Air Rifle Pellet Database

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1. Miles Morris says:

   April 18, 2012 at 7:23 pm

   Just read through the recommended Beeman site on pellet ballistics and was very disappointed. There are numerous misconceptions on projectile flight and projectile reactions to launch disturbances. The claim that a pellet will go unstable due to launch yaw is one that particularly stands out as scientifically unsound.
   Pellet ballistics can be complicated but it is not impossible. The same rules and laws apply to pellets as to any other ballistic projectile. To say they do not is to mis-understand the fundamental laws of ballistics. There are profesional ballisticians who work in the theoretical and practical ballistics of projectile flight throughout the world who could work on pellet flight (though I know they are few and far between) but very few seem to be active at present.

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2. João Rodrigues says:

   April 8, 2012 at 9:47 pm

   Boa tarde, Qual o melhor chumbo para caça, tenho uma Sumatra 2500 500cc .22 e uma Bam B50 .22

   Obrigado
   João Rodrigues

   Salvador-Bahia-Brasil

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7. Emanuel says:

   November 4, 2011 at 12:39 am

   awesome pics and info and which beeman kodiak in .22 caliber produced a BC of 0.036 the copper plated ones or the lead ones?

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12. Petre says:

    August 24, 2011 at 8:44 am

    Thank You, Thank you !
    Good Job, Great work Thank you !

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13. Shoaib raza says:

    August 18, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    sir i want to saw pellets making die’s picture. can u saw me the picture of pellets making die? i shall be waiting for your answer.

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    • photosbykev says:

      August 18, 2011 at 10:19 pm

      Hi,

      I make up a block of steel with a set of holes in it drilled through with holes slightly under size for the pellets and then counter bored to a set depth from the other side. This allows me to load the pellet into the block to the same depth each time. I then use a clear epoxy resin poured into the holes to fill them and the back of the pellet skirts. When the epoxy hardened I can then mill the block in half and finish down to the centreline of the pellets on a centreless grinder.

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17. TonKuijt says:

    May 23, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    BTW, i have some Umarex flathead diabolo’s and Gamo flatheads, where can i send them to?

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18. TonKuijt says:

    May 23, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    [...]Zo dan, een nogal enthousiaste luchtschieter heeft een lijssie gemaakt…

    Hij heeft ballistische informatie verzameld van de meest gangbare pellets, en die gepubliceerd op zijn site. Ook staan er dingetjes bij als foto’s van de pellets, dwarsdoorsnedes etc. dus als je luchtfetishist bent een best leuke site…

    Check PhotosByKev’s site voor meer info [...]

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19. ferdrik ernh says:

    May 3, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    what “bc” has these pellets?

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    • photosbykev says:

      May 3, 2011 at 7:34 pm

      bc = ballistic coefficent

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20. Mick says:

    April 25, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Great work, keep it up.

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23. herb says:

    February 19, 2011 at 8:30 am

    “H&N Field Target 0.22″ would seem to be a
    “H&N Field Target Trophy” (there is a different 0.22 caliber
    pellet which is the “H&N Field Target”)

    “Nickerson 0.82gm 0.22″ would seem to be the
    “Nickerson Magnum Dome”

    Hope these small changes help. So many @#$%&^* similar names.

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24. herb says:

    February 19, 2011 at 4:53 am

    Also the pellet listed as “H&N Diabolo Sport 0.22″ is certainly not that. Assuming that it is an H&N pellet it would seem to be the “H&N Spitzkugeln”

    Another (I know anal correction) is that the “H&N Copper POint” would be more correctly listed as “H&N Coppa-Point.”

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25. herb says:

    February 19, 2011 at 4:42 am

    Think I found a few more small errors.

    The pellet that you have listed as “Daystate Range Master” would be more correctly lareled “Daystate Range Master HE (High Energy)” since there a number of types in the “Daystate Range Master” brand.

    The pellet that you have as “Defiant (L) 0.22″ I think is a “Defiant FAC”.

    The pellet listed as “Defiant (M) 0.22″ is a “Defiant” (with a medium size head).

