Big Box vs Quality

[trojanrb28]

Another example of big box brand air rifle accuracy vs a quality air rifle. Today i was at the range from about 9:30am - 2pm testing every .22 pellet I own through a NP Crosman and Walther LGU. I was going to test my three .22 break barrels to find the best pellet for each. The Crosman Crusher is on the bottom (should be the left, I don't know why the forum rotated my image on upload) and the LGU on top. Keep in mind also that I didn't shoot the LGU group until after 15 pellets (10 shot group each) on the Crosman. So needless to say fatigue was settling in and I was way more unstable during the LGU groups. Even under such conditions, the LGU groups have every single pellet touching. All outlying flyers for said groups were all my fault.

I think only 3 pellets provided one hole groups in the Crosman(Sniper Magnum, JSB Exact, H&N BHE). I will have the stretch the LGU out to a longer distance to find its best pellet.

[SpiralGroove]

Another example of big box brand air rifle accuracy vs a quality air rifle. Today i was at the range from about 9:30am - 2pm testing every .22 pellet I own through a NP Crosman and Walther LGU. I was going to test my three .22 break barrels to find the best pellet for each. The Crosman Crusher is on the bottom (should be the left, I don't know why the forum rotated my image on upload) and the LGU on top. Keep in mind also that I didn't shoot the LGU group until after 15 pellets (10 shot group each) on the Crosman. So needless to say fatigue was settling in and I was way more unstable during the LGU groups. Even under such conditions, the LGU groups have every single pellet touching. All outlying flyers for said groups were all my fault.

I think only 3 pellets provided one hole groups in the Crosman(Sniper Magnum, JSB Exact, H&N BHE). I will have the stretch the LGU out to a longer distance to find its best pellet.

Yeah, I think I've become a "Springer Snob", because I refuse to waste my Time or Money on anything but a AA, Diana, RWS, Walther or Weihrauch.  Actually, I currently only own Weihrauch's ....  .

Any pellet that shoots well at 50 yards, shoots well at 10 .  I'd go up to 75 yards if I could; then the difference is very clear.  The further, the better ... within reason.

 

[anti-squirrel]

Not really a surprise there; Walther makes good stuff.  But so does Crosman.

At 15 yards, my all-plastic 760 pumper with a $20 Pinty scope, a rifled barrel from an MK-177 Crosman, and some RWS wadcutters cut single holes in .177 I couldn't slip a .22 Dome through without tearing paper.  It shot better than my CZ springer at that range, and both guns favor those pellets.  My CZ is darn accurate for a springer pushing .177s at a hair under 10 FPE, but the silly Crosman rifled barrel makes me smile every time I shoot it.  But then, my 2400KT is also a darn good gun, so....

 big-box ain't always bad, just like expensive doesn't always mean quality.  Just sayin'