Skot - Whats Your Size Mate?

[Rez 4,961]

Skot or any other members. What size are the JSB's your putting through your 97 mate? .52 or .53

Im using H&N Trophies at the moment and find them to be OK really. Really OK as it happens. Groups really well. Last night I was out on a perm and took a rabbit at about 31 yards or so. Anyway, after the skinning etc, I found the pellet lodged just behind the spine in the neck. Having a closer look, I saw that the grooves on the pellet from the rifling of the barrel weren't actually that deep.

This got me thinking, even though paper groups are tight, could they be tighter. My 98 is blistering accurate with trophies and crosman FT's. Trophies being perfect fit, FT's being proper tight.

It seems my trophies are being held 'lightly' by the barrel in the 97 and so wondered what your size was? of pellet

I have a tin of .52 at home for my SE, Im at work, so cant try them now, but cant stop thinking about shooting so thought Id post.

[Rez 4,961]

As an edit, just noticed my own trophies are .53 so they'll be tighter anyway.

[barrywhite 282]

I would think pellet size would be barrel specific not gun make specific .when making something like a barrel the tools wear out so the size will change if a drill drills a hole on monday and is drilling all week ,the hole it drills on friday night will be a little different .say then monday you start with a new drill but that may be a different size again .the difference is very small .01 of a mm .

[Rez 4,961]

I've no idea what your on about barry

Edited July 23, 2014 by Rez

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

I use 5.52 jsb in my 97 and 100 both pellet on pellet litteraly at 28 yards. My old 97 loved h&n ftt at 5.53 aswel.