    The pellet listed as a “Defiant Precision 0.22″ is a “Defiant” also, but I think this is a pellet before they started marking the head sizes.

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    • photosbykev says:

      February 19, 2011 at 1:39 pm

      Thank you for the corrections Herb I’ll update the files

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26. ewoodie says:

    February 1, 2011 at 7:50 am

    Very good, and nice job.
    Thank you for the info.

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27. highlander says:

    January 28, 2011 at 4:59 am

    ecellent piece of database iwas uncomplete without it thanks highlander

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29. Daryl Watson says:

    December 20, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    Nice list of pellets
    BUT:
    Would have been nice if we could just click on any such pellet and get a print-out of that particular pellet and its specifications so listed with its photos.

    Also would have been nice to know where in the world we could get them, most of these are not sold here in Canada.

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    • photosbykev says:

      December 20, 2010 at 10:52 pm

      The gallery system doesn’t allow that feature, sorry

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30. Franky Monroe says:

    December 10, 2010 at 2:55 am

    Kev, Do You have .25 cal Pics comming, It’s getting big in the States thank’s Franky

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    • photosbykev says:

      December 10, 2010 at 1:37 pm

      I haven’t had a chance to update the database in a long time unfortunately

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34. Howard D. says:

    August 9, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    Great pictures and an excellent reference guide. Keep up the good work

    Regards, Howard

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35. mahmut uysal says:

    July 11, 2010 at 11:22 am

    here is the macro pictures of hatsan-jsb monster pellets.
    http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6866/ss850317.jpg
    http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8484/ss850315.jpg
    http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4681/ss850312.jpg
    http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6566/ss850311.jpg
    http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/8315/ss850309.jpg
    i took these pictures today

    from Turkey with regards.

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36. steve mc says:

    June 7, 2010 at 10:04 pm

    @Alan Smith
    ALan have a read of this

    http://bsaog.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=17128.0

    I conclusively recommend the existing superdome for the old airsporters
    Steve

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38. Dan says:

    April 7, 2010 at 1:48 am

    Hi there. I’ve been collecting airgun pellets for 26 years. I have some that you don’t on your site. Would you be interested in making some trades to increase both our collections?
    Thanks,
    Dan

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39. Alan Smith says:

    March 25, 2010 at 1:11 am

    Hi Kev,

    Very informative, thank you. I was searching for a site with cross sections of pellets as I have an older BSA Airsporter with a true .22″ (5.6mm) barrel. My preferred ammunition (5.6mm Eley Wasps) are no longer in production and are becoming increasingly scarce. There is a lookalike 5.6mm “Wasp” pellet available but it is not made by Eley and is a poor substitute.

    I have access to a machine shop and am considering making an accurate die and mandrel to expand the head diameter of an existing pellet to 5.6mm. without shortening the length of the pellet to any appreciable degree or upsetting the concentricity or balance of the pellet.

    The type of pellet I am looking for would have a round nose with the hollow section extending as far as possible into the head, from your .177 photos the JSB Exact Express would be a likely candidate. I am thinking I can use the mandrel to swage out the internal diameter of the hollow section whilst the pellet head is constrained in a 5.6mm cylinder that is counterbored to take the tail thus keeping the pellet correctly aligned and the mandrel would be in a guide to keep it aligned exactly. If the hollow section finishes well short of the head (JSB Exact from your .177 photos for example) I would only be expanding the diameter of the pellet waist, not the head.

    Do you have any .22 cross sections? If the RWS Superdome could be expanded in the way I have in mind that would be ideal for me.

    Regards,

    Alan

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    • photosbykev says:

      March 25, 2010 at 7:42 am

      I was looking at the JSB variants when I did the cross sections and was focussed on the 0.177 pellet size so I don’t have any 0.22 cross sections.

      regards
      Kev

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40. jimmy says:

    March 14, 2010 at 8:17 pm

    hi kev,how did you cut the pellets for the cross section photos???

