Soft Pellets?

chouchin66 said:
Soft is a matter of degrees, JSB are really soft & start their journey at lower pressures, H&N have a high ( er) antimony content & are hard( er) & take a bit more chamber pressure to get underway.
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On the subject of antimony, it's a nasty poison, similar effects to arsenic.
 
rabbitwrecker said:
p.s. Crosman are a pretty hard mix too, if memory serves...
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I'd definitely say the older Crosman pellets are a harder alloy.
Mad Andy said:
Thanks all for your replies. A few more things to ponder on.

To clarify, I'm searching for the most accurate cheaper pellet, rather than a soft alloy for increased expansion or deformation.
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Bisley LRG often get a mention for being good pellets, bit cheaper than most
 
All you can really do is get samples and try them out.
I've got a load of different pellets to try, but my gun shoots so well with jsb heavies that the others are just sat in the gun box waiting for me to be bored.
 
H&N Barracuda Field / Lights often shoot well in JSB liking rifles, cheaper - not soft though (though Barracuda FT is more lead, while light is lead alloy - look on H&N's own website), but will be less efficient usually if that's of importance (probably not in 177, as long as it's high 10's)
 
My go to pellet in .177 for ratting are H&N Hunter Extreme, a light heavy weight providing power from my barrel at upper 11's dead accurate to 35m they fly reasonably fast and do an amazing amount of damage to a rats head.
My barrel isn't pellet fussy with only having found a couple of pellets that it doesn't like JSB Hades, BSA Goldstars, virtually any pellet available will do the job if you do your bit.
I have used loads of different pellets over the years with good success, don't dismiss wadcutters for ratting, ones i have used Bisley Practice, RWS Hobby etc. in fact any pellet that is accurate through your barrel at the range you shoot rats at will do the job providing you do your bit.
I suggest you try some samples of what you like, find one or hopefully lots that group well at the ranges you shoot at and use those, you can always try others too, a bit of pellet testing is in order i think mate.
No other way really than to test lots and find the ones that suit your barrel as others have also said, good luck with your testing, here is a little list of pellets that are good in my barrel and do the job on the rats.

H&N
Hunter Extreme (my go to pellet)
Terminators
FTT
Match

BISLEY
Magnum
Pratice
LRG

JSB
Exact
Exact Heavy
Exact Express
Exact RS (if loaded single, not in mags)
Predator Polymag Shorts
Match Flat Head

AIR ARMS
AADF
AADF Heavy
AADF Express
AA Match Flat Head

RWS
Superdome
Superfield
Hobby

RIFLE Premium Series Domes
RIFLE Premium Series Flat Head

DAYSTATE
FT Heavy
FT
Rangemaster Sovereign
Kaiser

FX Airgun Pellets
8.44gr
10.3gr

SMK Spitfire old type (after a clean and degrease)
SMK Spitfire new type after a clean and degrease)

WEBLEY VMX Pell
WEBLEY Accu Pell

QYS
Domed
Streamlined

SNOWPEAK Domed (after a clean and degrease)

ELEY Wasp
New Wasp

And probably some others that i have forgotten to mention.

H&N Excite Econ ll, Geco, Norma, BSA Silverstars and a few others still to try, always more to try as you never know what are good unless you do.
 
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