by USMCShooter on Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:43 am
Wow Roger,
You must have gotten a good box....I tried them and it was hit and miss....but you are right, if one of them is .217, they all will be....I sent 3 of 5 boxes back to Pyramid when I was trying them....they are more consistent than the tins....I just wish they'd drop the price back down on them....
A few years ago when the lead prices went through the roof, they almost doubled in price....well, the lead prices are back down to nearly what they were before.....and it was only for about 6 months that the lead was so expensive.....but there has been no subsequent rollback in prices on the pellets....unfortunately.
The best, most reliable bet in pellets I've found yet, consistency-wise, are the JSB exact 15.9gr....usually i'll buy 8 tins at a time, and if they're true 5.52 head diameters, then they usually all are....that normally lasts me about 6 months worth of plinking.....I use predators exlusively for hunting in .22.....I'll shoot them to test or re-test a gun, but at their price, plinking is a bit expensive...lol.
Ironically enough though, the 16gr preds shoot about 1/2 inch higher at 35yds than the 15.9gr JSB's....at 25yds they're nearly identical....so close enough for plinking purposes for me....just the aerodynamics of the pellet I guess.
s/f
Jamie