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airgunaut:
While picking up used BBs from the ground, a few times my fingers could feel that one BB was bigger or smaller than the others. Confirmed by my eyes. These are all standard Daisy "Premium Grade" BBs, not the match grade ones.

Anybody else notice this?

I can't really complain given the el cheapo price of buying them in a bottle of 6000. Just wondering if this variation within a bottle is common.

Bicycleman:

--- Quote from: airgunaut on January 16, 2025, 12:08:02 AM ---While picking up used BBs from the ground, a few times my fingers could feel that one BB was bigger or smaller than the others. Confirmed by my eyes. These are all standard Daisy "Premium Grade" BBs, not the match grade ones.

Anybody else notice this?

I can't really complain given the el cheapo price of buying them in a bottle of 6000. Just wondering if this variation within a bottle is common.

--- End quote ---
At the price BBs sell for, I am surprised that they are all ROUND!  Hee hee

maraudinglizard:
I use Hornady Black Diamond bbs in my bb guns especially the blow back pistols. I have no or very little jams with them. They are anodized and very consistent in size. If you want to really get serious with bb sizes, these work very well in sorting the sizes. I have several for pellets in different calibers.

https://www.pyramydair.com/product/hornady-black-diamond-steel-bbs-177-cal-5-1-grains-anodized-finish?p=1193

https://pelletgage.com/shop/ols/products/bbgage

airgunaut:
Heh, 6000 BBs for about $17 equals 3 or 4 rounds per penny! When I get closer to using these up, I'll try some of the "expensive" ones. Given that the gun cost little and is marketed for plinking, I basically want to see if there's any inherent difference in how they shoot. Probably not by the time the other variables are thrown in. My own skills, the trigger characteristics, etc.

airgunaut:
Interesting...when I look at Hornady's image of three BBs in a row, the rightmost one looks smaller! If I turn the screen upside-down, the same BB still looks smaller!

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