Question

[Curly45]

Keep seeing that a 1322 is easier to load.  WHY

[farrlarr]

Easier than what?

[mudduck48]

The pellet is bigger.

[CraigH]

The pellet is bigger.

Yes, and that's why I prefer .22 - I think I need to move to .25!   

[trebor44]

Having both the 1377 and the 1322 I will vouch for the larger pellet being easier to load.  The 1322 has a red dot and is a piece of cake to load.  The 1377 is a tad more difficult since I switched from a red dot to a scope, but it was still more difficult to load vs the 1322.  I orient the pellet and then sort of roll it into the probe channel ahead of the probe and slide the probe forward to 'carry' the pellet into the chamber.  Dropping the pellet into the chamber and inserting the probe resulted in a few mangled pellets.  For me, my method works the best.  Also the smaller pellet is more prone to catching on the set screw for the steel breech.  So when I get some spare time I will do the wax fill to the set screw hole.  If I was not concerned about shooting at distance and cost of pellets I would just go with the 1322.  It works for me and my shooting.

[DHunter]

The 1377 is a tad more difficult since I switched from a red dot to a scope, but it was still more difficult to load vs the 1322.  I orient the pellet and then sort of roll it into the probe channel ahead of the probe and slide the probe forward to 'carry' the pellet into the chamber.

Same here.  I got the high-ish (not the highest) profile scope rings, since the original scope and mount I got left no room for fingers to put the pellet in.  I do the same, rolling the pellet into place.

[Curly45]

Thanks for the reply's thought it might just be my fat thumbs

[T191032]

Curly45

Tilt the pistol down 45-degrees - let gravity be your friend - and drop that darn .177 pellet into the chamber! Same principal as loading a revolver. 

[jebhoge]

Thanks for the reply's thought it might just be my fat thumbs

I will say, some pellets load more easily than others. JSB Exact RS tip down all the time on the transfer port on my carbine but JSB Exact Heavy didn't do that at all. Grouped a lot better, too.

[BillK]

Agreed... The JSB 7.33gr & 8.44gr are so small & fiddle they are hard to load any way.  I only use them in a gun with a mag/rotating pellet holder.  They are accurate, but just too much fiddley.
  The JSB Heavy 10.34gr are SO much easier to load in single shot guns.  They do slow down the FPS, but the accuracy and FPE ,to me, make up the difference.
The more I shoot the less FPS is a big deal.  Accuracy is what I'm now looking forward to achieving.  So, most all mods (LW barrels, steel breeches, sights, cleaning/crowning)  is where I'm heading,
Only problem is that I, as a shooter, am not as good as the barrels & mods.