Pellet Testing in Sporting Spring Airguns

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Pellet Testing in Sporting Spring Airguns

By Ian Pellant

The selection of the "best" pellet to use for a particular airgun is an art. A chronograph adds scientific analysis to the artistic process. But unless you perform extensive testing with a good paradigm for evaluation, pellet selection remains more art than science. There are no hard and fast "rules" as to the best pellet for a particular airgun, but there's a plethora of suggestions derived from both experience and imagination that any experienced airgunner is prone to tout as "rules". I'm no different, so what follows are my own findings with a smattering of concepts gleaned from others.

Over the past three years I have spent countless hours with different airguns and a "Shooting Chrony" in the endeavor for definitive rules; just when I think I'm close, some new variable pops up and the goal slips away. Here are some findings for Sporting Spring airguns that may cause a little controversy, but will hopefully offer some insights about lead Diabolo (shuttle cock shape) pellets and rifled barrels. Steel BB's in a smooth bore are something else!

http://fly.hiwaay.net/~ispellan/PelletTest01.html

Enjoy!