luckyplum 50 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 hi folks, when i bought my air arms s500 extra fac i was advised to use nothing less than a 16 grain pellet. at present i use baracuda hunter extreme which seems to work quite well (19.09 gr) but i have learnt that both the gun and myself perform best when the gun is set at 3/4 power, so do i still need the same weight pellet ? cheers plum ! Quote Link to post
treecreeper 1,136 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 what power are you running it at and i presume its .22? Quote Link to post
moxy 617 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 I think you have a bit of testing to do. some 21 - 24 grain brands perform well and depending on the power 12-25 ft/lb there is very little difference between some 16 & 19 grain pellets. You may find that some brands are just shocking and perform poor. Sometimes the barrel can just be fussy. Quote Link to post
luckyplum 50 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 yes the gun is a .22 and running at about 20ft/lbs, i will try some different pellets at different weights and let you know how i get on, cheers plum! Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 If you and the gun are performing much better at three quarter power, why risk upsetting things with a new type of pellet? Quote Link to post
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