What brand of ammo do you guys recommend when it comes to .22cal? I am new to air guns
Brand of ammo
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There's usually no shortcut to finding what pellets your gun might prefer. 2 exact same guns might not like the same pellet. Airguns are quirky & finicky a lot of the time. JSB and H&N are 2 quality brands. My suggestion is see if you can get a sampler pack & start the process of finding what's best for your gun. What ARE you shooting (gun), what discipline (competition, hunting, etc.). Stuff like that will determine what pellet also. You've got A LOT to learn!
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Tell us what you are doing or planning to do with your gun ? what gun , Hunt , target , 50 yards , 70 yards , 10 yards indoors ?
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Most of my guns prefer H&N to JSB pellets but one gun hates them. For a light pellet I would try H&N FTT and a similar weight JSB. For a heavy, I like H&N Baracuda Match but JSB 18s or 25 grain are also worth trying. I try pellets that will shoot 800-900 fps with the tune the gun came with and if that doesn't work, I retune. But on a regulated gun I have better luck when the hammer spring is pretty close to what is required to maximize velocity for the regulator setting. All 4 of my regulated guns needed hammer spring adjustment to do their best.
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It depends on your budget and your intended purpose. If you are just starting out and you want to save a little dough, it's hard to beat the value of Crosman Premiere Hollow Points. You can usually get a tin of 500 for less than 7 bucks at Walmart. These pellets seem to work well in almost all guns, but they are probably not going to be the best in any gun. Once you get a tin or two under your belt, you might then want to expand to other brands such as H&N and JSB as others have mentioned.
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You have to just try a bunch. You'll also find a weight range that seems to work best. Some guns are more sensitive to pellet diameter. A pellet guage can be used to sort by diameter. Also don't overlook basic Crosman pellets. They shoot very well in all my springers and gas pistons.
This is something I do for each of my airguns, here's the one I did for my TX200. You'll need a chronograph with a logging app on a smart phone. Scored each pellet based on extreme velocity spread, standard deviation, and group size
View attachment 010423 22 TX200 III test.pdf
This is something I do for each of my airguns, here's the one I did for my TX200. You'll need a chronograph with a logging app on a smart phone. Scored each pellet based on extreme velocity spread, standard deviation, and group size
View attachment 010423 22 TX200 III test.pdf
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Purpose? (Brands)
For me it's as follows-
Plinking: Excite or Norma
Pesting: Crosman or winchester
Hunting: Jsb or H&n
Have lots of other stuff too. Just really depends on what's gunna get the lead downrange
For me it's as follows-
Plinking: Excite or Norma
Pesting: Crosman or winchester
Hunting: Jsb or H&n
Have lots of other stuff too. Just really depends on what's gunna get the lead downrange
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So if I am reading your spreadsheet correctly your best pellet is the FX and the worst is the JSB?
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Yep, them's the numbers. With that said I suspect that the TX200 is not optimally shooting based on ES and SD data compared to what should be expected. I have a Vortek kit on the work bench. After install and break in will run the exercise again and report back.
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