.177cal Pellet Preferences

[Supercharged86]

Hey Rob, Love the blog. If you'd like to add a devasting pellet to your selection, give the Eunjin 16.1 a try. Over 29 fpe at the muzzle. The only downside to them, only 220 per tin. Cheers. Steve

[Ballistix]

I've had my Marauder a couple of weeks now and have shot several brands of pellets. The only ones I have not yet tried are are the crosman premiers, but will as soon as they arrive. So far I have tried these:
- Kodiak extra heavies - Excellent performance. I have shot groups of 5 through the same hole at 20 and 30 yards.
- JSB Exacts (heavy)- Good, but not as good as the Kodiaks.
- Benjamin Discovery 10.5 gr - Good, about the same as the JSBs.
- RWS Super H Points - OK, but not up to any of the above.
- Meisiterkugeln Match - These suck and fly all over the place. Probably too light for the factory tune of this gun.

I have twice ordered Premier heavies only to have the wrong pellets shipped. There's a conspiracy to keep them out of my gun.

[Lammy1000]

I am still testing this .177, however accuracy contest at 25 yards is between the Kodiak Heavy Match and the Crosman Premiers, both light and heavy. Tried rws superdomes. jsb heavies, h&n barracuda match, and h&n rifle match (offhand at 10 meters work great) My tuning is pretty mild...looking for accuracy: 1.5 turns in hammer spring, 6.5 turns in stroke and 2 turns out metering valve.

[Supercharged86]

Hey Lammy, Give the EunJin's a try, I think you'll like them, they definitely shoot the best for me. Cheers. Steve

[Lammy1000]

After firing several rounds it is likely that the settings have changed. Not a big deal, just make sure the hammer stroke hasn't backed out full ccw...this would lead to significant ineffieciency.

[Supercharged86]

Hey Guys, Thought I put together a comparison of overall head size of the pellets I currently have on hand. It's been discussed many times how head size along with some other factors can effect the overall accuracy. Sample size of 25.

Beeman Kodiak Extra Heavy ------11.65 gr------.1765-.1770
Beeman Silver Arrows -------------10.65 gr------.1765-.1775
Benjamin Discovery Hollow Pnt -- 10.50 gr------.1785-.1790

Crosman Premier Hollow Point ----07.90 gr------.1765-.1775
Crosman Premier SuperMatch -----07.90 gr------.1765-.1770
Crosman Premier SuperPoint ------07.90 gr------.1780-.1785
Crosman Premier Ultra Mag ---- 10.50 gr------.1780-.1785

EunJin -----------------------------16.10 gr------.1780-.1785

H&N Barracuda Hunter -------------10.34 gr------.1780-.1785
H&N Barracuda Match --------------10.65 gr------.1770-.1775
H&N Rabbit Magnum II -------------15.74 gr------.1755-.1790

JSB Diabolo Extra -------------------08.40 gr------.1750-.1755
JSB Diabolo Extra Heavy -----------10.20 gr------.1750-.1755

RWS Super H-Point -----------------06.90 gr------.1755-.1765

Just got the Benjamin Discovery Hollow Points in, can't wait to see how they group. Cheers. Steve

[Lammy1000]

Thanks for this info. People will be analyzing this data to further their understanding of what makes their rifle accurate.

[MartyinMich]

I can only say, from my limited benchrest testing at 10 yards, that Beeman Kodiacs shoot a little bit better than the 10.5gr Crosman Premier domes. Hope to test a couple more pellets today at 25 yards, but it'll depend on weather, and whether I can get a lane with a bench.

What are your experiences with pellet accuracy from your .177 Marauder?

Ditto! Baracuda Match pellets shoot a bit better than CPH's.