Pellet testing results

[Mark112]

Hi all,

Had a bit of spare time on the farm on Monday now that combining has been completed although I now have to find the water leak that has developed Ah well! As it was a windy day I thought that I would put a few pellets through their paces to see how they fare. My mate had turned up with a few that I don't normally use and I thought I'd give them a go as well. My rifle (my regulated S410 classic) was zeroed with Diablo Fields but the following 5 shot groups were shot with no rezeroing and the barrel was not cleaned between types of pellet. Range was 30 yards and the coin shown for comparison was a 1p piece.

Note:- This were not the only groups I shot with these pellets but they are typical of my findings.

First to go was the RWS Hobby:-

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To be fair I was not expecting great things from a wadcutter. Beautifully punched holes though:-

Second up was the Rangemaster Kaiser:-

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Mmm. Looked pretty good. Shame about that one on the left though. For me in windy conditions was it a fluke?

Next was Bisley with Long Range Golds :-

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Not bad at all and pretty much what I normally get with Diablo Fields.

[Mark112]

Air Arms Express next:-

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Group now opened up a bit but still ok under the blustery conditions.

Now on to my preferred pellets the JSB Heavy:-

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Still not bad but a bit strung out horizontally. Pellet drop below point of aim though not as much as I thought it would be as it is a 10.3 grain jobbie.



At this point there should be a picture of the group formed by the 13.4 grain JSB Monster that my pal had brought. They formed a 'group' which was about an inch and a half below the aim point and thus not on the actual target. Also the group was about 2" across



This last group is a second go with the Kaiser pellets but this time with my S410 Carbine. The following group is a full ten shot mags worth:-

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Again I was impressed and relieved that my previous 5 shot group was perhaps not a fluke. They seem to cheat wind very well. Will do a bit more with these I think.



With the exception of the Monsters and the Hobbies which were included for comedy value I was pleased how well the rifles grouped with the rest of the selection I had available. I was expecting more vertical shift in point of aim but even the Heavies were only slightly low and the LRGs slightly high. My pal was mirroring my tests with his own S400 (My old one that I should never have sold ) and his rifle pretty much matched my own results. All in all a useful session and an excuse to rattle off a few hundred shots and also a chance for me to give the newly regulated S410 a bit of a workout. The far higher shotcount (130ish in a 12fps band) made trips back to the car far less frequent and it was nice not to have to worry about keeping the rifle in a sweet spot for this type of testing. Shoots ok as well

Has anyone else used the Kaiser pellets and how have you found them? I only bought them as the shop had run out of AADFs and have not heard any reports of how they perform. Now I need to do more testing as they could be my new go to all rounder pellet

Thanks for reading if you have gotten this far.

Mark

[granville]

hi mark what reg have you got in ?
not used Kaiser but tried other daystate li and such ,
but still find jsb , aa , and bisley mag give me good result.
great to read how test went .
good luck on the water leak ,
I have to look for one at farm I shoot 2.5 miles of pipe

[gdavison]

great report .. TYVM on the detail

[Mark112]

It's a Robert Lane regulator. I wrote a bit about it in this post:- viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3300