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PCP - HPA - C02 Gate => PCP DarkSiders Forum => : Gene_SC April 08, 2008, 02:07:25 PM

: Typically what pellets do most of the guys shoot in their..
: Gene_SC April 08, 2008, 02:07:25 PM

AirArms S -400's and 410's David?

Gene

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: Splash April 08, 2008, 02:11:21 PM

Uh are you holding out on us Gene.

Mike

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: Gene_SC April 08, 2008, 02:15:13 PM

Just curious Mike..:)

Gene

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: Splash April 08, 2008, 02:36:20 PM

Ok, I'll see how she shoots, next week.

Mike

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: Gene_SC April 08, 2008, 02:43:55 PM

Be nice Mike..:) just curious is all....:)

Gene

: Pellets I use and a little more ........
: kirby999 April 08, 2008, 02:51:48 PM

Funny you should ask that Gene, hehe ; anyways I have tried a few different pellets in mine and I always come back to JSB 8.4g. 4.52's . I am beginning to get maybe a little too serious about this pellet shooting; as I started weighing my pellets yesterday, on an small cheap Lee grain scale that I used to use for metallic reloading, sometimes . I'm sorting them on a heavy , light basis. I took a fine pint sharpie and made a line just under and just over the mark on the scale that the pointer levels at. Were talking about a 1/8" space. After zeroing the scale and and setting it to 8.4 grains ; any pellet that falls in that range of my marks , gets put into one tin, the ones that weigh less than my mark , go into another . I haven't found any that were heavier than my marks . I'm thinking the heavies range from more than 8.3g.to less than 8.5g. The lighter ones are less than 8.3g. I'm doing this for better long range accuracy. At thirty yards a grain difference in weight most likely won't make a big difference in POI , but at 55 yards I'm thinking it will. When shooting over a chrony , I've noticed , I'll get a pellets that are way off from the average of the others and I attribute that to a difference in weight . Were talking 20-30fps differences, sometimes more , and that will ,IMO make a difference in POI at 55 yards . In field target on a long target I've missed low and saw where I hit on the target face and on my second shot added a little elevation , only to shoot over the target , this has to be pellet weight differences. I'm talking about aiming differences of between aiming at the top of the kill instead of the center of the kill; The Jsb's are the best I've found but I think they can be made better . So much that I ordered a digital grain scale today to speed up the weighing process . I BET YOU WISHED YOU'D NEVER ASKED NOW , DON'T YOU !!! LOL I'll let you know if it helps. kirby

: I'll weigh and sort out damaged skirts for FT purposes.
: 3n00n April 08, 2008, 03:44:23 PM

To bad Logun / Prometheus penetrators prices jumped through the roof, as they've shot very well in a few FT setups here. No AA rigs currently, so no help for you there Gene . . .

Not that Gene needs any help with his 'air addiction', as he seems nearly as addicted as me . . . (http://airgunhome.com/agforum/images/smiles/bigeyes.gif)

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: London177 April 09, 2008, 01:27:39 AM

Hi Gene,
I don't own an AA 400 or 410 but my local club has at least ten guys who have them. All to a man use AA Field/Diablo pellets and sometimes pellets in proper JSB tins. None seem to complain about them.
regards,
Alan

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: kirby999 April 09, 2008, 02:40:07 AM

One thing I've notice about my AA rifles is they usually take a couple of hundred shots for them to decide a pellet preference . They don't shoot bad in the beginning , They just shoot better after a little break in. The LW barrels on the AA are choked , so they'll shoot just about any pellets pretty good . My newest , started off shooting CPL's the best , but I had a problem with more wind drift at the longer ranges . I tried the JSB's again and they out shot the CPL's the second time around. I've always wanted to try some Beeman FTS's, just never got around to ordering any . BTW , The Airarms pellets are JSB's .  kirby

: Tammy's AA410 uses most any pellet
: spysir April 11, 2008, 01:20:13 AM

JSB's and Kodiak Match seem a touch better than some others? Our HW Bam shoots much better, our Lothar Bam shoots about the same yet they are all good clean fun.
 30 yard AA410 target:
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  John