Would you pay $10 more for a sorted weight/Diameter JSB Tin of Pellets ?

[Shooting Targets]

Curious how much a sorted tin of JSB pellets is worth to you ?

I know it is time consuming. Basically would you pay any additional money if the tin came in compartments of of 25 cal pellets in groups based off weight and Diameter size.

Example of grouping. 
24,4 with Diameter xx
24.4 with Diameter x1
24.4 with Diameter x2
24.6 with Diameter x
24.6 with Diameter x1
Ect.

Or does it not matter to you ?

Jay

 

[jps2486]

I doubt it, because I wouldn't trust whoever did the sorting and inspection. I spend plenty of time measuring head diameter, weight, skirt quality and such. I sure wouldn't do it for $10 . If you notice, the JSB tins say "Carefully Selected". Can't be too careful.

 

[Slayerious]

If we check the rimfire market, the cheapest are like 8 cents a round. The CCI Standards etc.

While the Lapuas are around 30 cents per round.

So that counts almost 4 times (3,75) more price per shot!
If we take into account that they have been doing this for long time and are very efficient in inspecting their ammo, we could see 5x more price for a tin of almost identical pellets.

 

[Brian10956]

I’m surprised that none of the manufacturer have figured out a way to automate a packaging process where the pellets can be precisely weighed and packaged. If they did this I would pay a few dollars more per tin. I also think they would sell more if their quality control standards where improved.
When I buy bullets for reloading my powder burners the weights are right on so it can be done. Do you hear me Sierra..... Hornaday.

 

[Keyman62421]

my goodness, of course they can. my buddies wire company puts out wire product with .005 tolerance. all they have to do is set the extruder to the proper diameter!! they are just limiting their quality control costs! oh well, we got what we got!
​Costs as defined as culls. If they have modern equipment it would be no problem or extra costs at all!

 

[Guest]

The cost would be closer to a dollar per round. Anyone seen or touted as a professional is any field of work will typically get the equivalent or $50/hr or more for their time. Until an automated system come out that includes all aspects of sorting, doing it by hand is the best we have. Even streamlining the process to get the 120 perfect pellets out of a tin of 500(.177) will take about an hour, if not more. I've asked at different field target and bench rest shoots and the top shooters are willing to pay $50-$60 for 120rds of perfect ammo. The rub is two part though, as dies and lots change so does any particular guns ability to shoot the changing ammo regardless of sorting consistency. So the tin you buy from me this month may not be the same lot next month. Or I have to buy so many tins of every lot that the overhead and storage become a concern and can lead to rising prices. The second bit is that their aren't enough top shooters, even world wide to support such a business from the ground up.

JSB doesn't make their bones off domed pellets. They manufacture 3-5 times as many match grade, Olympic quality wad cutters that sell for far more than a tin of domes. Also the manufacturing process is such that the faster a machine is run, the looser the tolerances are for the finish product. If you really want more/better pellets the demand for them needs to equal that of their wad cutter sales, or drop enough that they can slow down the machines.

 

[sirk]

if i were JSB i would just double the price from what the current production is and slowed down the machines. Here you go
people would still buy it because they are still the best.

 

[Saltlake58]

"sirk"if i were JSB i would just double the price from what the current production is and slowed down the machines. Here you go
people would still buy it because they are still the best.

But you have to ask, how many would pay extra for the extra Quality Control. If you are hunting, the minor variation between pellets doesn't really matter. The market for ammunition that is perfectly matched is really for bench shooters with virtually no tolerance for variation. That's not many overall. And to be honest, the last time I weighed a tin of JSB Exact Heavies, all weights were within something like .03 grain plus or minus for the entire tin. Manufacturers must define "Good Enough" as perfect is never attainable.

The small handful of people globally demanding that kind of "Perfection", when compared to the total JSB Sales, probably don't warrant the extra work required to sort matched sets of pellets. Just isn't worth their time for the extra pittance they could charge, and besides, like jps2486 said, I'd weigh the pellets again just to make sure. Just something about the OCD nature of bench shooters.