This is sort of a part 2 to my other post "down the rabbit hole" . i had so much input from so many people with knowledge surpassing mine. after studing the responses and counter points i arrived at a theory. a 3 step solution to make almost every sorted pellet good. first step , remove bent skirts- no explanation required. after that,
2 - sort head size , i use pellet gage for my purposes usually every tin of pellets fall 90% plus into 2 head sizes. separate by head size
3 - weigh pellets , now this is where i came into issues. example as of my other post. i had 33.9 g JSB pellets weighing from 32.5 g to 35.1 g that's a HUGE difference.
my solution was to separate into 3 weight classes. 32.5-33.7 g for about 1 grain difference. second group was 33.8-34 g this is my "money" batch IMO. and third batch was 34.1-35 grain. now in the end groups there is less than 5 pellets under 33 g and over 34.6 g maybe i shoud have tossed them. i figure the weight consistency is superior than just unsorted out of the tin. i know it sounds like a huge pain in the butt, however , once the initial sorting is done it goes fairly quick. now i just have to shoot these and see if the performance matches the effort. i am convinced that you can make far more pellets usable because you don't worry about pellets falling out of desired weight range , as long as the head size and weight of pellet group is close , you should be good to go after 2 or 3 zeroing shot. no matter what weight the group is. Am i wrong?
2 - sort head size , i use pellet gage for my purposes usually every tin of pellets fall 90% plus into 2 head sizes. separate by head size
3 - weigh pellets , now this is where i came into issues. example as of my other post. i had 33.9 g JSB pellets weighing from 32.5 g to 35.1 g that's a HUGE difference.
my solution was to separate into 3 weight classes. 32.5-33.7 g for about 1 grain difference. second group was 33.8-34 g this is my "money" batch IMO. and third batch was 34.1-35 grain. now in the end groups there is less than 5 pellets under 33 g and over 34.6 g maybe i shoud have tossed them. i figure the weight consistency is superior than just unsorted out of the tin. i know it sounds like a huge pain in the butt, however , once the initial sorting is done it goes fairly quick. now i just have to shoot these and see if the performance matches the effort. i am convinced that you can make far more pellets usable because you don't worry about pellets falling out of desired weight range , as long as the head size and weight of pellet group is close , you should be good to go after 2 or 3 zeroing shot. no matter what weight the group is. Am i wrong?
