Airgun Ammunition: Pellet & Projectile Types | Air Armoury 

22:04 notice how that bird shut up when he raised that airgun lmao.

I have never seen a more beautiful demonstration.

I have shot jsb exact 15.89grain .22, 5.51waisted diabolo for ten years through my Weihrauch 100 T. They have been reliable and accurate for all those years. Until recently when I started getting a high percentage of flyers. I had the rifle serviced at Hull Cartridge where the gun came from. I then had the gun serviced by an independent gun smith to see if the problem was in the rifle. The gun was passed safe and accurate to use. So then I looked at the jsb,s. And what I found was the pellets when weighed ranged into three distinct weight ranges. Heavy 16.5g medium 15.86g and light 15.00g all from the same tin using calibrated scales.Also jsb has changed the design of the skirt depth from an average of 2.367mm original to 3.471mm latest. An average difference of 1.107mm. In a deeper skirt length. With a pellet height of a constant 7.56 that makes a percentage difference of 6.829. That can have a major ballistic effect on a pellet of 7.56mm. The batch number on the tin is 40560018.

Just love the education I have received from you Sir. Look forward to start collecting these pellets. Thanks vf

Just bought my first Air Rifle today and I'm excited to watch many more of your videos, thanks for the great info!

I used to use Prometheus and the Sussex Sabo in my old Airsporter Prometheus was meant to be high velocity and cause larger wound channels as it tumbled . It also made great sparks if it hit concrete say if you missed the target

This video is legit! I enjoy trying all kinds of pellets and the variety is a bonus to the hobby!

Pretty neat target set-up. Cool seeing someone else using same loads I use regularly too, especially the Crossman pointed H-points. I thought I was the only one who'd picked up on these. Thank you very much for the insights and keep up the good times.

Love the camera in back of target. And again the lead balls shot straight and true. Love Lead balls.

Interesting and valuable information, thanks

Well done very diligent .It took a lot of time to do this a great effort. congratulations on a good product.

Great insights and info!

Food for thought, I shall try and remember what you have shared with us. Many thanks

Loved the wasp pellet as a kid I guess those diabolo are a modern equivalent. The Bisley was the regulation pellets for many of the competition shoots. Those hollow slugs were the typical fairground pellets. Oh the good old days when a range was common place at a fair.

Outstanding, thanks for sharing the knowledge.

Thank you for the great information. it always amazes me that alot of people think air weapons aren't that dangerous. nice collection of rifles! thanks again!

Good video buddy look forward to the next ,, Shane uk 🇬🇧🤗

Thanks for the side-by-side comparisons. I'm in the market for a first airgun, and this has at least in general fashion given me a better understanding of shapes and use cases.

outstanding presentation. Thank you.

Very educational. I learned some new things. Well presented. Thank you Sir.

Hello again from Canada, good stuff ..cheers

Being from on the " opposite side of the pond " in North Canada, I find your channel now and it is very informative indeed. Having the selection of " springers " you own, I am pleased that you have shared your channel. Thank you for sharing and please post more. Am now notified and subscribed .👍👍👍

Through my experiences, I found the Prometheus and similar types are best used for penetrating hard surfaces and high projectile velocities.

The best pellet I ever use is crossman hollow points good for hunting and targeting

My mate said your the go to guy ..cheers ladd ..Canada..

Back in the day I remember using those Prometheus in my Theoben. 22 Eliminator 30ft lb break barrel. Bad ass as the crack suggested that they were breaking the sound barrier even with standard theoben moderator. Theoben did not recommend these because of plastic residue left in the barrel.

I used to get these pellets that were hollow points with a copper BB seated in the nose. Those were awesome.

Good vid m8. I like to see the exit holes from the back, it gives you an idea how much damage it might do to a small rodent or rabbit 🐇👍🏻

That's a follow from me...just had a pre-owned hw80k ....so brushing up in any knowledge I can teach my 8 year old

Me who goes on eBay and just buys the cheapest ones that I can get not caring what shape they are: interesting

Great informative video thanks

Great vid.

Nice collection!

