Predator Polymag Pellets.

[villaman 9,980]

17 mm spread at what range ? only because the other night at 60 yards i put 7 AA Express pellets with in a 15 mm spread ,witnessed by a member on here

[philpot 4,929]

As it says 25mts which is why I am not bothering with them.

 

15mm at 60yds, well you are just too good at this Mitch.

 

Phil

[David.evans 5,323]

That's bo$$ocks Mitch , take of one of the m's off, that would be more like your grouping at 60 yards

I know this because Mark told me , lol

Atb mate

Dave

[David.evans 5,323]

And I suppose the other member owns , a Labrador, and a white stick

[villaman 9,980]

And I suppose the other member owns , a Labrador, and a white stick

No thats me mate

[Jonjon79 13,342]

Final update folks.......

 

I shot this group at 58yrds this morning. Again, indoors, prone, off a bipod.

 

Obviously I'm not worried about the drop at that range, that what my reticle is for. However, the grouping is shite.

 

......Well, that's another tin destined for the forgotten corner at the bottom of the box.

[Jonjon79 13,342]

Just for comparison, this is 14 quick shots, also at 58yrds, with JSB Heavies.

 

At that range, it needed a 2 mildot hold over.

[philpot 4,929]

A little more healthy methinks

 

Phil

[charlie caller 3,654]

All very interesting indeed, they would be fine for me at the 40yard mark, as I have a self imposed 40 yard limit with an air rifle, I did try them a while ago in a .22 850 air magnum I converted to hpa, they were accurate in that and I shot a couple of squirrels, that just dropped stone dead from the tree tops, so they certainly work, I would encourage you to try some H&N Baraccuda hunter extreme, the ones with the wierd Phillips screw cross in the front, they were incredibly accurate, and deadly in my old .177 hw 77, there is a vid on youtube with a guy trying them against rabbit skulls, in a hw 100, he seems rather impressed give them a try.

[Jonjon79 13,342]

All very interesting indeed, they would be fine for me at the 40yard mark, as I have a self imposed 40 yard limit with an air rifle, I did try them a while ago in a .22 850 air magnum I converted to hpa, they were accurate in that and I shot a couple of squirrels, that just dropped stone dead from the tree tops, so they certainly work, I would encourage you to try some H&N Baraccuda hunter extreme, the ones with the wierd Phillips screw cross in the front, they were incredibly accurate, and deadly in my old .177 hw 77, there is a vid on youtube with a guy trying them against rabbit skulls, in a hw 100, he seems rather impressed give them a try.

Cheers Charlie.

 

Alrhough the Polymags were accurate for me up to 40yrds, I have pretty much written them off now because they won't hold their accuracy further out.

I never take hunting shots at silly distances but, I do like the reassurance that a pellet will stay accurate past where I need it to be. I know that may sound daft.

 

Good shout on the Baracuda Hunter Extreme.

I tested these a while ago in .177, .22 & .25 - all sub 12.

For me, the .177 did well to 50yrds and had good stopping power at around 35yrd.

The .22 (in a Tx) and the .25 (in a Matardor) were both good between 35 & 40yrds. They came apart a bit after that so, I never used them on live quarry.

 

I do firmly believe that you just can't beat a decent lead round nose diablo. It won't stop me buggering about and testing though

Edited May 6, 2016 by Jonjon79

[charlie caller 3,654]

Oh I agree mate, its half the fun, plinking and testing different stuff, never tried the hunter extreme in .22 but in my old 77 they were bloody lethal out to 40 yards, shame none of my past few rifles liked em, but going to give them a go in my newly aquired .177 tx 200 hc, see if it will shoot them.