Changing pellets can certainly change impact location as well as accuracy potential, if that’s what you’re asking. Just like any rifle, it’s best to find what ammo shoots best, sight in for that, and stick with it.
Quote from: jason miller on August 03, 2020, 09:58:20 PMChanging pellets can certainly change impact location as well as accuracy potential, if that’s what you’re asking. Just like any rifle, it’s best to find what ammo shoots best, sight in for that, and stick with it.I’m learning by shooting and how the pellet fits in the chamber. The “Hades” fits loosely while the Exact Match fits snugly. The “Hades” feels like a 7 grain pellet and fits like one, which is very surprising. I want to try the H&N Barracuda Match.
I recently bought a tin of the H&N 10.65 grain Barracudas and killed a rabbit at 33 yards using them in my Diana model 34. I haven't chronographed them yet, but I hit the rabbit in the chest and it made a mess out of its chest cavity causing bloodshot bruises around the entrance and exit wounds the size of nickels👀. The pellet made an audible thwack/thump sound and the rabbit flew into the air about a foot and hobbled about ten feet and croaked. When I say flew I mean jumped I'm not suggesting my 34 is capable of throwing a rabbit a foot into the air on its own LOL I'm not sure if my post is gonna help you much, but if you were on the fence about trying these pellets I can attest to them working on rabbits at least LOL My 34 is very forgiving with pellets and these seemed to group as well as the 8.4 gr Normas I've been trying, but they shoot a little lower at my 23 yard target! The interesting thing is they don't penetrate my 3/4" plywood test piece any more than the lighter pellets which surprised me. I tested the Barracudas, the Premier 7.4 pointed and the Norma 8.4 domed and they all penetrated about the same in the plywood. One thing that stood out about these pellets over the other two I mentioned is when they hit the plywood there was a distinct difference in the impact, these things make a THWAKTHUMP sound and they usually knocked the plywood off the target stand. The other two never did this.
Quote from: Ike the GSD on September 17, 2020, 09:39:32 AMI recently bought a tin of the H&N 10.65 grain Barracudas and killed a rabbit at 33 yards using them in my Diana model 34. I haven't chronographed them yet, but I hit the rabbit in the chest and it made a mess out of its chest cavity causing bloodshot bruises around the entrance and exit wounds the size of nickels👀. The pellet made an audible thwack/thump sound and the rabbit flew into the air about a foot and hobbled about ten feet and croaked. When I say flew I mean jumped I'm not suggesting my 34 is capable of throwing a rabbit a foot into the air on its own LOL I'm not sure if my post is gonna help you much, but if you were on the fence about trying these pellets I can attest to them working on rabbits at least LOL My 34 is very forgiving with pellets and these seemed to group as well as the 8.4 gr Normas I've been trying, but they shoot a little lower at my 23 yard target! The interesting thing is they don't penetrate my 3/4" plywood test piece any more than the lighter pellets which surprised me. I tested the Barracudas, the Premier 7.4 pointed and the Norma 8.4 domed and they all penetrated about the same in the plywood. One thing that stood out about these pellets over the other two I mentioned is when they hit the plywood there was a distinct difference in the impact, these things make a THWAKTHUMP sound and they usually knocked the plywood off the target stand. The other two never did this.I haven’t been shooting as much with the R34, got about 4 chipmunks and a rabbit, but then didn’t see many animals in the backyard. Shot again today and the accuracy always makes me smile, but there was dieseling with the JSB 8.4. I used my Monster Diabolos, they fit really snug and no dieseling. I love the thwack they make, I still need to try H&N, and the JSB Ultra Shoks
Hi Everybody! I just received my RWS 34 like two days ago, and was able shoot with a bit yesterday as the weather cleared up. Out of the box it's pretty accurate, after I adjusted the elevation. As it's a new rifle, I was reading that some of the diesel/oil needs to be burned off and that's why it sounds like a .22LR going off. I previously had a Crosman Fire NP, and did not enjoy the cocking effort, weight, or the fact that the rifle didn't have iron sights. Is it okay if the barrel is smoky after a shot?The gun is pretty loud, such that my backdoor neighbor heard it and thought I was shooting a larger caliber rifle. Will the noise die down after more shooting?Thanks,Supreet
From my first post to now. Dinner is on the table tonight 😊
Quote from: Checkpoint on July 17, 2020, 01:03:51 PMHi Everybody! I just received my RWS 34 like two days ago, and was able shoot with a bit yesterday as the weather cleared up. Out of the box it's pretty accurate, after I adjusted the elevation. As it's a new rifle, I was reading that some of the diesel/oil needs to be burned off and that's why it sounds like a .22LR going off. I previously had a Crosman Fire NP, and did not enjoy the cocking effort, weight, or the fact that the rifle didn't have iron sights. Is it okay if the barrel is smoky after a shot?The gun is pretty loud, such that my backdoor neighbor heard it and thought I was shooting a larger caliber rifle. Will the noise die down after more shooting?Thanks,SupreetFrom my first post to now. Dinner is on the table tonight 😊