RD Monsters, shallow or deep cavity?

Same thing here I just ordered and received a sleeve that's 2000 of the deep base! CHIT! The shallow base shot real well for me out to 100 yards. 

I just received 2 tins of the Daystate Monsters. They have a shallow cavity, but a different design. I'll be trying them in my Red Wolf next week. I have the deep cavity JSB Redesigned ones already, so I will have something to test them against.

" I'm not sure which shoot better in my Wolf but from what I've heard anecdotally, it isn't good… "

Mike, you have probably already seen Edosan's thread on this topic, but if not check it out. I cannot recall if you responded, but in any case...

Q. Is it possible to request ( or specify ) from the Dealer that you order from ( i.e., Pyramyd Air, AoA, Utah, etc...) that they inspect a tin or ship only the shallow cavity RDs? I realize they would have to break the red tape seal, so I'm guessing the answer is no. Alternatively, I wonder if JSB can address the question or concern, if enough members request the shallow skirts vs. deep skirts and reasons why.

" I'm not sure which shoot better in my Wolf but from what I've heard anecdotally, it isn't good… "

Mike, you have probably already seen Edosan's thread on this topic, but if not check it out. I cannot recall if you responded, but in any case...

Q. Is it possible to request ( or specify ) from the Dealer that you order from ( i.e., Pyramyd Air, AoA, Utah, etc...) that they inspect a tin or ship only the shallow cavity RDs? I realize they would have to break the red tape seal, so I'm guessing the answer is no. Alternatively, I wonder if JSB can address the question or concern, if enough members request the shallow skirts vs. deep skirts and reasons why.

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As long as the tins are in excellent condition I don't see a reason that the tape can't be taken off to inspect them.

I got 11 tins last week from straight shooters, 10 were shallow base and one was deep. Unfortunately many of the tins were banged up, so lots of damaged pellets. 

Today, I received 8 tins from PA, all deep base. These were in better shape and shinier. No foam packaging, though... 

For the deep base, if I lowered the speed to 900fps, they shot pretty well. I am shooting the shallow base at 935 and they are quite accurate. However the deep base don't seem to like that speed and the groups opened up. So maybe try lowering the speed a bit. 

I found it just the opposite for me noticing that the skirt looked to be thicker I increased the speed and good acceptable groups at 100 yards but did have a wild flier or two! Unsorted and unweighted pellets and the wind was blowing 8 to 10 mph and swirling, tricky conditions to try for real accuracy but that's pretty much the norm for my home range! Oh-Well need to get out and burn up some more pellets to try to figure these things out just have about 2000 of them! Dang!

I made a inquiry about this to JSB. Here is there response.

We changed the inner shape of the pellets two years ago. The cavity is now a little deeper with thicker skirts. Such a pellet is more resistant for transport damages and so shows better accuracy in all barrels which we tested (including Daystate Redwolf)

Best Regards. No Name given.

So, the flat base are 2-year old stock that they have been clearing out. That explains the grayish color. Funny, they even came in new screw top lids. Finding these will now be like a treasure hunt and scratch-off lottery rolled into one... 

After more experimentation with the deeper base, I was able to get a couple of really good groups, but definitely not as consistent as the flat base. 

Just thinking out loud here but would changing the depth of the base alter the CG and would that change the speed at which the pellet might stabilize?