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What pellets most popular at EBR in .25 & .30 for IMPACT?

I couldn't get to a second big BR competition this year, but at the Pyramyd Air Cup in late August, I shot the JSB 44.75g .30 cal pellets. I tried the 50g pellets once, but just didn't have the accuracy with them. Granted, it may have been my tuning skills, but I was happier with the 45g for 100 yard BR. Did fairly well with them for my first ever airgun competition. Probably gonna stay with them.
 
From what I have read on here, people get the best accuracy out of the .30 caliber 45 grain pellets. I don't know if it is because of the design of them or because more people use them and post results though. In comparison to the 50 grain pellets, that 5 grains of weight difference may allow the 45's to tune better (or easier) in the Impact's as far as harmonics go. 
 
In most guns I've shot, the 44.75 is more consistent than the 50.1. There are exceptions to the rule, since I've noticed (and so have other testers) that the 50.1 in the .30 Daystate Safari performs better than the 44.75. This could be a bigger deal than it seems., since the BC (and therefore wind performance) in the 50.1 is significantly better than the 44.75...