{"id":2310,"date":"2013-01-28T01:01:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T08:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2013-01-28T01:01:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T08:01:09","slug":"some-good-news-about-pellets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/some-good-news-about-pellets.html","title":{"rendered":"Some good news about pellets"},"content":{"rendered":"

This should come as no surprise to anyone, but the folks who manufacture match air rifles and match air pistols, like Feinwerkbau are maniacs. That\u2019s right \u2013 you heard me correctly \u2013 they are maniacs, totally obsessed with accuracy. The folks who engineer and build the air rifles and air pistols that are used in international and Olympic ten-meter competition can, and will, do just about anything to improve the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of their products.<\/p>\n

Every year, when new products are announced, there are new tweaks and improvements to their products. And they don\u2019t make these changes to their products just to \u201cupdate the product line.\u201d No, indeed; the reason they are constantly improving their match rifles and match pistols is because they are in constant communication with world-class shooters, and the engineers and designers listen very closely and take to heart what these shooters have to say.<\/p>\n

The result: air rifles and air pistols that are as accurate at 10 meters as human engineering knows how to make them. Everything about these match airguns is incredibly consistent from shot to shot.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the limiting factor when it comes to shooting these airguns? (Besides the shooter?!!)<\/p>\n

Give up? It\u2019s the ammunition . . . that\u2019s right, after you have paid, say, two-and-a-half kilobucks for the most accurate 10-meter air rifle you can buy, what you want is match ammunition that is super consistent in terms of size and weight.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s where part of the good news about pellets comes in. If you have been paying attention, you already know that JSB makes match ammunition <\/a>in three different weights. Further, by all reports, it is really good.<\/p>\n

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But now JSB has introduced a line of Premium Match Ammo <\/a>that is subjected to another higher level of inspection \u2013 electronic inspection \u2013 for both size and weight. According to the folks at JSB, the new ammo is 99.99% perfect in terms of head size and weight and is available in three different weights.<\/p>\n

Each pellet is individually scanned and weighed, and, if it meets the quality criteria, is packed individually in a block of foam to protect it from damage. \u00a0Competitive shooters can practice all week with the appropriate weight of ammo from the more reasonably priced tins, and then can shoot the Premium Match ammo in competition.<\/p>\n

For those of you who are not competitive 10-meter or silhouette shooters, there is more good news about pellets. Loyal readers of this blog know that I am a strong advocate of shooting groups with different pellets to see which pellet delivers the highest accuracy in a particular air rifle or air pistol.<\/p>\n

\"JSB<\/a>

JSB now offers two domed pellets samplers<\/p><\/div>\n

Unfortunately, this can be a bit of a pain because it involves buying several different tins of pellets to find the pellet that your airgun favors. The good folks at JSB have come to the rescue with Domed Exact Test Pellet Samplers<\/a>. Available in .177 <\/a>and .22<\/a>, each sampler contains seven different samples of pellet weights and head sizes.<\/p>\n

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The back of each tin is keyed to the pellet numbers on the top of the container.<\/p><\/div>\n

The .177 sampler contains:<\/p>\n

Exact 8.44 gr. 4.50mm<\/p>\n

Exact 8.44 gr. 4.51mm<\/p>\n

Exact 8.44 gr. 4.52mm<\/p>\n

Exact RS 7.33 gr. 4.52mm<\/p>\n

Exact Monster 13.43 gr. 4.52mm<\/p>\n

Exact Express 7.87 gr. 4.52mm<\/p>\n

Exact Heavy 10.34 gr. 4.52mm<\/p>\n

7 x 50 per tin<\/p>\n

The .22 sampler contains:<\/p>\n

Exact 15.89 gr. 5.51mm<\/p>\n

Exact 15.89 gr. 5.52mm<\/p>\n

Exact 15.89 gr. 5.53mm<\/p>\n

Exact Monster 25.39 gr. 5.52mm<\/p>\n

Exact Express 14.35 gr. 5.52mm<\/p>\n

Exact Heavy 18.13 gr. 5.52mm<\/p>\n

Exact RS 13.43 gr. 5.52mm<\/p>\n

7 x 30 per tin<\/p>\n

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With these samplers, you can see which JSB domed pellet works best in your rifle and pistol at a very reasonable price. If you want to test RWS pellets, a sampler pack of them is also available.<\/p>\n

Til next time, aim true and shoot straight.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jock Elliott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This should come as no surprise to anyone, but the folks who manufacture match air rifles and match air pistols, like Feinwerkbau are maniacs. That\u2019s right \u2013 you heard me correctly \u2013 they are maniacs, totally obsessed with accuracy. The folks who engineer and build the air rifles and air pistols that are used in…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,20,211,81],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2338,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310\/revisions\/2338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}