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Explosive Pellets
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Are these purported to have more power than normal pellets? How about weight? I can see these being slightly useful when I have a scope that is way off and I need to see where the POI is.
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Pellets by themselves have no power and cannot be "more powerful" in any sense.
The formula for Force=mass*acceleration*acceleration
Those pellets look to be cylindrical from what I could see. Not exactly the best shape for a high ballistic coefficient nor good for stability. IMHO, those are junk and would never get loaded in my airguns.
The formula for Force=mass*acceleration*acceleration
Those pellets look to be cylindrical from what I could see. Not exactly the best shape for a high ballistic coefficient nor good for stability. IMHO, those are junk and would never get loaded in my airguns.
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Yes I know the formula for force and energy. If you read my post properly you can see I didn't ask if they were more powerful I asked if they are purported to be more powerful. Here is the definition of purported "to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official. 2. to convey to the mind as the meaningor thing intended; express or imply. noun."
Also, anything that explodes on impact could potentially do more damage than solely what the impact does, as is the concept with any grenade, bomb, etc.
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I think these are a novelty item, I don't think the explosive tip will make them any more damaging to a target...
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I saw an video of an man using it at squirells, the shells exploded inside the squirel, so thats the damaging effect
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IMO exploding pellets negate the main reason I use air guns. They are quiet and use can shoot discreetly and the ammo is inexpensive. Possibly greater target damage in exchange for more cost and noise, poorer ballistics and accuracy, seems like a bad tradeoff. If I'm willing to accept the noise, why not use a PB that will do way more damage to the target.
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I tested some of these in .177 from a 12FPE rifle. They are so light, they had an MV of 990 ft/sec but still only about 8FPE, some may have been higher. The measured BC, when I managed to get two velocities, was 0.0025, the pellet having lost 763 ft/sec in 30 yards.
They do make a nice bang when they hit something solid.
They do make a nice bang when they hit something solid.
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My gosh!! We can’t talk about moderator parts or internals..but hey..exploding projectiles..good to go. woohoo!!!
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exploding bird is different than exploding pellet.
Hope you weren’t planning to eat that
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You should never even think of using these pellets on anything living, the chances of hitting in the right place, even at short ranges, are zero.
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