Ad from page 19 of Pyramyd Air catalog (Volume 20) that arrived today with pellet order. I was not aware of this product, thought I'd share.
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JSB's Simply Pellets
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I've seen AEAC's JSB Factory Tour video several times and the rigorous inspection process is lots of ladies using large magnifying glasses and tweezers to sort pellets prior to packaging. Are JSB's Simply pellets the rejects from this sorting process, or are they, as the ad states, just taken from machine and packaged? I guess selling the rejects dirt cheap, for kids and newbies to blast away with, as opposed to re-smelting or tossing, is an idea. Unless JSB is having pandemic labor shortage problems, I can't see selling a number of perfectly good pellets at a discount, just because you don't want to sort them from bad ones. Well, my two cents, anyway.
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Vogel does the same marketing. They offer bulk sales for training pellets. It's a good value for us. I always order their regular tins but I know some shooting clubs for adolescent shooters that buy bulk.
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However they are produced, they've performed well in my HW30 out to 25 yards. However, I've yet to find a pellet that doesn't shoot well out of that rifle.
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They shoot well out of my 300S's and 601. I use them for practice instead of the match pellets. On occasion I'll have one fly off but all in all they are a good pellet for the money IMO.
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I've used both sizes for a year (couple years?) or more now and the lighter weight 8.02's worked really well in the IZH pistols I used to have and the heavier 8.26's worked good in a FWB 603 also.
I purchased a used .177 Red Wolf HP recently but I haven't (yet) tried shooting any wadcutters through it so I don't know if wadcutters work well through it or not. Anyone else able to comment on that?
Pellets seem to be in good shape in the tins and not all buggered up or anything. Last ones I bought through PA and had the foam packing for shipping, so no damage there.
I purchased a used .177 Red Wolf HP recently but I haven't (yet) tried shooting any wadcutters through it so I don't know if wadcutters work well through it or not. Anyone else able to comment on that?
Pellets seem to be in good shape in the tins and not all buggered up or anything. Last ones I bought through PA and had the foam packing for shipping, so no damage there.
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These pellets are not all the rejects from the sorting processes. But the rejects that are in the group, there are a few rejects in every group, are not pulled as there is no sorting done to them. This is what I understand from all I have gathered about them.
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Seems only available in wadcutter .177, 8.26 and 8.02 grain. Guess I could look it up, but how is price comparison to sorted ones? Wonder what rejection rate is for JSB sorting program, that might be confidential information.
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Saz,
Looking at those pellets in your photo, they all look pretty good to me. If my Crosman F4 wasn't so pellet picky, maybe I'd give them a try. Good call showing open tins, anyone can see condition for themselves.
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Looking at those pellets in your photo, they all look pretty good to me. If my Crosman F4 wasn't so pellet picky, maybe I'd give them a try. Good call showing open tins, anyone can see condition for themselves.
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WorriedMan,
Thank you. All the tins of "Simply" that I've ordered (about a dozen tins 8.02 and about 4 tins of the 8.26) have looked like the open two in my picture. I just grabbed them off the shelf this morning, opened them, took a quick picture and posted it. No sorting, etc.
On the left tin in the picture above about 3 pellets above 6 o'clock there's one with what looks like a damaged skirt but I don't really see much of anything else.
I bought them a year or two ago when they first came out at Pyramyd Air and I think they were $9.99 per tin. I haven't looked to see what they are today.
Thank you. All the tins of "Simply" that I've ordered (about a dozen tins 8.02 and about 4 tins of the 8.26) have looked like the open two in my picture. I just grabbed them off the shelf this morning, opened them, took a quick picture and posted it. No sorting, etc.
On the left tin in the picture above about 3 pellets above 6 o'clock there's one with what looks like a damaged skirt but I don't really see much of anything else.
I bought them a year or two ago when they first came out at Pyramyd Air and I think they were $9.99 per tin. I haven't looked to see what they are today.
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Saz,
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I've got to say your pics answered once and for all what the "Simply" JSBs were all about. Let's hope this thread may help some fellow members get some affordable ammo during the pellet shortage. Thanks for your input.
Happy Holidays, WM
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I've got to say your pics answered once and for all what the "Simply" JSBs were all about. Let's hope this thread may help some fellow members get some affordable ammo during the pellet shortage. Thanks for your input.
Happy Holidays, WM
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