Air Arms .22 pellets

[Alrauder]

Day before yesterday I bought some .22 cal Air Arms Diabolo Field's for the P-rod. I was in a hurry when I bought them, as I actually went into the shop for something else but since I saw them there I thought they would have to be worth a go. I seemed to recall somebody recently giving the thumbs up to this combination, pellet vs gun, but I swear he said the pellets were 18+ grains. The tins I bought had 1.037 grams on them and not doing my mathematics at the time. I thought "ahh that will be them". Now I see that works out at 16 gr. The pellets look well made but I wish I had have slown down at the time and worked it out in my mind first, as I did want 18 grainers... Not all is lost though... I grabbed them and ran (oh, I did pay for them) and looking at the price I was a little horrified that they were so expensive. "Oh well, if you want good stuff you gotta pay for them", I thought.. Looking at them and their price after I got home I sort of began to smart, thinking "that IS quite expensive"... Then I noticed the labelling on the tin - 500 pcs... Now I am a little happier, as all the other .22's I have bought are in either 200 or 250 lots...

Can anybody give me an appraisal on the pellets...

[breakfastchef]

I can't speak for the .22, but the .177 version is very accurate in most all of my Crosman pistols.

[grumpy]

I just picked up a tin of the 16 gr. Looking forward to trying them in several guns.

Dave

[JEBert]

Unless you are thinking of returning them, your gun will give you the best evaluation of the pellets.
Cheers,
Jerry

[Alrauder]

Thanks guys...

At the very least I thought being Air Arms they "should" be worth keeping and yes JEBert, good thinking, that is the consummate answer... At first I was thinking that the P-rod appears to like pellets a little on the heavier side and most of what I've read seemed to suggest that about 18gr is a good starting point and certainly you wont go wrong with Baracudas but they are 21 gr and that might slow things down just a bit, so you're right,, you're all right, I'll simply try them out...