Needless to say I now have a variety of mixed pellets in one tub as I scraped them up from the floor!

Gonna take weeks to sort them out

 

Oh re the sample packs, yes pellpax do them but another couple of lads on here also tried them. I don't think they were very successful at the price they were doing them at.

 

Phantom

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Yep agree Bill,

Guns are Crazy, but the ownersare even more so

 

RiffRaff gave me a few hundred H&N FTT's to try in my baby as he and the guy who owned the rifle before me used to use them in it and they got very tight groups with them.

 

Everytime I went for a tin the shops had none

 

Anyways, I put these in my top right breast pocket as they were loose and I had a tub of FX 16 Grainers in my lower right pocket. After filling my gun and preparing it for the impending train journey I decided to stick my hunting gear into the case as well, never know might knock a few live ones over

 

I picked up my jacket to fold it and put it in the case and all the H&N fell out onto the floor, followed by the tub of FX

Needless to say I now have a variety of mixed pellets in one tub as I scraped them up from the floor!

Gonna take weeks to sort them out

 

Oh re the sample packs, yes pellpax do them but another couple of lads on here also tried them. I don't think they were very successful at the price they were doing them at.

 

Phantom

 

 

 

Nightmare mate.....happy sorting

[Phantom 631]

Nightmare mate.....happy sorting

 

Sod that for a lark Bill,

 

I have a daughter and for a fiver, she says she'll sort em for me as long as I also agree to clean out her fish tank

 

Phantom

[festa 206]

ive tried loads of different pellets and ALWAYS ended up back with jsb exacts in both .177 and .22 these pellets defo do the job with pin point accuracy you cant go wrong with them mate

 

atb gary