Pellet testing - What a difference a dye makes!

[Greylag80]

Quite a while ago I stocked up on JSB Heavies for my .177 Krait. It’s not a particularly pellet-fussy rifle, but once you start stretching the distance a bit, pellet choice definitely starts to matter.

The tins I bought came in two different dyes. Having finally used up the first batch, I moved onto the second and quickly realised they weren’t nearly as capable at longer ranges.

So I dropped an email to the very helpful team at The Wolfman, and they kindly sorted me out with the different batch numbers they had in stock.

A couple of the batches yealded very similar to the recent batch I had, perfectly usable, but nowhere near as consistent at distance. But one batch… absolute laser beams, even out to 60 yards.

Needless to say, I’ll now be ordering a shed load!

 

[Teddy picker99]

Quite a while ago I stocked up on JSB Heavies for my .177 Krait. It’s not a particularly pellet-fussy rifle, but once you start stretching the distance a bit, pellet choice definitely starts to matter.

The tins I bought came in two different dyes. Having finally used up the first batch, I moved onto the second and quickly realised they weren’t nearly as capable at longer ranges.

So I dropped an email to the very helpful team at The Wolfman, and they kindly sorted me out with the different batch numbers they had in stock.

A couple of the batches yealded very similar to the recent batch I had — perfectly usable, but nowhere near as consistent at distance. But one batch… absolute laser beams, even out to 60 yards.

Needless to say, I’ll now be ordering a shed load!

Out of curiousity, what die number were the ones that suited your gun?
Cheers

 

[IainB]

Have to say I cant fault Wolfman when Ive done the same and to think when I started shooting I thought a pellet was... well, a pellet

 

[John79]

Nice to know wolfman will supply batch number's ,most rfd's look at you like youve got 2 heads if you ask

 

[Greylag80]

Out of curiousity, what die number were the ones that suited your gun?
Cheers

I’ll let you know once I’ve I bought a couple of sleeves!

 

[Teddy picker99]

I’ll let you know once I’ve I bought a couple of sleeves!

Dont worry, it wasnt so id buy any, id just tested a couple dies the other day myself, so i was curious if my findings were the same

 

[BallisticBill]

My orange pellets perfom much the same as my red ones. If I tried black, would the increased thermal radiation change the energy retention?

 

[Philthunder]

What a difference a die makes Dinah Washington sang that

 

[chopper_harris]

Can you quantify any obvious differences between the batches, was there a difference in weight ?

 

[John56]

What a difference a die makes Dinah Washington sang that

Was she Welsh?

 

[Philthunder]

No just experementing

 

[pogue]

i'm almost out of 5.52 exacts die 75 so went gunshop and they'd had new stock, die 32.
tried a tin and they were fine, so went back to stock up. i noticed that these die 32's shot a bit tighter than 75's at 25yds, so be interesting to see what they do further out.
had a tin of die 19 .177 exacts a few years ago that opened up after 30yds.

 

[chouchin66]

Quite a while ago I stocked up on JSB Heavies for my .177 Krait. It’s not a particularly pellet-fussy rifle, but once you start stretching the distance a bit, pellet choice definitely starts to matter.

The tins I bought came in two different dyes. Having finally used up the first batch, I moved onto the second and quickly realised they weren’t nearly as capable at longer ranges.

So I dropped an email to the very helpful team at The Wolfman, and they kindly sorted me out with the different batch numbers they had in stock.

A couple of the batches yealded very similar to the recent batch I had, perfectly usable, but nowhere near as consistent at distance. But one batch… absolute laser beams, even out to 60 yards.

Needless to say, I’ll now be ordering a shed load!

Maybe, if you have the capacity, turn up ( or down) the " volume" a taste.... A mere 1/2 grain of powder can make a marked difference...

 

[colinb]

Please correct the typo in the title.