Scott, I want to note that none of the guns/barrels I've owned have liked two different weight JSB pellets (@ the same or different fps) as much as this .20 seems to in Travis's videos. All my other guns in different calibers have just liked one weight of JSB and not cared much for others. You hear about dies wearing out and pellets not being as accurate from lots that were produced later in the life of a die.Makes a guy wonder if fewer .20 pellets sold means fewer made which means less wear on the dies which equates to better (more consistent) quality pellets.
.......I like the 5mm....but it ain't magic.
Quote from: BackStop on November 24, 2019, 02:57:03 AMI think I misspoke here. Amplitude, like amps in electricity, IS the volume. The pressure is like watts.100,000 watts can be relatively harmless if the amps are low enough. Increase the amps (volume) enough and 120 watts can be deadly.Perhaps the dynamics of air don't work exactly that way, but at least it sounds good. (grin)Might want to stop here as you are still "mis-speaking". Replace "watts" with "volts" and you will be a whole lot close to being correct. Power (wattage) is the product of voltage and amperage. W=VxAAmps are the "volume", but the "pressure" is the voltage.
I think I misspoke here. Amplitude, like amps in electricity, IS the volume. The pressure is like watts.100,000 watts can be relatively harmless if the amps are low enough. Increase the amps (volume) enough and 120 watts can be deadly.Perhaps the dynamics of air don't work exactly that way, but at least it sounds good. (grin)
Franklink:We think down different paths. Low sales may mean the dies see service for a longer time, but once they do wear out and need replacement....the choice for the maker is to spend the $ for new dies and production runs for a LOW sales item, or spend the $ on new dies and production time for a higher sales item.Which kind of explains why the 5mm once had 17-20 choices in pellets...and it pretty much down to 4 now.
.20 cal Raptors start making noise at field target competitions this spring that trend could start swinging back the other way...
Quote from: Ribbonstone on November 26, 2019, 06:15:10 PMFranklink:We think down different paths. Low sales may mean the dies see service for a longer time, but once they do wear out and need replacement....the choice for the maker is to spend the $ for new dies and production runs for a LOW sales item, or spend the $ on new dies and production time for a higher sales item.Which kind of explains why the 5mm once had 17-20 choices in pellets...and it pretty much down to 4 now. Agree completely its just not a popular bore size but once was.
Quote from: JBinCO on November 26, 2019, 08:18:19 PM.20 cal Raptors start making noise at field target competitions this spring that trend could start swinging back the other way...Hate to say so, but I doubt it. There just isn't much noise to be made about field target. Other than WFTF, I haven't seen much sponsorships or money being thrown towards field target by the big industry players. It would be pretty awesome if FT matches started offering prize money and could turn the sport into a big corporate draw. For example, Motorheads been shooting the .20 for, four years I think he said. He won the Hunter Class Nationals in PHX in 2018, and was also the match high score, and I'm pretty sure that was with a .20. That didn't make JSB jump on the .20 bandwagon and start making a bunch of new pellets in .20. (Well I guess the 15.89 gr came out since then but I think unrelated).