Some centrefire rifle shooters enjoy making their own ammunition, which is known as reloading. Airgun ammo can be optimised, too, through a combination of washing, lubing, head sizing and weighing. Most pellet manufacturers do an incredible job of producing high-quality ammunition made to very tight tolerances, and they manage to deliver all this at an incredibly low price — roughly 2p per pellet in. Because of this, many shooters are happy to use their pellets straight out of the tin, often getting some superb results.
Cycling fans will probably have heard of Team Sky manager Sir Dave Brailsford, who has an eye for identifying areas where minor gains can be made. These small improvements seemingly offer little advantage in themselves, but can deliver a much greater benefit when used in conjunction with one another.
Will this change your downrange accuracy results for the better? Make up a warm, soapy solution in your container and gently pour in a whole tin of pellets. Swirl the pellets around and agitate them enough to loosen up any of the dreaded swarf or release agents that may have been used in the pellet manufacturing process.
Rinse the ammo in the sieve under warm running water. A hairdryer will do the job but this will take quite a long time. A heat gun is my preferred option, but I take care to keep mine on the lowest heat setting, which is still hotter than the hairdryer. Excess water can be soaked up by a towel placed underneath, which also protects your work surface from the heat. If you shoot these pellets now will you see any noticeably different results from those shot straight from the tin? I doubt it.
The pellets should now be clear of filings and debris. Air rifle pellet lube will boost performance. After washing your airgun pellets as described above you should lubricate them to stop them oxidising unless you plan to use them immediately. We have all had annoying fliers in airgun groups.
Pellet types are extremely varied but all can benefit from a little tweak to improve accuracy. Use the same method as for washing the airgun pellets but this time add a small amount of lubricant.
There are many pellet lubricants on the market. I use two types: Napier and Daystate. The Napier comes as a liquid and a spray while the Daystate is spray only. Two drops of lubricant is all you need but because a. Napier also suggests adding a few drops to a tin of pellets and agitating them.
I tested some differing styles of. This is very easy and takes little time. You just need a cheap pair of scales, either digital or balance beam as used for reloading cartridges.
In shot grouping tests, the. If you're going to shoot SMK spitfires the yes get the bleach, jet washer and wire brush out Paddler , May 13, Not sure how true that is, but they do appear to hit what they are aimed at.
That said, each gun is different when it comes to pellets so try many brands and find the one that it likes. One thing is for sure, you WILL get better performance from using the correct pellet than you will by using a pellet that the gun does not like - even if you hand wash it first.
I only commented on cleaning, I see you asked about lubing too. It's actually a wax, I use a large. Never drop lube onto a tin of pellets as it'll sit in the skirts Paddler , May 14, I see you are using a gas ram not pcp Don't bother lubing at all. PhatMan , May 15, I don't bother cleaning and lubing, but if I did Then leave them to dry. As the solvent evaporates it'll leave an even coating of oil on every pellet. No risk of damaging the pellets, no corrosive water left on the pellets and an equal amount of oil on every one.
At work I have access to ether and meths and a few different dissolvable wax lubricants. I did give this a lot of thought previously but never got around to bothering as my hw97 does 5p groups at 50yds straight from the tin. Last edited: May 15, Brett80 , May 15, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Try it and see Jagdwaffen , Nov 20, Messages: 18, Likes Received: 27, Location: worthing.
I've just done a comprehensive pellet test with my compatto at 25yrds I tested a total of eight different pellets. The top three were 1: AA diablo hunter 2: range master sovereign 3: range master kaiser. For the next step I plan to test at a greater range 50yrds and after that I will then carry out some testing with the pellets cleaned and lubed.
I'll do a thread on the whole thing one day. Just waiting for some more windless days. Pellet-power , Nov 21, A few years back I mentioned to someone that I put a squirt of Fairy Liquid in the bucket when washing windows. He suggested changing to car windscreen wash concentrate as the salt in Fairy Liquid doesn't do the metalwork ie handles and hinges etc any good.
Apparently windscreen wash does not contain salt. I guess it makes sense if you think of dishwashers sometimes requiring salt. Anyhow, I mention this as I wouldn't want any salt residue going down a barrel of mine and I remain unconvinced that all cleaning fluid would be removed from pellet recesses. I also doubt that a "squirt of pellet lube" can coat the bearing surfaces of all the pellets without just settling into those same recesses and doing nothing.
Worse still if some do get coated and some don't there is a good chance of inconsistency in performance Dag , Nov 21, Paddler , Nov 21, Messages: 18, Likes Received: 26, Location: bideford devon.
Back in the day my chosen pellet was Bisley superfield both in. They normally contained a fair amount of swarf and lead dust in the tin. I did wash these but never lubed.
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