.22 Norma Golden FT Trophy Heavy and Apolo Air Boss using a Marauder

[sonnysan]

Compared these pellets against a standard: JSB Exact 18gr. I was expecting the "standard" to come out on top with a Marauder pellet rifle, but I was wrong.

15 yard groups with Exacts;
No go as first three shots didn't touch.
15 yard groups with Apolo Air Boss:
Pushed out to 20 yards with Apolo Air Boss:
Then decided to try these Norma pellets that were .01 a piece during the holidays.
All in one shooting session:
Clockwise from lower left all on one charge with the Marauder @ 30 yards five shot groups.
The competition is closing in. The Air Boss looks like an Exact clone, and the Norma is a silhouette pellet with a JSB skirt.
If Norma came out with this pellet in .20, they'd have an instant winner. My R1-AW loves the Ram Jet pellet.
The pellets I tested are much cheaper than the name brands.
The JSBs have a lot of bent skirts too. Hopefully JSP fixed that, as the competitors didn't have that problem.
JSB with bent skirt on left, Apolo Air Boss on right. I did not look for a bent skirt. Just picked from the tin.
.20 Ram Jet has Krytech applied. Apolo and Norma have Wax furniture polish applied.

 

[Headshots]

I did a comparison between 22.07gr JTS .22 round nose and the Norma 17.6g Golden Trophy, at 25-30 and 50y . They were close at 30 and under but at 50y the JTS was the clear winner . My fx likes the Air Boss pellets and have gotten some nice groups also.

Thanks for the information.