Washing Pellets - again

[Kevinkd]

New here so just poking my head in for a quick question.

I've washed a few tins of JSB 15,89 .22 Diabolo and some tins of AA Field Diabolo 16gr. I've sorted by weight each type of pellet into various trays. I've lubed some with Pledge and some with WD-40 Dry Teflon spray and allowed them all to dry.

My question is I'm going to be doing some testing for groups with each (using AA Tx200 and a Benji NP2 - both have nice Hawke scopes). and if they shoot better without lube, how long can you keep them in the house in small tupperware type containers before they'll oxidize to the point of not good anymore.

Hopefully lubed is better but unlubed may be best.

Thanks for taking the time to answer in advance.

 

[bubblerboy64]

Good question. I've had pellets in unopened tins I've had for years, I mean ten years or more and I've not noticed any oxidation or deterioration, Wish I was holding up as well.  

I'll be interested in what others say but you could vacuum seal them???? They should last for ever if you did that. I mean if you're going to that much trouble .

Only thing I've notice with lubing is I had some dieseling issues with a couple that I used the pellet lube that AOA sells. Now that's with the springer of course.

I think some times we over think this stuff. I've been wondering about a pellet sizer. Frankly I'm thinking the sizing might help more then anything else. I've that skirt is out of round I'd think that more significant then anything else BUT I'm no expert for sure.

 

[far_shot]

I washed a couple tins of pellets by simply swishing them around on a strainer in a pan of acetone. Works great and the acetone almost completly evaporates before you can blow them off with air. I put them in a ziploc bagie with a few drops of Balistol and gently roll them around. Takes all of 5 minutes to complete the process
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1qt acetone,pan and strainer
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Baggie with lube

 

[Xbowsniper]

Kevin and company,

Washing pellets is always a good idea, it gets the release agents off the pellets after manufacture. It also gets the lead flakes off from the residual swaging process. This is also desirable so none of those flakes end up in the barrel to affect future shots accuracy. Most guns shoot the same, lubes or not. There are a rare few barrels out there that do shoot better with, and without lube. Most claim that lubing the pellets decreases the frequency of cleaning the barrel.

On my Field Target Tech Channel on u Tube, I describe my personal pellet regimen in several episodes. This includes washing, lubing, checking the head size, rolling (checking the skirt size), and resizing and sizing. I compete in Field Target in the WFTF PCP division, so I need the utmost in perfection from my pellets.

Tom Holland