Breaking in my replacement Trail XL .22

[Perry50]

wahoowad,

I buy my pellets from this place:

http://www.nikkonos.com/H-N-Sport.html

http://stores.ebay.com/olympicmarksmanequipment

You can choose the H&N pellets by size.

I used to buy Beeman FTS pellets for my Trail NP but one on five was loose fitting and were fliers so I started using the same pellets under the H&N brand (FTT) with 5.55 mm heads and now every single pellet fits nice and snug. I also bought a couple tins of the larger 5.53 mm Baracudas, they are accurate in my Trail and they carry a lot of energy downrange. They're the same pellet as the Kodiak.

[wahoowad]

Thanks Perry, good info! I am going to try and flare the skirts on my JSB as recommended by another member and see if that makes a difference. Sounds like a good experiment. Now I just need to figure out a way to flare the skirts...

[Perry50]

I made my own pellseat out of a piece of stainless steel rod. It's just large enough to not fit in the breech. I rounded off one side and use it to seat the pellet. It ensures the pellet's skirt is flared nicely.

[airiscool]

Thanks for posting the H&N info Perry, gonna give those different sizes a try next time I order pellets.

Paul

[wahoowad]

Perry50 - 5/10/2010  12:44 PM  I made my own pellseat out of a piece of stainless steel rod. It's just large enough to not fit in the breech. I rounded off one side and use it to seat the pellet. It ensures the pellet's skirt is flared nicely.

I don't see how using this thing to seat a looser fitting pellet will have the opportunity to flare a skirt within the breech? I could see if you were pushing down on the pellet on a work bench or cloth or something, but pushing it into the breech with your rod...wouldn't it just slide in easy and not get any flaring pressure on the skirt?

[Perry50]

I guess it depends on what pellets you are using. The pellets I use have 5.55 mm heads and fit tight in the breech. I push (while I twist the pellsat) them the rest of the way in and this flares the skirts.

If you have loose fitting pellets to begin with, you might have to flare them in your hand first but this seems like a waste of time in my opinion. I would just buy tighter fitting pellets to begin with and just load and shoot.