Thank you for your time and information,,, Enjoyed and learned,,, Excellent Sir,,

Hi JRH - very interesting - never heard of the sabotted pellets! Also the Predator Polymags you mention are quite accurate for a pointed pellet in many of my airguns - most other pointed pellets are like you mentioned not great for quality / accuracy. Thanks!

Good video thank you👌🏿

Thankyou for sharing.

Very interesting, thanks

Fun fact: hollow point pellets don't expand at all on lower powered air rifles. So for most people, it's not worth buying them.

Well I've thougherly enjoyed your video even though it was made quite a while ago now. Reading some of the comments just proves there are some stupid people about. I fully understood your using different rifles for the different types of pellets used etc. At least I understood it wasn't a comparison, but a demonstration of these pellets. I certainly wouldn't want to ruin a nice rifle either. I actually learned quite a lot as I didn't know about lead balls for a start. I actually used another brand I can't remember now but they were like the Prometheus, a Zink plastic skirted pellet. I used to have to use a brass brush pull through to clean the barrel after a good few went through to clean out the plastic but by God they were very accurate and powerful, they would easily penetrate the door of a steel clothes locker at 30 yds and put a huge dent in the back plate as well. That was using a PCP Daystate MK ll Huntsman. Happy days. I've watched quite a few of your videos now and have really enjoyed them all. 😉👍

Subs ! nice video mate

Nice video, good info, thanks for it. how far were you shooting the target board? 2 meters? the sound changed and i could't quite make out what yuo said

Sussex Arms Sabots, I recall those, bloody awful, little pen thing to load them in with

Nice to see results side-by-side, & compare on the same medium. A note about airgun darts, there are two styles; one has the "hair" tail, as shown here, which are meant for use in smoothbores. The other has a longer, fluted plastic tail, which are meant for rifled barrels. I shot the latter out of my Crosman 1377 pistol many times at a dartboard target, & with only two pumps, got excellent accuracy out to ten yards. However, they do impact far lower than standard projectiles, requiring major sight adjustment or hold-over.

Great video. Nice to see someone shooting all the kinds of pellets 😁

THx the the info - I've been trying to get my hand on some RWS Hyer Max (.221) everyone is out ot stock and I tried some plastic jacketed ammp that I was very disappointed in -

Airarms Suoerdome were always my go to

Should have showed image of pellets as you loaded. But great video!

Part two of my comment: I also have an air-gun Kocks from the barrel, the Cat 4.5mm by pushing it down, Harrington & Son Walton England. And a Pioneer barrel breakdown China, and American Classic #1377 and a Crosman 177 model #115. With Co2 cylinder i’ve been collecting for quite some time when I was younger I had a very extensive collection but some people broke into my storage shed and stole them along with my comic books well anyway I still collect BB guns / pellet guns .🕶

The copper ball tipped ones you can buy them in lead with a metal bb ontop, I use to use them, can’t remember who made them but you can see till find them, I use .22 diablo Hades (awesome pellet, great quality) now and Premiere Domed (super cheap and not well made but they work well with my gun)

Are prometheus still available. Had some when they first came out. Appalling accuracy but penetration was insane. They would actually go threw a car door skin and threw a tempered windscreen.

I used the feather ones but didn't know my barrel aren't smooth I hope I didn't do damage as they shot terribly. My feather rounds looks like cast aluminium so they should be softer that the steel.

Nice video 👍🖖

I have a Dianna smooth boar pistol what ammo would you recommend it has a brass barrel

The late John Darling used flat head pellets for hunting 👍

The pellets that you describe as "slugs" were originally known as "Singles" and were mostly used in smooth bore guns.

Thanks

I have 2 German rifles a Walther terrus an a Diana 34 both .22 for some reason they like the crossman hollow points better than the most expensive ones.....

What is the best all round pellet for a .22 hw80 please and I'm using Diablo 14. 5 grain at the mo??

i don't do shooting of any kind, (though i would if i was able) but still found this really interesting.

i have the gammo red tip and find they don't work very well in my gun, the tip separates from the lead skirt during flight making it essentially an off balanced hollow point that usually hits target sideways instead of tip first

You can get the armor piercing pellets in .22 (at least in the US)

almost posted about having black tip real ammo then saw the DARTS. Holy shit im finding a gun and those darts here in Murica Asap Gonna have the best dart board ever in the barn time to whip out the visa!

