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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Air Gun Gate => Topic started by: birdmove on November 28, 2018, 01:06:01 AM
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I recently bought a couple tins of 500 of these pellets to try, Hadn't had much luck in my 880, and 760. Went to my 12 year old Remington Airmaster 77, and things were better, but still not great. Then I noticed the old Remington started losing accuracy with it's favorite pellets. Did a barrel clean with Googone, and the first couple patches came out way dirty. Finished that yesterday and tried all the same pellets again today. So far, the Remington prefers the Crosman Destroyer (??), Gamo Match, RWS Meisterkugeln rifle pellets, AND, these darn Winchester hollow points. And, the Gamos, Destroyers, and Winchester pellets all pretty much have the same point of impact. That's good. Might be worth grabbing a tin of these for some of you still experimenting.
These are in this new tin:
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/winchester-177-hollow-point-lead-air-gun-pellets (https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/winchester-177-hollow-point-lead-air-gun-pellets)
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So are they the same as the old Winnies because that is what the add copy says..?
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I shot 30 or so of the Winchester Domes back to back with the CPHP and RWS Superdomes at 20yds with a Vintage Gamo springer. The Winchesters grouped well, about the same as the RWS. The CPHP's grouped similarly, but they still had a couple of fliers that were way out, just like the last 2 tins of cphp's I bought. At least the Winnies were still within a few mm of the dime size target and had no real fliers. sizing felt more consistent in the breach than the CPHP's as were the RWS. I thought one of the skirts felt small so I popped it of toward my steel to not screw up my paper group. It still hit dead center of the steel, so it may have still been accurate, just like the JSB's they copied.
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These are not the same. The shape is different as is the lead. It's a shiny pellet with a lerger hollow point at the nose than the older pellets. The confusion comes in because it seems like all the older pellets (in a different tin) seem to still be selling also. I paid about $5.99 a tin for the newer ones.