Airgun Accuracy Test: Clean vs Dirty Pellets 

One thing I’ve learned is never use Rem oil for anything Airgun related. It is petroleum based. You won’t notice it right away but it does deteriorate all the O-rings that it comes in contact with over time. I use Ballistol to lube my pellets and the breach O-rings last a lot longer. Thanks for the great video.

By far, this is my favorite youtube channel. Great information for the airgun community. Thanks Will.

I done the same test, had the same result. Good video, thanks

Greetings from Dublin, in the Republic Of Ireland. It might interest you to know that many military shooters/snipers carefully select and clean their rounds before loading into a magazine or single-shot rifle. Also, during the First World War, some of the best fighter aeroplane 'aces' in the the British, French and German air services personally inspected, selected and cleaned each individual round before loading into the belt. They had ground crew/armourers to do this for them but many pilots took this upon themselves to be extra-certain there would be no 'jamming' or erratic trajectory because of faulty rounds. (That would be impractical now because even modern fighters that still use machine guns carry far too many rounds for the pilot to inspect each...) However, aside from the fact that close inspection would reveal a faulty round and careful cleaning would practically eliminate the possibility of 'jamming' there was another advantage to this'hands-on-DIY' approach. It was that it gave the pilot more confidence; it was one less thing he had to worry about! (His LIFE depended on his machine and its guns performing perfectly...) Air-gunners, in the main, don't really have that problem! (So far the varmints haven't learned to shoot back...) That Said, anything that connects, involves and educates the shooter with regard to their tools of choice can only make him/her a better and more confident shooter... xx SF

Nice experiment, I use the same pellets in .22 and I get consistently tight groups. It would be hard to justify the time and effort in cleaning this type of pellet for what is effectively no improvement, nonetheless without contributers like yourself people might not know this. Many thanks from Northern Ireland and a merry Christmas and happy New year to you. ATB... Billy 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Yup, i "cleave" the ends on a piece of copier paper. Just kind of smooth them around and get rid of that edge, or rim that will fall off very easily. I then reload poopy pellets like crow magnums and fill them with wet snap cap rolls, it is very detailed process to get really good exploders. If I buy "accurate" pellets i just smooth em like previously mentioned. But, exploding pellets really make for a more fun target day, or night. Pellet guns are still kind of novel compared to my "powder burners" but I have actual combat experience, and prefer for targets to stay down.

To me it look like the clean pellets were slightly closer to the center of the bullseye than the dirty pellets...thx for the informative video my friend !!

Once again great video, keep them coming they are very useful. Thanks!

You and one other RU-vidr debunked the lubed pellet theory. They don’t make it more accurate. Just keeps your barrel cleaner and less cleaning which in turn makes your rifle more accurate. If you clean your barrel regularly, unwashed pellets are fine. Thanks for the in-depth video.

Awesome Video. Here is my theory and always has been. Pellets have very little contact surface to the rifling for the "DIRT" to matter. I could see "DIRT" being more of a factor on say a cast bullet or slug because the contact surface to the rifling is much bigger than a pellets surface. Good video. Enjoyed it. Im subbed

Nice information Will. Good job!

The other factor could be that clean pellets will mean a cleaner bore with which to shoot out of. I came home today and used JB's bore paste and the fowling just kept coming out using maybe 20 patches. We just keep on trying to do better. Keep up the good work.

As I understand it. The main benefit of washing pellets is to reduce the amount of lead dust thats finds its way into the piston. The lead dust can wear out your piston seals pretty fast. Washing pellets makes your seals last longer. As far as accuracy goes, that may vary from gun to gun or pellets may be dirtier from lot to lot even from the same maker.

OUTSTANDING THANKS

The only pellets I wash and clean are the Crosman H.P.’s and the Ultra Magnum’s. But even then I have a flier in both ways. A/A or JSB for the utmost accuracy 30 yards and greater. But for great accuracy less than 30 yards the Crosman H.P.’s and Ultra Magnums work great at 1/3rd the cost.

Finally, someone dispelling the stupid myth.

Nice shooting! Nice rifle!

Good Info. To me it seems the clean pellets group was a tad tighter. But not much...great shooting !...I shoot a break barrel and get very good groups right out of the tin.

Might affect your barrel cleaning when it comes time, but it is a hell of a lot easier to clean a barrel than a tin of pellets! Good to experiment with things like that, though. Good idea to see if it affects accuracy.

If you're gonna clean em it's only 1 more step to weigh em. I even size them sometimes. Nice gun. Nice shooting. Peace.

