I'll be to the point, with an important message gleaned from personal experience. That is - if you truly care about being as accurate as possible with any given air rifle or pistol, try as many pellet brands, styles and weights as neccesary! There will be one or two pellets that prove to be most accurate in each gun, and among these, you'll likely see different points of impact (POI) on the range. Pick your favorite, stick with it and practice at different yardages. Once we have our gun broken in or tuned so it's smoothed out and consistent, our technique refined and repeatable with just about every shot, and our most accurate pellet identified, we can begin to really get to know the gun better and shoot it accurately every time we pick it up.
From the time I first got my RWS 350 Pro Compact, I tried 10 or 12 different pellets including several JSB's, RWS, Crosman, Beeman, Gamo and others, before deciding that Crosman Premier domes were the best for my gun. So many have claimed to get the best out of their guns using CP's, I guessed that would be true for me too. For the next 8 or 9 months I shot only CP's, and resigned myself to the fact that the best this gun would shoot was 1.25" center-to-center 5-shot groups at 35 yards, at least with any consistency. And that doesn't include the frequent fliers! I just wasn't having enough fun with that degree of accuracy, and started to think about selling the gun. Then, on a whim I decided to try a few pellets I had not yet.
It's revelation time! The order I placed included Air Arms Diabolos in 18.1g (5.52 head size), and the H&N FTT in 14.66g with the 5.55 head size, among others. 10-shot 3/4" outside-to-outside groups are now the norm at the same 35 yards, and at 25 yards it's one ragged hole with either pellet. The edge goes to the H&N's, but both give me the kind of accuracy I find very satisfying from a magnum springer. What good is all that power (23 ft/lbs in this case) without accuracy? When you place that next pellet order, mix it up a little...you might be pleasantly surprised, as I was. As for all those extra pellets you'll accumulate, well that's what a Crosman 2240 and soup cans are for.
Safe Shooting,
Ken
I have killed hundreds of rabbits over the past 30 plus years, with the same rifle, that air rifle has a MV of 850fps and while the vast majority have been killed at ranges less than 30yds there have been a few in the 40-45yd range. If you sight in a nice, accurate, hard shooting air rifle(.177) at 25yds you will have a reasonable flat shooting rifle out to "around" 40yds. You might have to hold under 1/2in at close range or 1/2in high at 40yds, but you will still be within the 1 1/2 in kill zone on rabbits/squirrel if you hold dead on. Thanks.
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Paul I wish we had a greater bunny population around here in CT, I'd love to go after some! When I was younger I bagged a few with a Crosman 760, so I'll agree that a well placed shot from a .177 can do the trick on rabbits at close range. Thanks for the comment!
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