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    • photosbykev says:

      March 14, 2010 at 8:38 pm

      I mounted them in a brass block machined to the pellet diameter and then poured optical grade acrylic resin into the pellet and let the resin set. The brass was then machined down to the centre line of the pellet. The resin supports the pellet while it is being machined nd stops the soft lead distorting.

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41. Sam Vimes says:

    March 4, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    @Emma cubleycat

    Emma, just be wary in thinking that the precise design of the JSB pellets always remains constant. I’ve seen a couple of minor variations in tins marked as AA Field and a couple of variations in tins marked as JSB Exacts. This has lead to the situation where some batches of AA Field are all but indistinguishable from JSB Exact (or Daystate FT/Select etc). Other batches are quite distinctly different.

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42. gerson says:

    February 25, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Boa tarde…….fiquei impressionado com os modelos de chumbos aprensentados, gostaria se possivél de maiores informações aonde encontrar . Obrigado aguardo sua resposta .

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43. Ken Moran says:

    February 24, 2010 at 10:20 am

    There used to be a ‘Black Boy’ brand pellet in Australia 30-40 years ago, the were quite cylindrical, but unfortunately they fell straight through the barrel ! They needed to be flared at the back end so they would fit better, then they could be used downhill too!

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44. Florida Quail Hunting says:

    December 30, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    This is an awesome database for the air rifle pellets i’ve never seen anything quite like it. Thanks for your time for the rest of us out there!

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45. Mr. Tkila says:

    December 30, 2009 at 4:21 am

    Here in Mexico, we have some companies that build their own pellets, for example:

    Mendoza
    Cabañas

    If you need pictures of them, I can take some.

    http://www.mexicoarmado.com/album.php?albumid=1121&pictureid=7263
    In this photo appears Cabañas (the red one) and Mendoza (the ones that are in front of Cabañas and back, front of the Gamo Rocket., but also Gamo.

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46. ewoodie says:

    December 26, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    Very good job, NICE!

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47. photosbykev says:

    December 26, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    @UKPELLETCOLLECTER
    Thanks for spotting the error DB has been updated

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48. UKPELLETCOLLECTER says:

    December 26, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    hi KEV, i think there is a listing error for the prometheus Z25, it is a .25 calibre.
    you have it as a .22 calibre

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49. UKPELLETCOLLECTER says:

    December 26, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    @GERRY
    sorted kev, just what i have been looking for. i have been collecting .22 tins, boxes and all containers, often stated with original contents.
    now i can compare them, and if neccessary, re claim some money back from those who have clearly tried to deceive me and other collecters, for financial gain in the auctions.
    if there are any pellets that you think i might have, that you may require, drop me a line.

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51. GERRY says:

    December 11, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    GERRY :@photosbykev thanks for reply GERRY .00 for me

    how about the old jackel pellets

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52. GERRY says:

    December 8, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    @photosbykev
    thanks for reply GERRY .00 for me

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53. GERRY says:

    December 7, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    hi its stated to weigh pellets if using a chrono would a 0.01g be adequate or would i need to go as far as 0.001g set of scales

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    • photosbykev says:

      December 8, 2009 at 6:08 pm

      Hi I use scales that measure to 0.1 grain

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54. loksi67 says:

    November 27, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    hallo kev,

    what is the distance between mpe65 and the dias? do you have a werkfoto of your equipment?

    if your mpe65 is wrong, you can reech the same results with old ef 28-105 + retroadapter ring )))))

    regards,

    zoltan

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    • photosbykev says:

      November 27, 2009 at 1:12 pm

      Hi Zoltan,

      this is my basic setup and I use a very small studio setup to photograph the pellets. The distance from the objective to the pellets is approx 1 inch

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56. John says:

    November 18, 2009 at 3:04 am

    Pellets I’d like to see: .177 Gamp Raptor P.B.A., .177 Daisy Precision Max, .177 Gamo Red Fire

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    • photosbykev says:

      November 18, 2009 at 12:32 pm

      I think I have at least two of those pellets waiting to be photographed. I use a Canon MP-E65 lens to photograph the pellets and that is currently away being serviced so I have a backlog of about 100 pellets waiting to be catalogued

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58. Bill Muench says:

    October 17, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Kev, thank you very much for a well thought out overview of the wonderful pellet selection we have available to us. I especially appreciated the listing of the pellet weight, head diameter, skirt diameter and ballistic co-efficient. Everything in one place.