I think You are to close to test for the power you are using my friend in the uk we shot 12flb and I shot 18gran jsb which you kown are very clean pellets Some of the other brands of pellets You can see if you empty a tim of h&n pellets you will more then likely see little bits of lead at the bottom of the tins Ones you clean they become fantastic pellets Good tip for you my friend if you get a tin of pellets that have decayed you know gone gray put them in write vinegar overnight You will be amazed stay safe my friend

If every 10 shots, the accuracy decreases and the barrel needs to be cleaned to recover, what is the situation and how should we handle it?Can you give me some guidance？thank you

Lube after cleaning ?, the problem is that the JSBs are already high-end pellets that are already very clean, it would be better to test with medium or low-end pellets which are dirtier

Well, you can't shoot 5 pellets and determine much of anything about clean vs. dirty. The idea of shooting clean pellets is to eliminate flyers. You have to take enough shots to justifiably say that you would normally have had some flyers. Try 40 shots per group and you should have some valid data. Nice shooting BTW.

I could live with ether one.

I clean mine now and then, cleaning them and using lube seems to help the accuracy a bit, not sure if it's worth the trouble, more testing needs to be done. I do know that it's time to clean the barrel when accuracy gets off. I have two guns from the same manufacturer, one doesn't seem to care at all if the barrel is dirty or not, it's still a laser, the other needs cleaned every now and then, but I soot a lot more through that gun. Cleaning pellets seems to keep it shooting longer before cleaning again.

Darn! That is a $1,400 air rifle. Well, I think it's the rifle that is good.

ik ik its a old video but i gotta say first nice video no questions ... but its a question overtime ... after 100 shot you want the barrel clean or more dirty (of course a dirty barrel aim bad) after 200 shot you want the barrel still clean or really dirty ... im not sure if I'm clear but i can add this i own a fx impact and after cleaning the pellets i use dry silicone spray so it seal the lead dust and seal them from corrosion yet leave no residue after 500 shots (full can) i had visually nothing dirty in my barrel cheers mate!

I think the benefits of using clean air gun pellets is when you clean your Barrel thoroughly your barrel will stay clean longer. What is the deal with that rag under your Barrel?

I use 91% Isopropyl Alcohol, Stuff's cheap, works great & dries very quickly! Peace.

I think your first group could have actually been a little tighter. It looks like your point of aim moved down just a little as the top of the bullseye got chewed up. Perhaps doing the test where you aim at the bullseye but the pellets strike deliberately off the point of aim.

only reason id clean is to prevent my barrel from getting fowled up sooner than it needs too, ill clean the excess lead of them and lightly lube aids so you dont have to clean after every can.

Nice shooting! That's a quiet gun. What moderator is that? Custom? You made it?

I’m a new sub , Your doing a nice job no bull sh-t thanks.

That is pretty good for 45 yards.

Nice shooting buddy ,like your channel iam subbed 👍

Are those China tanks worth getting? Can you still get it filled in the states if it's only CE certified? Since those tanks from China aren't DOT certified. Thnx

I was watching this video looking for a solution as to why my PCP airgun (new) is shooting low and to the right. I was thinking it was possibly dirty pellets. Thanks to your video I am going to move on to changing my pellet choice. I have also found out that some pellets come in a slightly larger diameter. I have a Beeman chief 2 synthetic 3000psi. Any thoughts you can provide would be appreciated. I know the Crossman 14.3 hollow points are not working. They are supposed to be a stable pellet, but I can't hit the broad side of a barn with them.

will Romans airgun world....i have a winchester 45 cal, i just ordered the 170 & 180 grain slugs, my plain is to use vinegar to clean them and wd 40 to lube them...what do you think ????

I was thinking cleaning pellets should clean out the barrel

Clean pellets or clean barrel (PICK)one

the barrel is a cz? or lothar? how many rows does your rod 10 or 12 have? compliments

U proved nothing. You should have shot the clean pellet group first, then the dirty group. Also, start with a clean barrel. Shooting the dirty group first just dirtied the barrel and the clean pellet group mise as well have been dirty. Even then, the "clean" group looked slightly smaller. So there u go. U cant put dirt through first then call the clean "clean" anymore.

Congratulazioni 🍾🎉 a quanti metri?

This is just silly. Don't you know that lead is soft enough to write with? Did you know that pre 1500 AD pencils were made of real lead? You can clean them forever, and they'll still mark. The only thing you're measuring is the effect of your lubricant, and statistically, that was a bust too.

Hot hot water, not cold hot water.

VERY SLIGHT but DEFINITE difference (perhaps a millimeter...) not much of a difference to matter at shorter ranges, but on longer ranges? like 50 meters? I think that might be interesting. on short ranges? man... I would say the results are.... as mythbusters would say, Plausible.

a stable rest would have been more scientific. you move alot when your shooting and leaving human error in the equation

Way too much work for the little it helped.

CZ barrels are cold hammer forged (as are BSA barrels) unlike Lothar Walther which are not. It would be a good test to weigh out and sort a tin of cleaned pellets (as many target shooters do) and then test those against the none cleaned and none weighed pellets. That would also be very interesting to see. Love your in depth videos by the way. 👍

Good video , but dirt needs to build up in the barrel for the pellets to start swirling ! Although this can show up easily in some barrels.

Thanks for your time, Listen to SG He’s the Man !!!!

Interesting to see the POI change.