Use to see the slugs years ago at funfare when they had rifle shooting

Those zombie trackers are useless. The glowing tip is at the front so it flies away from you when you shoot it and you never see it. Pull out the glow tips and glue them in the back of the skirt of a diablo pellet. They're easier to charge with a uv torch when they're loaded and you can actually see them👍

Very nice bro

I've been experimenting with some of the new slugs that people are casting at home and selling on Ebay. I got some for my armada .25 that are elongated hollow points with a steel core. They literally shred apart on impact with hard surfaces. Very nasty when you think about hitting something live with it.

RWS Super Point are the best pellets I have used, really clean and consistent.

Good video, wpuld be interesting to see some custom ammo such as .22 lead bullet tips or alternatives such as silver or aluminum.

Nice👍

Seriously though, you did a good job. It was a little slow a few times, but you did hold my attention for 24:35. I would have shortened the description of similar projectiles (do a quick showing of them) and would have focused more on comparing the exit channels. Showing which one created the most damage, deepest penetration, most takedown power, etc. Maybe use a piece of meat for a more accurate measurement in the future.

Where can I find these suxxex pellets? Can't find them on ebay

Good 👍

920 FPS is about the speed at which the transonic pressure wave begins, this presure wave is problematic for diablo type pellets because of the aerodynamic character of diablos and should be considered maximum accurate speed for diablos. Slugs don't have this problem and are usually heavier than diablos, so much better at delivering energy at distance accurately (all other aspects being equal).

No incendiary rounds? I know they're mostly fabricated at home but I think a few companies manufacture them in small batches. Still fun though.

You did a good job but you should have shown the back side completely and slower on the camera to see the full effect of the damage done by each pellet.

Can you do a best grouping from your most accurate rifle and pellet please.

The cheaper SMK and the BSA meteor were noticeably quieter than the others

Can I buy darts for my 177 pump air rifle? I believe it’s probably smoothbore because it’s an inexpensive Daisy Crossman gun.

Thanks! Now that is a comparison I can more or less work on. I'm a tad surprised that you didn't use the Marksman brand in .177 as it's made in the UK. What is the muzzle velocity of your BSA? Respect from 🇿🇦 Just going on this video I subscribed. I wasn't disappointed

Good brevity makes sense

Maybe try the performance on a large block of soap. Should be interesting to see.

is it safe to shoot 2 pellets out of a airgun that has been dieseled.

Those automatic safeties are a PITA, aren't they?

Domed are the most accurate in my experience with different rifles

Nice,intro

Hey mike here great video.🍺🍺🇨🇦👍

No piledriver?

A quick question if you don't mind? Drozd Blackbird (Russian made bb machine gun) From what I understand it is available in both smoothbore and rifled barrel...but both barrels are designed to shoot steel bb's only. This is contrary to the wisdom of that the steel shot should not be used in rifled barrels. What is your opinion on that?

15:14 My fixed barrel .22 airgun is doing the same noise as yours whe you pull the lever, is it normal?

I make my own with a .20 cal and a bb glued into the back. You then fore them backwards. Those are fun

cool beans

I test expansion in frozen milk containers.

Hint, use a wind reducing fluffy thing on you camera 😅

just wao

Hello I have a Beaman 22 calibre just like your Remmington I also Use the pointed hunting pellet also the wad cutter For dopeing the scope when I change scoops a lot of your pallets I haven’t seen very interesting will look around for various types of pellets I also have a smooth bore pistol I shoot darts from across the room dartboard no one in between though, thank you for your video from Ramona California a new viewer of yours.🕶

People just think these pointy pellets with little red or orange tip pellets look nicer so they must be better but they couldn't be more wrong. The flat top pellets are significantly more accurate by a huge margin

Little rock throwers. LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I like Gamo Pro Magnum -pellets. They're a mix between a domed and tipped pellet. Accurate and high penetration Use them in my Gamo Quiet Cat 4.5mm.

6:31 = 😂 You made a full video on balls! Splendid! How many balls did you have to play with to obtain your desired results? Two many?