Daisy 13.7g- 13.55g pointed experiment

[K.O.]

I picked up a tin of the Daisy 14g pointed pellet

they looked just like the .177 points,  UH OH those spiral after about ten yards

loaded up and sure enough at ten pumps(1322 &1322MLT)  15 yards and a fun to watch half crescent...

So  I took a razor knife  cut the nose off a bit and scraped the ring at the edge away of three pellets. by this time they look similar to the

Crosman points and they weigh in at 13.7g  I shoot a quick lazy 3 shot 20 yard standing western stance (just to se if they fly straight)group

and

success a one inch group...

I made some more using a fingernail file to see how they worked and got a half inch 5 shot sitting knee rest group with one flyer

I then decided to see if I could go to 13.55g...

I hit the quarter...   

I am going to have to explore this further and see just how much nose I need to take off, how heavy  and light they will go.

[K.O.]

I will try same with the .177s but feel that might be a different story,...

[K.O.]

I made ten more  5-13.75/13.8g   5-13.65/13.7g   both went 4 out of 5 within an inch and flyer out at 2".

This shows enough promise that the next batch  I will be more careful about shape and see if it tightens things up...

as it is it is a big improvement over the 5.5" wide  low left spiral group stock.

I will probably try finer grit glued to a popsicle stick maybe even mount a magnifying glass.

It would be cool to make .5-7.5" groups with them...

 the stock head shape is great for straightening bent skirts.

I made some 13.55s but I can do better(got three slightly different profiles), I do not think these will be accurate : I could use them in my 1322MLT to get closer to 700 fps .   


I do think I just may be able to get them accurate, maybe  with care as light as  13.55g...
Hey I like the challenge

[K.O.]

Todays work on project

I made  some more 13.75-13.8g, 13.65-13.7g,  13.55-13.6g. I also made some with just the ring removed and some with just the smallest of piece of nose and ring removed

I made the 13.55g pellets with care and was able to get good symmetrical  shape.  I filed the nose flat and just eased the edge of the blunt

nose, one I made more domed...

the heavier pellets were not made with as much care and it shows. easy to do better I think.


below are the results shot with my 1322 (zeroed for 20 yards @10 pump with CPHP)

20 yards prone side rested.


The top red group is the 13.8g ;  the bottom red group is the 13.7g  ;  The big black line is the stock pellet(aimpoint was the center bull)  ; 

13.6g group is also center bull aim point, it is in pencil above bottom bull

[K.O.]

Then I shot  , pellets with just the ring removed (the black) and then some with the ring and a very small amount of nose removed (red)

Then some .22 Crosman points  what looks like a three shot line is 4 with a double in the center, I could not help adjusting aim to try for the

bull with my fifth shot and pulled it off...


I do think I can improve results and get these accurate, but if not well the effort is fun.

[K.O.]

just to be thorough I will make some leaving the ring and just blunting the nose next

I just hope I can shrink the groups a bit.