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61. Emma cubleycat says:

    October 10, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    Absolutely fantastic stuff Kev, so many people say air arms and JSB exacts are the same but I know by taking macro photos of pellets myself they are not the same. Nice job Kev

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62. Bill Clarke says:

    September 29, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    I have a sleeve of Lapua Air Silhouette pellets. .177 – no other info known.

    Shoot me an address and I’ll send a few to you.

    I’d be interested in knowing what they are (specs). They work great in my Nitro – too heavy for the R7.

    Thanks,

    Bill

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63. david says:

    September 17, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Thank you for sharing a very worthwhile resource for all serious airgunners here. I appreciate the efforts you put into this. How can I send pellet samples from my part of the world? Again, congratulations for a wonderful site.

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    • photosbykev says:

      September 17, 2009 at 1:47 pm

      Thank you David,

      email sent

      Kev

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64. Herb says:

    September 6, 2009 at 3:31 am

    I’d be willing to send you about 30 pellets that you don’t have. Mostly brands from US.

    Your contact form is locked. How can we contact you?

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    • photosbykev says:

      September 6, 2009 at 7:47 am

      sorry, I have recently changed the contact system and didn’t check it actually worked I’ve sent you an email

      regards
      Kev

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65. Gene_SC says:

    August 10, 2009 at 4:42 am

    Thanks for the great work on compiling the info on pellets. Would like to put a link in our GTA Library. Great stuff. Thanks

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    • photosbykev says:

      August 10, 2009 at 7:20 am

      Thank you for the comments, please feel free to add a link to the page

      best regards
      Kev

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67. Curlazz says:

    July 16, 2009 at 11:34 am

    hello there.
    did anyone try this pellet ??? (skenco plastic)

    thanks

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68. Hunting Guy says:

    June 25, 2009 at 2:01 am

    love the posts. they’re very informative. I’ll be keeping an eye to your blog to get the recent updates.

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69. jim chapman says:

    May 28, 2009 at 4:22 am

    Great reference site, thanks for making it available.
    JIm

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70. PB says:

    May 27, 2009 at 9:04 am

    nice one

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71. iSnipe says:

    May 22, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    Amazing info and excellent photographs. I’d love to include the B.C.’s and muzzle velocities in my ballistic calculator… Would you mind?

    Photosbykev reply: the BC information has been used, with permission, from the Chairgun site it would be appropriate to contact the author directly to ask for clearance but it is public information

    best regards
    Kev

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72. bib says:

    May 14, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    theres no .20 cals shown where do we send the pellets samples ?

    Photosbykev response: please check your email

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73. TheNightHawk says:

    April 26, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Good Job, Great work Thank you !

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74. relivingmyyouth( Pete Hornby) says:

    March 6, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    Blimey Kev. This database gets bigger and better by the day. Great work. Love the rest of your site too.

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75. Skenco International Inc. says:

    February 24, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    We are going to be at the IWA at Hall 5-144.
    Are you going to be there?
    Best regards,
    Tony

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76. Owlsurfer ( Colin ) says:

    February 23, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    Been looking for a site like this for ages !! Keep up the great work Kev.

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77. D R Greysun says:

    February 14, 2009 at 5:06 am

    Well done Kev, I commend you for your effort.

    D R

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78. Bob Ruggles / clubshot says:

    February 2, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Need address for a good selection of pellets for your collection.

    BOB/R

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79. booots says:

    February 1, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    nice one

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80. Stephen Delany says:

    February 1, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    WOW Kev!!!

    That is a truely un-selfish body of work you have put together there. I hope everyone appreciates the obvious care and attention spent.

    Good Man!!

    Steve D.

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81. Dr Bob says:

    February 1, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Now that’s what I call dedication.

    Regards, Bob

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