Choices Choices!

[Daz39 962]

I'm oot with the Mac tonight and I've used up my normal pellets.

 

As a lover of the H&N FTT or the Weihrauch F&T specials, I've always gone for the mid-weight pellets, found them perfectly good out to 50 yrds for the bunnys. However I always ready about the lads on here with the heavy pellets and even more so, the fat-fingered-0.22 boys using 18-19gr pellets. So I bought a couple of tins of heavies (well, heavy for 0.177) and I can't decided which to use now!!

 

These are all off the bipod with my HW100T, at 25 yrds, no wind. 10 shot groups.

 

* The JSB Exacts were a comparison. I wanted to see hwat the drop was with the same POA. You can see they are 8.44gr and all 10 easily covered with 5p.

 

 

* The Weihrauch Magnums come in at 10.4 gr - again 5p no probs

 

 

* The H&N Baracuda the heaviest at 10.65gr - 5p just but the error was mine not the pellets.

 

 

I can't really see any difference between the 3 for accuracy, the heavy ones drop a little over 25, but given my normal hunting range is 20-40yrds, I'm not likely to suffer more than 1cm drop at the furthest distance.

 

So - votes?? I'm leaning towards the Magnums.....

 

 

[silentshot1 206]

With that kind of accuracy, it's clear that any are up to it! I wonder how they'd compare in a cross wind. I find that I need much less wind compensation for .22 than .177 because of the heavier pellet.

[villaman 9,982]

The best heavy pellet I have found in .177 is Daystate heavies or jsb heavies (same pellet) at 10.3gr very ,very good in HW100 ,in fact very good in most makes.

I think you find HW magnums are the same as Bisley magnums and barracuda made by H&N

Edited April 29, 2014 by villaman

[risingfriend 1,042]

As Timmytree said daz i would push the range and see how they perform and then decide, i used to use barracuda match in my ultra and they hit with a fair old crack

[Daz39 962]

With that kind of accuracy, it's clear that any are up to it! I wonder how they'd compare in a cross wind. I find that I need much less wind compensation for .22 than .177 because of the heavier pellet.

That makes sense. I'm hoping that at ground level, there will be little wind haha. On the flip side, you have to compensate like hell for drop on .22 versus a flat .177 swings, roundabouts? I watch Mac shoot last night a good 50 yard and the loop was incredible. From top of the arc to point of barrel or point of impact, must be a good foot!!

[Daz39 962]

Test at your furthest hunting range Daz, if any pellet has a weakness it will show up further out.

Tell Mac to get out on the pigeons!

Regards

Tim

I'll have to get up the range. My garden is only 25 yrd! Mac had a pop at a couple last night on my perm. Poor lad was in a state, left his glasses at home so couldn't spot owt beyond 50 yrds and he'd changed his pellets so that got inside his brain too!

I used the Magnums last night, zero at 30 yrds and found that even out to 45 yrds, the drop was MINIMAL, not even half a mildot (mind these are only 10.5gr or so). I only managed to get a couple of smallish rabbits but the pellets went through the skull on both occasions. With the 8-8.5gr pellets, more often than not, at 20-40 yrds, the pellet goes in and stays in the brain. I'm a little worried that the heavier ones and just punching right through. I said to Mac I need to get an adult bunny to see what the pellets do to those skulls.

[Daz39 962]

The best heavy pellet I have found in .177 is Daystate heavies or jsb heavies (same pellet) at 10.3gr very ,very good in HW100 ,in fact very good in most makes.

I think you find HW magnums are the same as Bisley magnums and barracuda made by H&N

The HW magnum isn't the same as the H&N Barracuda match (Do they do a Barrcuda that isn't "match"?), they are different weights, the inside of the skirt is different and the head of the pellet also different. I haven't tried Bisley Magnum, but I must admit, I was happy enough with the HW magnums last night. Even if I over compensated on a couple of shots..... grrrr. I'll see how I get on with the Magnum and Barracudas before I look at the JSB/Daystate. Given they are lighter, I might stick with the lightly heavier HW.

[Daz39 962]

As Timmytree said daz i would push the range and see how they perform and then decide, i used to use barracuda match in my ultra and they hit with a fair old crack

Yup. Positive aural feedback of a good head shot....the crack of a skull bone!!