I've just recently purchased a benjamin discovery .22. I will mainly be using it for small game hunting. I hope to shoot it for the first time this weekend. Pellets I currently have are the discovery 14.3 gr hollow points and JSB diabolo exact jumbo heavy 18.13 gr. Does anyone have suggestions of other pellets I should try that might work well for small game? Thanks.
Hunting pellets for Benjamin Discovery .22
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My Disco shoots the JSB 15.89 gr domes best of all the pellets I've tried. I really wanted it to like the JSB 18 gr domes, but it didn't. Crosman Premier Brown Box 14.3 gr shoot pretty well, as do H&N FTTs. Mine seems happiest in the sub 18 gr range. I have some hollow points and others I am planning to try, just haven't gotten to them yet. I did try H&N Rabbits and JSB monsters (both over 20 grains in weight), but my gun didn't like either.
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My friends and myself used 18.1's They shoot with more accuracy than the Crosman 14.3's or the Polymags. That goes for 4 stock gums, we all shoot at or around 800 fps. The best shooting gun has a 3 screw trigger mod, and double barrel bands. It shoots consistant nickle groups at 100 feet.
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The best pellet for hunting is the one that is most accurate in your particular gun. I have found that JSB makes good stuff. Also give H&N a try.
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Don't Laugh but El-Gamo Hunter's 15.4gr/1g, Must wash twice to get $#!T off. Much better than You think in Disco .22. Even better if You Weigh/Seporate. All other El-Gamo Pellets $uck Big Time. Try "Clean" Hunters before You Laugh is all I can say. There Cheap at Wally-World in .22 the 250 count tin, less than $5 free Delevery to Your WW, if They don't Stock Them.....Franky (21grains)
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21 grains sweet find, what do you use to wash them? how do you prepare them after washing so that they do not corrode?
I will be giving these a go in my NPXL 1100 for that price!
Jonathan
I will be giving these a go in my NPXL 1100 for that price!
Jonathan
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I am a firm believer in the JSB pellets and my Disco Double shoots the 15.89 the best. However I do feed it the Jumbo Heavy's 18.13 grain and just have to adjust my POI slightly. The Disco also devours the lighter Crosman 14.3 and Benjamin with a few flyers and change of POI.
The other pellet I use a lot in all of my 22 cal rifles are the Accu Pells from AoA. Plenty cheap when bought in volume and good to break a rifle in or play with on the Chronograph or for the Grand Kids shooting the Animal Crackers on a popsicle sticks.
Serious hunting go with what your rifle likes best of course. The only pellets that I could not make work were the Gamo's but perhaps I did not try the 15.4 with the wash and rinse cycle. Most of the Gamo Pellets I purchased were damaged and became lead for fishing weights. Maybe just the batch I received were mishandled.
The other pellet I use a lot in all of my 22 cal rifles are the Accu Pells from AoA. Plenty cheap when bought in volume and good to break a rifle in or play with on the Chronograph or for the Grand Kids shooting the Animal Crackers on a popsicle sticks.
Serious hunting go with what your rifle likes best of course. The only pellets that I could not make work were the Gamo's but perhaps I did not try the 15.4 with the wash and rinse cycle. Most of the Gamo Pellets I purchased were damaged and became lead for fishing weights. Maybe just the batch I received were mishandled.
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Hi; I use Dish Soap to Wash Twice, Then dry on clean dry Cloth, Lube with KryTech Finish Line Wax Lube 2-4 Drops per 250ct Tin. Also Clean Barrel w/KryTech lube.and clean Patches till Clean.Who woulda thought El-Gamo .22 Hunter's clean'd up would be worth Hunting with, 15.4gr/1g pack a Wollup too. Only in My .22 Disco is all I know about,Your Millage may be Different.Worth a try.....Franky
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