Pellet Quality Control?

[ogre8472]

Does this even exist with Gamo to start with?

Now i have a soft spot for Gamo because my first rifle was an older one. I loved to kill anything foolish enough to get in our back yard. Ah childhood memories. Anyway, I have recently bought a few combo packs of their pellets and nearly 15-20% are garbage. Dont get me started on their PBA stuff. Ive had more bad pellets that look more like coins from them lately than my entire air gun career. 

Anyone else having the same concerns?

[Ken13]

Gamos pellet qc is almost nonexistent. Some rifles like the hunter pellets, but the others are nearly worthless, same as their pba. I tried all of them once, I couldnt even measure the group as most of them missed the trap entirely

[breakfastchef]

Bought one tin of Gamo pellets and will never buy another.

[Raizer]

The tin of pro match competition pellets that were chucked in free with my Hatsan seem pretty good, the expanders I brought at the same time are not!

[RedFeather]

It was discussed here and elsewhere that Gamo seems to have gone with a different pellet maker.  While the names are the same, most look different and have different weights.  Few seem to shoot as well as the older models, including the Match which was pretty good in a lot of guns.

[goodland]

Gamo pellets are great if you need some lead to melt down and make sinkers

[RedFeather]

FWIW, there are now two distinct Gamo pellets - the old ones and the present offerings.  The older pellets, especially the match wadcutters, actually did pretty well in a lot of guns, especially for being cheap.  Kind of sad that most have gone downhill, per some shooters' testing.

[ogre8472]

I guess i never knew the old Gamo pellets. The current pellets are really hit or miss on quality. Most the pba i have bought wont even fit in the breach of my big cat. By contrast the hunter and most of the match pellets did ok at short range. 

[Bullit]

The PBAs have had much written about them over the past few years, here and other forums.  Using them is just asking for piston slam trouble in any mid to high power springer.  They're just too light.   Gamo lead today isn't worth the price difference, given that Crosman CPHP pellets don't cost that much more.  You may also look at the Chinese TF branded ones if you're looking for cheap pellets.

[ogre8472]

Oh no. Im not worried about price. To shoot even a .25 is still cheaper than my .22lr. I was just in a state of amazement to see such a well known brand just drop quality control like a hot stone.

[RedFeather]

I guess Gamo didn't actually make their pellets or have out-sourced them judging by how radically different they appear.  Someone posted pictures of the old alongside the new and you could see it.

[ogre8472]

Okay Ive been trash talking Gamo's pba and normal pellets but i just shot a group with my 1322 using their PBA Bullets that I forgot I had. 5 shots done tonight @ 10 yards with 10 pumps. Wow.
 

[RedFeather]

Just wanted to add that shooting PBA's out of a pneumatic should be no problem.  Not the same as using them in magnum springers.  (I don't use them in any of my springers, period.)  I have one of those little bullet-shaped containers of PBA's hiding somewhere on my workbench.  Might have to give them a try in my 1377. 

[BerkshireHunter]

Do the PBA's have any lead? Or are they mostly brass? I just want to know whether they might have considerable copper fouling on rifling requiring cleaning or if they're hard enough to wreck rifling. Probably not though as it's hardened steel.   

[ogre8472]

Do the PBA's have any lead? Or are they mostly brass? I just want to know whether they might have considerable copper fouling on rifling requiring cleaning or if they're hard enough to wreck rifling. Probably not though as it's hardened steel.   

Performance Ballistic Alloy. Lead free olny.