xl1500 chrony numbers

[rocker1]

gamo pointed 7.56 g        [ 1097  1097  1101  1102  1096  1096  1095  1097   1099  1100 ]  .      rws hollow point 6.9g [1198  1224  1228  1225  1220  1228  1230  1232  1228  1231  ]  rws meisterkugeln [1120  1124  1128  1122  1122  1120  1126  1124  1121  1124] crossman premier pointed  7.9  [1142  1142  1145  1148  1144  1146  1142  1151  1146  1151  ]  crossman destroyers[1146  1150  1151  1150  1156  1159  1153  1158  1156  1159]  gamo rockets   1040 1032  1032 1037  1038  1037  1041  1035  1034  1038 ]     i tryed to line this up on the page  so it would be easier to read  but  did not have much luck,  i quess i will figure it out some day. any way hope it helps some of these guys out here that know way more than i do about this rifle  give you a idea of what it is.  this was all the pellets i have nothing heavy. thanks david

[patton123]

I don't know what the xl 1500 is, but try shooting heavier pellets.

[rocker1]

sorry about that  it is a benjamine trail xl1500 177

[Perry50]

Yea, I'd try H&N Baracuda 10.65 grain or CP Heavy 10.5 grain pellets. That's a big powerplant in that airgun for such lightweight pellets.

Maybe even try Eun Jin 16.1 grain pellets too.

[LongIslandArcher]

It's supposed to shoot 1500 fps, but it looks like it's coming up way short, even with the 6.9 grain pellets.  Why do the airgun manufacturers do that?  They jack up the numbers to entice people to buy their guns, but when the people get their guns through the chronograph, it's shooting nowhere near the speed it at which is was rated.  The bow manufacturers do the same thing and it drives me up the wall.

[onemountain]

Those are some pretty decent numbers you got going there. And those muzzle energies look like they're for a .22, not a .177 yowza! Definitely need to grab some heavy pellets. I'm guessing this was a pretty loud chrony session

If you want to make stuff look all nice and purty you can us the table tool in the rich text editor. But honestly, most of the time I don't think it's worth all the work it takes to make it look nice:

Pellet	Gamo Pointed	RWS HP	RWS Meisterkugeln	CP Pointed	Crosman Destroyer	Gamo Rocket
weight	7.56	6.9	8.2	7.9	7.9	9.6
1	1097	1198	1120	1142	1146	1040
2	1097	1224	1124	1142	1150	1032
3	1101	1228	1128	1145	1151	1032
4	1102	1225	1122	1148	1150	1037
5	1096	1220	1122	1144	1156	1038
6	1096	1228	1120	1146	1159	1037
7	1095	1230	1126	1242	1153	1041
8	1097	1232	1124	1151	1158	1035
9	1099	1228	1121	1146	1156	1034
10	1100	1231	1124	1151	1159	1038
lo	1095	1198	1120	1142	1146	1032
hi	1102	1232	1128	1151	1159	1041
mean	1098	1224	1123	1146	1154	1036
spread	7	34	8	9	13	9
M.E.	20.2	23.0	23.0	23.0	23.4	22.9

[Ray]

No were near 1500. Ya have to shoot cotton balls. lol

Ray

[LongIslandArcher]

Nah, can't shoot cotton balls either; it'll be like trying to throw a potato chip.

[rocker1]

i don't quess there are any  springers or gas rams that shoot  the advertised  velocitys. i know my benjamine trail xl 1100 dosent' shoot 1100 fps either.  we all buy these rifles because of advertisesd fps then we use heavy pellets to slow them down but it would still be nice to get what they advertise .

[rocker1]

well i went  to the local wally world today and bought a pack of gamo pba raptor pellets , thought i would shoot them through the chrony to see what they would do   1492  1510   1497  thats all i am going to shoot through my rifle !!!!  almost like dry firing it  as far as i am concerned  these pellets are a piece of crap will not be anymore through my rifle .  so i quess i have 47 left . they are to light to be used as fishing weights   the box my rifle came with says 1500 fps with alloy pellets well i quess they are right but it seems kinda like cheating. some one out there tell me what good they are for. thanks david

[onemountain]

hmmm... maybe you could give 47 people a "Golden Pellet Award"

[Larry]

Impressive numbers, The xl1500 is now on my short list. Have you had a chance to check the accuracy? What pellets do you intend to try next? It's hard to go wrong with some JSB or RWS pellets. All my air guns like said pellets. I'd like to have another break barrel gun with big power. I've had a few Crosman break barrels, which I gave away to family members. That was before I knew about tune jobs and  pellet selection. They did not break down even with very heavy use, but they were not accurate enough for me. However, now I would send them off to Gene for tuning.

[LongIslandArcher]

Rocker, the gas ram can handle shooting alloy pellets.  It's the coil spring that is susceptible to damage with too light and too heavy a pellet.  The Trail XL's gas ram doesn't require a spring compressor to remove, so that tells me there's not a whole lot of preload on the gas ram.  When the trigger is pulled and the piston has moved to the end of the shot cycle, it's not like the gas ram will want to extend that much further into the compression chamber causing damage like a spring with a lot of preload would.  I'd hazard to say that it's probably safe to shoot the alloy pellets from the XL, but don't expect any semblance of accuracy from the PBAs.

[airiscool]

rocker1 - 5/7/2010  11:39 AM

i don't quess there are any  springers or gas rams that shoot  the advertised  velocitys. i know my benjamine trail xl 1100 dosent' shoot 1100 fps either.  we all buy these rifles because of advertisesd fps then we use heavy pellets to slow them down but it would still be nice to get what they advertise .

To give credit where credit may be due - I think Crosman comes close - certainly closer to advertised speed than Gamo !!!
 Crosman says the Trail XL 1100 will do 1100fps with alloy pellets.

My XL did 1071fps with a Craptor. If that speed is then compensated for alititude, that's just about 1100fps. But accuracy is a guessing game. And, there's more noise because the Craptors are  just about at the speed of sound, so the pellet adds it's "whip-crack" to the sound.

Paul.