Who still sorts and weighs the pellets for accuracy?

[Trigger_Finger]

What is the most talked about pellet scale nowadays? Cheapest and Accurate?

[Frank in Fairfield]

Alfonso, any of the electric scales will serve.
Actually a in-expensive jeweler's scale would be best as the pellets don'w weigh much.
Look into the Lyman brand...

I do not sort my pellets.
I wash/lube them and insure the skirts are round.

Does it do any good?

I am 71 years old.

How good can it do?

[Sfttailrdr46]

Alfonso and Frank if you are a competitive shooter some go to great lengths to insure shot to shot consistency so they sort weigh lube and measure head sizes. I don't even bother with lubing my pellets just grab one from the tin and shoot. At 70 I can always blame my flyers on unsorted pellets much easier that way. 

[mr007s]

The only sorting I do is sort the .22 from the .25. Until I began entering the long range comps I didnt weigh either. Seemed like there was always at least one pellet out of 5 that went wherever it wanted to. I purchased an inexpensive and was real surprised in the spread on pellet weights with the very popular brand JSB brand.
For testing purposes I shot 5 of the lightest in the tin and 5 that weighed 1 grain more,. Measuring the center of each group and checking the POI I had a drop of .900" at 100 yards,
 The next comp I submitted my best target ever in both .22 and  .25, both under 1.000ctc.
 So, YES the weighing improved my results at 1oo or more yards but I will not bother for everyday plinking.

[Trigger_Finger]

Thanks. Good information to have guys. I had just ordered a $22 scale on amazon prime. If not accurate I can always return it. So for paper shooting testing different pellets I should sort by weight. I don't have the head pellet sorter yet. But if I shoot tin cans I shouldn't bother. I did unknowingly shot .22 pellets before on my .25 cal Marauder and I was wondering why the pellets fly  10 feet only lol.

[Imold]

Frankford Arsenal DS-750 can't go wrong,use mine for hand loading single rounds and for pellet weighing,so far so good and it's been used in my reloading room for a few years.

[Trigger_Finger]

Jim, that is the one I ordered. I'll let you guys know if it hold accuracy.

[Frank in Fairfield]

I shoot with a current and many times past National FT Champion.
He opens the tins and shoots.
I see many shooters inspect the already, sorted, weighed, lubed pellets as they are inserting the pellets into the rifle.
He doesn't.

I have asked him if he wanted to shoot my rifle.

He asks two questions:

What pellet am I shooting?
What speed are you shooting?

Then he drops them all without even looking at my Chairgun Data Range Card.

Many times I have almost changed hobbies because of him.

[maraudinglizard]

I sort and weigh for hunting, especially the big bore stuff. I use a pellet sorter for bad skirts, a pellet gauge for head size, and a sizing die to even things up and get the right diameter for a particular gun in .177 and .22 cal.. I do this a lot for squirrel and rabbit hunting. Great rainy day project. 

[Sfttailrdr46]

  If I were hunting or competitive shooting I would do the sorting and weighing but since my shooting is strictly recreational it really serves no purpose

[shultz]

IF, you have an absolutely PERFECT shooting technique and can repeat this perfect technique EVERY trigger pull, pellet sorting might be for you...

Me, I pluck um right outa da tin and choot! I will toss any damaged, unformed pellets I find as I'm plucking into my scrap lead pile.

[Doug Wall]

So, if you're weighing, head sizing, and doing other sorting, where do you draw the line? If the pellet is within + or - 0.1 grain is it acceptable? How about 0.2 grain? Is + or - 0.01mm head size acceptable? how about 0.02mm? If you sort out "acceptable weights" and then eliminate a certain number due to head size, you might end up eliminating most of the pellets in the tin.

[Motorhead]

Generally NO ... tho the exception being that when going to the Big STATE / REGIONAL level Field Target matches will absolutely check all pellets for size and make sure skirts have no dents.

[Trigger_Finger]

Received the Frankford Arsenal DS-750 scale today. So far so good. It reads the same reading (5X) from the calibration weight it came with. Im handling it like " delicate & precious gem" $22 to stay accurate. Im not letting my 3 yr old son and 5 yr old son play with it. Lol.