RSW Super dome pellets

[Septicdeath]

Today I bought 10 tins of RSW super dome .22 pellets at my friend's pawn shop for $40 I've never bought these kind before but couldn't pass on the deal.

Have any of you had any experience shooting these?

 

[boscoebrea]

I shoot them,they work good in all my air rifles,fact is I use them first and then go from there because they work better than most...that said I do find the RWS Meisterkugeln even better in some of those same air rifles.....

You did good,it is a good pellet for me.

 

[JohnL57]

I had a Mendoza .22 that shot them better than anything else. They do seem to shoot well in many guns in my experience.

 

[Septicdeath]

I had a Mendoza .22 that shot them better than anything else. They do seem to shoot well in many guns in my experience.

I have a Mendoza RM 3000 ill give them a try in it for sure. I had a RM2008 auto load. Wish I would have held on to it.

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/new-mendoza/

 

[Septicdeath]

I shoot them,they work good in all my air rifles,fact is I use them first and then go from there because they work better than most...that said I do find the RWS Meisterkugeln even better in some of those same air rifles.....

You did good,it is a good pellet for me.

Good to hear. I'm going to give them a try this week in several guns.

 

[nervoustrig]

An above average pellet in my experience. Seldom the very best but never the worst.

 

[Odoyle]

They tend to shoot pretty good in low to medium velocity guns.

 

[JungleShooter]

An above average pellet in my experience.

Seldom the very best but never the worst.

Agreed.... Quality made in my home country....



However, the BC is far below average....



BC's of domed pellets of similar weight:

BC 0.012 — RWS Superdome 14.50gr

BC 0.019 — H&N Field Target Trophy 14.66gr

BC 0.022 — Crosman Ultra Magnum 14.30gr

BC 0.023 — Crosman Copper Magnum 14.30gr

BC 0.025 — JSB Exact Jumbo Express 14.35gr

BC 0.026 — H&N Field Target Trophy Power 14.66gr

BC 0.030 — H&N Sniper Light 14.04gr



For example:

Shooting my PP700 in a 5mph wind out to 32y would make the JSB Express drift 1 inch.

The SuperDome would drift more than double that (2.2")!!





BTW:

Has anyone tried the RWS SuperField?



Matthias

 

[Odoyle]

BC doesn't really matter as long as they are accurate in your own gun at your normal shooting distances and know the limits I had terrible BC pellets keyhole at 50 yards while others with superior BC weren't as accurate.

 

[JungleShooter]

Odoyle,

as long as a pellet isn't accurate, BC doesn't really matter.

Like you said, BC does not guarantee us accuracy, meaning small groups (precision).



However: IF I have several pellets that are accurate in a certain gun, I find a pellet with a high BC vastly superior to one with a low BC, as it keeps my groups smaller even in windy conditions, and as it delivers more energy to my target.

And as I increase my range, the importance of a high BC increases.



Matthias

 

[nervoustrig]

Matthias, do you know if that low BC is from a lone source or has it been substantiated with another source? It’s down around that of most wadcutters so it makes me wonder.

Regarding the Superfields, I got a few tins of the .22 cal from Creedmoor a few months ago and they group better than any JSBs from my LW-barreled QB. 

 

[JungleShooter]

NTrig,

the BC info on the .22 RWS SuperDomes is low all around.....



▪0.012: BC Test: HardAir Magazine (2017-07). With 35FPE at 30y

▪0.013: BC Test: Bob Sterne (2007). With 25FPE at 25y. Using the G1 drag model at the time. 

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php/topic,14735.0.html

▪0.013: BC Test at 11FPE out to 55y (in 5y steps): By Giles/ AirgunGearShow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyTZGOMSMUk

▪0.016: BC List: ChairGun V 4.3.1. (2017)

▪0.016: BC List: ChronoConnect (2012)





So sad! Such a high quality manufacturer — but clearly focused on 10 meter target shooting, not long range nor hunting. 

➔ (No wonder in the indiscriminate anti-gun climate in Germany.... — German airgun laws read like they were drafted with unsupervised 6-year old boys in mind.... As in: Hunting prohibited. Maximum power 6FPE. My lowly gun produces 5 times that amount.... Gun licenses are as easy and inexpensive to get as box seat tickets to the Superbowl the day before the game.... )





I'm so glad that though H&N is from the same country, they are taking a completely different route: 

A huge variety of hunting pellets.

And just recently high quality slugs in 5 weights and 2 diameters, 6 cents a shot (.22cal, others in preparation). They have always responded to my emails in a helpful way and very quickly, and they are posting right here on AGN.



Matthias

 

[Hapo]

...those were my favorites back when I was shooting the Daystate Firefly...

 

[Vetmx]

They are awesome in my TX200 HC. But also shoot good out of my various PCP’s in .177 and .22 and not so good out of others. After all, they’re a pellet.