Quote from: Bear on April 29, 2021, 07:02:45 AMRon,The reason I used the "greens" are that they were about the only thing available at the time, and I watched a good video using them. I'm waiting for more H&N FTT pellets to come into stock and maybe some JB.s....The reason I asked is two fold. I'm curious about the performance of the alloy pellets. It seems most reviews show that their accuracy quickly fades at ranges past 25 yards. Even H&N says on their tins max range 30 meters. Then again it says PCP only and lots of people use them for springers.The second reason is if you flip flop between lead and tin pellets you'll never get maximum accuracy because you'll never have properly fouled or leaded barrel. New barrels sometimes take an entire tin to properly foul or lead the barrel. This has to happen before you can assess the guns accuracy. Flip flopping between different metal pellets will indefinitely impede accuracy. Even switching to a different brand lead pellet can require 50 shots before the accuracy peaks. Bottom line is, it's a commitment to try a pellet of a different material because it will take a good cleaning and a possibly a hundred or more pellets before you get a true reading on accuracy. It's why I'm not quick to try the alloys just yet. My guns are all fouled properly with soft lead pellets and shoot very well so the premise of changing that without solid reasons is daunting.
Ron,The reason I used the "greens" are that they were about the only thing available at the time, and I watched a good video using them. I'm waiting for more H&N FTT pellets to come into stock and maybe some JB.s....
Quote from: Bayman on April 29, 2021, 08:40:54 AMQuote from: Bear on April 29, 2021, 07:02:45 AMRon,The reason I used the "greens" are that they were about the only thing available at the time, and I watched a good video using them. I'm waiting for more H&N FTT pellets to come into stock and maybe some JB.s....The reason I asked is two fold. I'm curious about the performance of the alloy pellets. It seems most reviews show that their accuracy quickly fades at ranges past 25 yards. Even H&N says on their tins max range 30 meters. Then again it says PCP only and lots of people use them for springers.The second reason is if you flip flop between lead and tin pellets you'll never get maximum accuracy because you'll never have properly fouled or leaded barrel. New barrels sometimes take an entire tin to properly foul or lead the barrel. This has to happen before you can assess the guns accuracy. Flip flopping between different metal pellets will indefinitely impede accuracy. Even switching to a different brand lead pellet can require 50 shots before the accuracy peaks. Bottom line is, it's a commitment to try a pellet of a different material because it will take a good cleaning and a possibly a hundred or more pellets before you get a true reading on accuracy. It's why I'm not quick to try the alloys just yet. My guns are all fouled properly with soft lead pellets and shoot very well so the premise of changing that without solid reasons is daunting.With the various sample kits I had ordered, I have been able to try H+N FTT Green, H+N Baracuda Green, and Predator GTOs. I have tried these out over the past two months under varying conditions and shooting arrangements. I have never gotten any of them to shoot with any sort of consistency with my 0.177 HW95L. I will typically shoot about 3-5, five-pellets groups in one sitting and see how the consistency changes over those groups. The chrony velocity is consistent, but not the POI. The H+N FTT Greens are way too light and go supersonic with a nice sharp .22 rimfire crack. While that "crack" is somehow satisfying, I'm sure the pellet becomes unstable at 1100+ fps velocities and just go all over the place. The H+N Baracuda Greens are more consistent since they are heavier, but still nowhere near as good as a heavier lead pellet.I thought to buy a tin of the Predator GTOs since Steve Scialli seemed to have good results when he reviewed a 0.22 HW95L on his review channel. These are the best of the alloys that I have tried, but still can't stand up against JSB Exact pellets, JSB Exact Heavy, H+N Baracuda Match or even a H+N Baracuda Hunter Extreme in 9.57gr.One lead pellet that seems to work very well are the Polymag shorts. Out to 25-30 yards they might be the most deadly consistent pellet I have tried. I have a tin of them arriving today from across the pond. They are expensive, but I want to give them a good test.Tony