Light pellets

[StevoSmith 147]

At the moment i am using jsb exact 16gr for hunting/plinking.....i want to know if the lighter pellets are much cop for hunting.........im talking about 10-11gr i know these pellets travel alot faster than the heavier type but im more concerned about the stopping of quarry power......yes the lighter ones travel fast but at 20-30 yds will the speed convert to power...by this i mean will they do damage traveling faster than a heavier pellet would traveling slower??

 

 

input please guys

 

 

Edited cause of my effin spelling

Edited January 16, 2011 by StevoSmith

[davyt63 1,845]

At the moment i am using jsb exact 16gr for hunting/plinking.....i want to know if the lighter pellets are much cop for hunting.........im talking about 10-11gr i know these pellets travel alot faster than the heavier type but im more concerned about the stopping of quarry power......yes the lighter ones travel fast but at 20-30 yds will the speed convert to power...by this i mean will they do damage traveling faster than a heavier pellet would traveling slower??

 

 

input please guys

 

 

Edited cause of my effin spelling

 

 

hi steve

try falcon accuracy pellets ,i had some good results with them at all different ranges

 

regards

 

davy

[StevoSmith 147]

Thanks davy......but would they do enough damage traveling faster than the heavier pellet going slower?

[davyt63 1,845]

Thanks davy......but would they do enough damage traveling faster than the heavier pellet going slower?

 

 

hi buddy

yes they will knock em over there is no doubt in that,i think i footage of a bunny being THWACKED with em at 41yds,i will get back to you!!

 

regards

 

davy

[pianoman 3,587]

Hi Steve.

Damage would be about the same as your regular 16 grain .22 pellet.

 

You have to be aware that pellet weights and airgun power propelling them at constant velocity from a fixed power output of charged air are seperate but connected issues.

 

What we all want is an accurate shooting, kinetically powerful pellet with the knockdown power and the speed to get to the target fast and bop it hard on the spot before it runs off!

 

The gains of a lighter pellet are useful but really marginal, assuming first of all the brand in question are superbly accurate from your barrel. A bit flatter trajectory if a bit faster, thus perhaps a bit more penetration, is the best you can hope for, from a sub 12 ft/lb rifle. Accuracy is still the measure of how well your pellet performs.

 

If they produced significant increases in velocity and in kinetic power you'd need an FAC as, they would have to be performing kinetically over the 12ft/lb limit of your rifle.

 

It still brings you back to the quest for a pellet that performs superbly from your barrel at the power limit set by the rifle.

 

Simon.

Edited January 16, 2011 by pianoman

[StevoSmith 147]

I see what you mean simon...however my TX was hitting 11.7 with 16gr would the lighter pellet take the velocity over the legal limit?.........i understand your point about velocity and trajectory and overall penetration.....however you say the diff is marginal...does that mean i might aswel stick to the 16gr and discount the lighter/faster pellets?

[pianoman 3,587]

I wouldn't discount them Steve, but it has to be only a question for accuracy. You wont get a bigger knockdown thwack. That's kinetic velocity over mass doing that and that's FAC level power.

 

We are getting into mass by weight by velocity ratios here Steve. There is a sliding scale of velocity that rises or falls without the mass weight registering in kinetic terms of foot pound energy. This is where your lighter pellets will be performing at. Without significant increases in mass velocity, you gain a little extra speed but no significant kinetic increase. Or you need an FAC!

 

The ratios become more pronounced when you see how .177 pellets, having less mass weight, fly much faster and thus flatter, than .22 from the same sub 12ft/lbs charge. .177 pellets may be flying faster but their mass is smaller and so they hit with a less kinetic level of punch per mass as .22.

 

Thus .22 has the greater knockdown power because, although they have both been launched from a similar sub 12 ft/lbs power charge, their mass weight levels are significantly different kinetically.

 

For a .22 to perform with the same mass weight performance as the .177 you'd probably need an FAC. So, you are just as well sticking with your reliable and faithful .22 16 grainers.

 

Or get yourself a .177 rifle.

 

Simon

Edited January 16, 2011 by pianoman

[clubshot 22]

Check out Defiant 14.00 - Domed Head

 

5.50's for Air Arms

 

5.52's for BSA

 

Domed Bullet Shaped will fly faster and flater than 16.'s

 

But really hit home hard

 

BOB/R

[DEE 0]

ive found rws super h points 22 14.2gr are superb in my gun and they have great energy transfer as there seem to be a soft lead but as said befor this could affect your legality. Just thought id let u kno about my expereinces

DEE