Pellet Gage users, ?
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The first hole they pass through with no resistance is gauged as that size. No mixing.
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What John said. I use the pellet gauge for my HW77 in 22 cal as it is very fussy on head sizes. But I have to use the extreme end of the gauge to get the best fit. Anything below and I get consistent flyers. It takes a bit of time Justin but I only sort for the one rifle. I then use the rejects for plinking in my other rifles.The others don’t seem to be affected as much. I buy the H&N 5.54 and sort those.
I usually sit down with a glass of Bundy Red on a Sunday arvo, turn on the wireless and listen to the football whilst sorting. Cause it’s boring.
Gary
I usually sit down with a glass of Bundy Red on a Sunday arvo, turn on the wireless and listen to the football whilst sorting. Cause it’s boring.
Gary
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Justin,
A picture is worth a thousand words. On my Field Target Tech Channel, I have an episode devoted to the use of the Pelletgage.
Tom Holland
A picture is worth a thousand words. On my Field Target Tech Channel, I have an episode devoted to the use of the Pelletgage.
Tom Holland
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I sorted about 800 JSB 7.87's last night, while it may be a worthy endeavor, it is as boring as watching paint dry. Once I got a routine it went a little faster buy still took a lot of time. Hopefully this afternoon I can see if my rifle appreciates all the hard work I did last night. lol
Thanks for the input guys.
Thanks for the input guys.
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I use mostly JSB .22 18.1 gr in my AA S510 and their .177 13.4 pellets in my TM1000. They usually are fairly consistent in head size, so once I've gauged enough to know what the most common size is in any given tin, I start there and go up or down a size as needed for the outliers. This seem to speed up the process a bit, but it's still not my favorite pastime.
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Where do you find a pellet gauge? I have been looking around, but not been successful finding anyone selling them. I must be looking in the wrong places.
Thanks,
Thanks,
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Yeah, I gauge while watching TV. Just have a few other empty tins that I mark with different sizes lines up along the edge of the coffee table, in order of course. Goes slow, but ya don't gotta watch what you're doing, just be aware when putting them into the right tins once measured.
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Everyone is happy with the gauge (gage) so far? I just purchased a set of the .177 and the .22.
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Jerry is a great guy and I used to shoot FT with him before he retired and moved to NC. Before he moved he was developing the pellet gauge and he went thru quite a bit time and money to get the precision and design worked out. Jerry walked me thru it one day after a match and I gained a lot of respect in what it took the get the final product. I don't even think Jerry realized what it was going to take when he started. I won't get into all the technical details but will say I am fully confident in the accuracy of the gauges Jerry sells. They are not cheap but when you know the back story in the cost involved to get the holes precise,etc. they are a bargain. If you look at it you see some sheet metal, plastic, screws, etc. and think I could build this for a few bucks. I am speculating but if you were to try to build one for you self it would be hundreds of dollars. You have to hire companies that can make precise holes and verify under microscopes, etc. then Jerry has precision gauges to test each hole and the list goes on.
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Not even using my gauge anymore. Jsbs are far too consistent now.
I got a good laugh out of this... thanks for the joke! haha
I've found that lightly placing the pellet on the board and using an index finger on the bottom to level out the pellet and letting if freely fall is what works best for me. If I level out the pellet and give it the chance to fall 2-3 times and it does NOT, then I move up to the next bigger size and repeat the process. It's a pretty fast method, when you're considering the "one pellet at a time" approach, but it works.
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Not even using my gauge anymore. Jsbs are far too consistent now
I got a good laugh out of this... thanks for the joke! haha
I've found that lightly placing the pellet on the board and using an index finger on the bottom to level out the pellet and letting if freely fall is what works best for me. If I level out the pellet and give it the chance to fall 2-3 times and it does NOT, then I move up to the next bigger size and repeat the process. It's a pretty fast method, when you're considering the "one pellet at a time" approach, but it works.
Not a joke. I have used both .30 and .25 pellet gage and found all of the pellets with one type of diameter.
jsb is very consistent, at least the jsb mk 2s that is
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