Norma Golden Trophy FT

[Sqwirl57]

Ordered a few tins of .177 (9.1gr) and .22 (15.9gr) to try out because the price was right. Well... they're all over the place. The first thing I noticed was the were pretty loose when inserting them into the barrel so I decided to put my Pelletgages to work. The .22 pellets were all 5.48mm (possibly less but thats the lowest on the tool) and the .177s all fell within 4.48mm and 4.49mm. Way on the smaller side. The pellets themselves are pretty cleanly made for the most part it seems so thats a plus.

 

[rsfrid]

Don't feel bad. JSBs are that bad and maybe worse. I sort by weight and head size and have rarely gotten any that size out as the stamp on the tin says. Guess it's just related to manufacturers pushing them out as fast as possible. The only thing that actuall matters in the end is how they shoot in your gun.

 

[Sqwirl57]

JSBs and FTTs I have no problem with in any of my guns really. I dont size or weigh either and rarely get any sort of meaningful flier. These pellets on the other hand just slide right into the barrel and I'm fairly certain a good shake will pop them back out haha.

I should note that I only tossed a handful of each caliber into the Pelletgages so I have no idea how consistent their head sizes actually are. Its a fair assumption based on how the 50 or so that I shot that they are all on the smaller side of the scale.

 

[Vincent10]

I tested the Norma .177 FT 9.1 grain pellets in three rifles tuned to around 12lbs. They did well in my HW97 but were not the most accurate. My Diana 45 old style shoots them as well as the H&N FTT. I recently picked up an HW98 that seems to prefer them and decided to stock up. I plan to do some more tests outdoors at 30 yards and further.