Do bad pellets settle to the bottom of the tin?

I cannot see a mechanism for "bad" pellets to settle to the bottom of a tin (the heaviest, possibly), but it seems likely that pellets on the bottom layers have more weight pressing on them and might be impacted that way.

I think that is what is supposed to happen with the new Self Sorting Tins from FX? I did not know that JSB had them also. ;^) What will they think of next?

You're ( subconciously ) not picking the "bad pellets" as you work your way through the tin.



Good luck.

Interesting observation. To get to the bottom of a 500 count tin would take some time and a lot of digging with fingers or rolling/tumbling pellets back and forth to dump out the amount wanted each time you go to load. That being the case, said movement would probably be damaging or wearing down sharp edges on some of those thin skirted .177's at least enough to get a few fliers toward the end of the tin.

Or - it's possible I am an absolute idiot and I had shot the gun down past the reg setting and was down to about 30 bar under before I noticed.

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Based on past interactions with you, I would say that it is entirely possible, probable maybe that your hypothesis of being and idiot may be true!!

Or - it's possible I am an absolute idiot and I had shot the gun down past the reg setting and was down to about 30 bar under before I noticed.

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Been there done that many times. But the doctors said I had brain damage so I have an excuse? ;^)

Always

In my experience putting a tin of pellets in a gravity free environment, flipping them over twice, and bringing them back to earth sorts the pellets perfectly by weight

YES! 

The pellets at the bottom of a tin are CRAP and DANGEROUS!

So, pour the top HALF of all of your tins of .177 pellets into another container. Then put the bottom half of all of your .177 pellets in a box and send them to me for disposal.

Actually, ONLY the top layer of your pellets are good and safe! So, out of a tin of 500, you may only get 50 or 100 safe good ones. Send the rest to me for disposal.

It is the ONLY way to be sure those bad pellets won't harm you!



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Been there done that many times. But the doctors said I had brain damage so I have an excuse? ;^)

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I am old , so having a senior moment is always my excuse!! After all it is always someone elses fault, isnt it ???