Secret to Airgun Accuracy = Pellet Sorting 

You can buy selected ammo like that. 100 pellets cost 10 times the price.

No doubt

1 grain = 0.0648 oz = 6.48 /100 - 0.00014 pounds = 1.429 /10,000 - old rule of thumb in metalworking - for every decimal place (10) more accuracy you want increase price by the same 10 - +/- 0.01 vs 0.001 or 0.0001 - I worked in the +/- 0.0005 range. Consider a .7 / .8 grain (high low) difference (.15) in a 18.13 nominal pellet when shooting with the wind coming from the side at distances of 150 feet

That sounds anal..just buy a bunch of ammo from the gun shop..youll be shooting all day at the range while they're home counting grains of powder

Great point!

As a guy who enjoys long range shooting this is absolutely correct. Case weight, case dimensions, bullet dimensions, bullet weight, neck tension, bullet setback, powder charge, powder lot number, primer selection, and primer lot number. Then we account for wind, spin drift, temperature, humidity, altitude, and shot angle. The tighter your tolerances the smaller your groups.

@@nicholasemricson1427 I used to do BPCR silhouette, off hand, @100, 200, 300 and 400 yds, not shooting for an X exactly, getting a hit was hard enough 😁. Same reloading principles applied though. I had to give it up, got a muscle problem in the rotator cuff and I could hold the gun up and keep it steady and I don't like bench resting, just not the same sense of accomplishment, for me it was like playing18 hole golf then having to play the putt putt. Still keep my hand in with some air rifles and pistols, I use springers so that's a challenge right there, guess I'm some kind of masochistic shooter who can't live without recoil. 😁

How did I manage to do this stuff before RU-vid?

How about buying a tin that’s already sorted?

@@jamesmitchell2241 well they all are at the factory, but it is not done that well, in general you have no problem getting 3- 4 groups of weight / head size out of a tin.

@@peashooter950 Got it!! Thanks

It's expensive everywhere , same here in the EU .

@@rohypnotist6263 the airgun community seems to be bigger and stuff easier to find but I got to admit the price is sometimes (lets not say often) worst in europe/uk 😅

@@LowkeyAirgunner I live in Belgium and air gunning isn't that big here yet .Many people own break barrels for pest control but you don't see many air gunners at the range .I started 3 months ago because ammo was getting too expensive for my wallet and I wanted to keep shooting .Got rid of some burners and bought an FX Impact in 5.5mm . I love it .Have a good one

Lol the squash is the issue

The pellet gauge is meant to measure head size , i have a sizer for skirts also that i also use.

Quality control is done for general use pellets, casual shooting, plinking etc. and for the most part they suit the purpose. Pellets are churned out in hundreds of thousands on swaging machines that compress lead to the required shape, size and weight and like any mass producing process there will be variances, not big ones, but variances none the less. To get some perspective, an 8 grain pellet weighs 0.51grams, an 8.20 weighs 0.53grams an 8.4 grain 0.54grams, a difference measured in 0.02 and 0.03 grams or about the weight of a grain of rice. Those are pretty minimal differences. Is your air rifle of a quality that can tell the difference as in, does it have something like a Lothar Walther match barrel? Do you target shoot where putting one shot on top of the other is necessary to win? If so then there are the appropriate air guns to do the job but be prepared to dig in your wallet not just for the equipment but the pellets too. Pre sorted and sized pellets are available but cost over three times the price of your off the shelf tins, and why are they more expensive? Because someone else at the factory has done all the legwork for you and hand sorted, weighed, measured and packaged them, takes time and time is money. So when you talk "quality control", it is there as the differences in weight are in fact very minimal. All the competition powder burner shooters I know make their own bullets and reloads as they don't trust the consistency of factory ammo where .05 grains of powder may make the difference between a 10 and a 10X ..... Do I want to pay three times the price for a tin of pellets just for some casual shooting which for the most part applies to the majority of air gunners? No I do not, quite satisfied thank you with what comes in the can, just have to find what brand and weight of pellet my air gun prefers and if I feel the need, do some sorting for HFT just to be able to say it's not the pellet, it's me that sucks....😁

Save up for a PCP Air rifle. Your accuracy will pale in comparison to a break barrel. And you don't necessarily have to go out and buy an FX Impact that runs over $2,000, But you can get stellar accuracy with something that's a fraction of the cost (i.e.) (Benjamin Marauder, Umarex Gauntlet 2, Hatsan Carnivore, AEA, AirForce, JTS)

@@OregonAirgunner Thanks Jacob. I will look into these brands. I'm not a big fan of all the extra Air equipment needed to support a PCP. This is a great sport however so will get to PCP someday.

@@vikingwind25 I went with a 4 stage Pump, I bought a high-end one costing me around $200. But the technology is so prevalent now that you can find a decent one for close to $50 and your all set to go on filling up your PCP air rifle.

Have you had any issues with your gamo maxxim I'm looking into getting one but haven't had any good reviews on it how much would you say you've used it and are there any accuracy issues after a period of time? Thanks if you reply

@@amazingjoe3635 I have put about 1000 round through it so far and no accuracy issues. The first few rounds of the day fr some reason fall low-left by 1 at 25 yrds. Comes in after that to about 3/4" groups. It depends on what you are using this for. the Maxxim is about 15 FPE of energy. not the best varment gun. The Whisper (about 24 FPE) would offer more power. Target shooting works well however. The Hawke scope is great and I use the Gamo solid scope mount. The Maxxim is easy to cock and won't waste your arm after a day of shooting. the 10 round Mag is also nice. Good luck.

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definitly wash _before_ weighing and sorting. gets rid of the crud left over from the manufacturing process that can skew the wieght of the pels

@@danhouse7565 Thank you. As occupational therapy I will test that to see if it makes any significant differences. Maybe I'll also try a pellet pusher. I only buy Jsb, H&N Fx, Air arm pellets and most of the time I can't see much deformed. Besides, I'm someone who never shoots from a table. Don't see the fun of shooting hole after hole.

If you do it manual,,,,,, then big YES. If someone could automate it, and the machine not costing a bunch, i think i would get such a thing and have it running on my kitchen table sorting all my pellets.