Pellet seating

[Daryl Pelfrey]

What do you use for seating the pellet in a break barrel springer? I use my thumb and thumb nail. Iv seen the pellet pen but I don't know about it.
I guess im more concerned about seeing depth and not creasing the skirt with my thumbnail. So would i be better off carving my own ou of a hardwood.

 

[P8X]

I wouldn't get hung up on it
Easy enough to reliably load a breakbarrel consistently

If the pellets are hard to seat, use a looser fitting pellet

 

[Davidpingu]

Bit of lube always helps. Pellet lube obviously…

 

[TimD81]

pen top/lid

 

[marko]

Don't know about springers but I seat my pellets using a small ball head allen/hex key when I load the magazine in my Huben k1

 

[SteveP-52]

Get the cap from a Bic Stick pen .

 

[Targetgunna]

The only rifles I seat are my Webley Vulcans, they have kind of a bell mouth and pellets sometimes drop out when I bring the barrel back, I use a Draper brass plumb bob, this is the perfect angle and the brass doesn't hurt the barrel. I did cut it down and tidied it up on my lathe but the angle on the front is how it was. See attached pick

 

[frenchy3]

On my HW99 the Superdomes seat perfectly at the same depth every time but when I used H&N ftt they were a tight fit and sometimes stood proud of the breech so I used a bic pen top.

 

[Rog5]

Bit of lube always helps. Pellet lube obviously…

Pellet lube on a springer thought that was a no no

 

[SPB]

I have not seen it used on a springer, but some of the benchrest team have a small T-bar guide that had been tapered at the head to ensure the pellet starts from the same point each time.

 

[1260engineer]

Pellet seating .... they just have two comfy chairs between them so they have to take turns



Thumb does it for me . i like the pellet just sat in the barrel

 

[TR158]

Thumb or forefinger for me.

 

[Talyllyn]

I use a 1/4" jack plug if a pellet is a bit reluctant with just a thumb.

 

[pelletcaster]

Be aware - change of power!
In 2013 I experiemented with a HW35 in .177 and measured quite a lot of shots 6.83 mm deep seated with a ball pen.
Compared to the regular loading by a flat seat the power output was reduced between 1.5% up to 8.2% (14 different pellets).

 

[themica]

I've got a little pellet dobber that came with my Skif Anics which I used to use to push the .22 TAC2 pellets in place in the nose of the Brocock cartridges, there was an absolute positive little click as the pellet locked into place.

I've tried it with the Umarex 8 shot magazines but it feels as though it's pushing them too far. they feel as though they're almost pushing out the other side.

I like the idea of using a quarter inch jack plug, will give that a try.

I don't think HW100 magazines need anything other than a thumb push.