I have a Hatsan AT 44 QE .22 cal. that I have been shooting since last summer. After experimenting with many different pellets, I came to the conclusion that H&N Baracuda Match 21.14 g @ 5.53 head size gave me the best accuracy. I do almost all my shooting from a bi pod bench rest at 50 yds. When conditions were very good, I have gotten 10 shot groups 5/8" c-c and 7 shot group under 1/2". That is rare though, because there always seems to be at least one flyer in my groups. I started inspecting, washing and lubing pellets, and that seemed to help some, but not completely. I then decided to try weighing pellets, so I purchased a scale that has an accuracy of .1 grain, which I figured was accurate enough.
I weighed 257 pellets from the same batch number, and sorted the pellets into 5 different batches by weight.
20.8 g 47 ea
20.9 g 52 ea
21.0 g 81 ea
21.1 g 47 ea
The 5th batch was a 30 pellet group that was over 21.1 g or under 20.8 g.
My first question is, what is an acceptable weight difference to expect. When the spec. weight of the Baracuda Match pellets is carried out to the hundreth of a grain, I was expecting a lot less variance in pellet weight than I got?
My second question is, do I need to sort my pellets to within a tenth of a grain for the best accuracy?
I haven't had good conditions to shoot the pellets since sorted by weight yet, but i would appreciate your opinions.
Lamar
I weighed 257 pellets from the same batch number, and sorted the pellets into 5 different batches by weight.
20.8 g 47 ea
20.9 g 52 ea
21.0 g 81 ea
21.1 g 47 ea
The 5th batch was a 30 pellet group that was over 21.1 g or under 20.8 g.
My first question is, what is an acceptable weight difference to expect. When the spec. weight of the Baracuda Match pellets is carried out to the hundreth of a grain, I was expecting a lot less variance in pellet weight than I got?
My second question is, do I need to sort my pellets to within a tenth of a grain for the best accuracy?
I haven't had good conditions to shoot the pellets since sorted by weight yet, but i would appreciate your opinions.
Lamar