Here's my "STACHE" of pellets. All in all, I'd say easily over 45,000 pellets.
(Boxes are empty)
That should last me a little while.
If you look closely, you'll notice a few things....
- I'm in the process of wrapping them in electrical tape to help protect them against oxidation. I could keep them wrapped in the plastic wrap but, I think the electrical tape will do better. Then, I'm putting a piece of colored elec. tape on them to signify different lots or head sizes. 25.4/6.35 white, 5.54's blue (unicorns!), 5.53's red (lot X), Red/green (lot Y), and so on. I have a few pellet experiments going on during sorting and I really don't want to mix anything up.
It's time consuming but...
A couple rolls of electrical tape = ~$10,
Pellets lost due to oxidation = $16 per tin,
Watching Arnold "GET TO DA CHOOPA" while I work = Priceless!
- I have a few very special lots and tins labeled for certain reasons. Eg; secret sauce, good batch, control groups, where/when purchased, irreplaceable, different weights...
The Control Groups haven't been touched and are to be used for comparison reasons later. Irreplaceable's are good shooting pellets from a die that has since been retired. Good batch MKI's are reportedly a VERY good shooting lot# from a VERY reputable source! Secret Sauce is, well... a secret.
You guys may have noticed me selling off a bunch of pellets in the classifieds recently. Due to the inconsistencies I have found lately in JSB pellets from lot# to lot#, I decided to only keep pellets that were matched lot #'s or otherwise significant in some way. This will give my rifles the best chance at being consistent for me. Even if I don't go through the sorting process, I'll know my pellets are consistent from tin to tin. And, when you practice for speed silo like I do, you go through a LOT of pellets!
The downside to all this is that if I miss, it's most likely MY fault.
Cheers!
Tom
(Boxes are empty)
That should last me a little while.
If you look closely, you'll notice a few things....
- I'm in the process of wrapping them in electrical tape to help protect them against oxidation. I could keep them wrapped in the plastic wrap but, I think the electrical tape will do better. Then, I'm putting a piece of colored elec. tape on them to signify different lots or head sizes. 25.4/6.35 white, 5.54's blue (unicorns!), 5.53's red (lot X), Red/green (lot Y), and so on. I have a few pellet experiments going on during sorting and I really don't want to mix anything up.
It's time consuming but...
A couple rolls of electrical tape = ~$10,
Pellets lost due to oxidation = $16 per tin,
Watching Arnold "GET TO DA CHOOPA" while I work = Priceless!
- I have a few very special lots and tins labeled for certain reasons. Eg; secret sauce, good batch, control groups, where/when purchased, irreplaceable, different weights...
The Control Groups haven't been touched and are to be used for comparison reasons later. Irreplaceable's are good shooting pellets from a die that has since been retired. Good batch MKI's are reportedly a VERY good shooting lot# from a VERY reputable source! Secret Sauce is, well... a secret.
You guys may have noticed me selling off a bunch of pellets in the classifieds recently. Due to the inconsistencies I have found lately in JSB pellets from lot# to lot#, I decided to only keep pellets that were matched lot #'s or otherwise significant in some way. This will give my rifles the best chance at being consistent for me. Even if I don't go through the sorting process, I'll know my pellets are consistent from tin to tin. And, when you practice for speed silo like I do, you go through a LOT of pellets!
The downside to all this is that if I miss, it's most likely MY fault.
Cheers!
Tom
