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    Pellet recommendations

    Evening, I’m after a cheap pellet for target shooting in the garden at 20 yards. I’m using a BSA Supersport in .177. I’ve got 5 tins of air arms Diablo fields but can’t justify using nearly £17 a tin pellets to punch paper at short distance with a budget springer. Has anyone tried h&n hammer, econs etc?? If anyone can recommend a decent pellet for the job at around £8 per tin it’d be appreciated. Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gardenratter View Post
    Evening, I’m after a cheap pellet for target shooting in the garden at 20 yards. I’m using a BSA Supersport in .177. I’ve got 5 tins of air arms Diablo fields but can’t justify using nearly £17 a tin pellets to punch paper at short distance with a budget springer. Has anyone tried h&n hammer, econs etc?? If anyone can recommend a decent pellet for the job at around £8 per tin it’d be appreciated. Thanks
    Can't recommend pellets at that price point but I paid 130 for 10 tins of JSB a few weeks ago
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    RWS Hobby good quality fast pellet for short range £7.99 per tin if you buy 20 tins. Cuts a nice round hole.

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    RWS Hobby good quality fast pellet for short range under £9 a tin.
    I did used to use them in .22 as they smack things so well, the only thing that puts me off them now is when I tried them in .177 the head sizes differed by quite a margin, could’ve been a dodgy tin though

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    My .22 one is happy on Superfields, cant comment on price point as I was given them, heard good things about H&N Econs but not got to tryng them yet as still got a pile to get through in both .22 and .177.
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    I'm using Superfields in my springers and they do very well 5.51 in the .22's and 4.52 in the .177, they are a nice clean pellet and I have yet to find a damaged one
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    H&N Excite Plinking Pellets £3.59 for 250.

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    For .177 Econ II Excite quite good to 20m as low as about £3.40 a tin for 500, same as normal , the ,more you buy the cheaper they let you have them at most places , pretty consistant performance for a cheap plinking pellet , look round a few of the retailers and see which offer the best deal at the time , don't expect bench rest accuracy at 25m , but if your barrel doesn't like them nothing gained

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    For a cheap plinking pellet at 20 yards i use the two below from JSR.

    for a flat head / match pellet,
    H&N Excite Econ Hobby II Pellets [.177][4.50mm][7.4gr][500] £3.69 per tin

    for a domed head pellet,
    500 Gamo (BSA) Pro Hunter .177 DOMED PELLETS £3.79 per tin

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    Look in the sales section. I've seen quite a few folk selling unwanted tins for a good price.
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    These JSBs are a reasonable paper punching pellet if you are indeed punching to make scoring easier.

    https://nmproducts.ltd.uk/.177-calib...ins-tin-of-500

    Otherwise a bit cheaper are the Bisley Practice, we sell them at our club as a low cost alternative and people are shooting 10m comps with them.

    https://www.uttings.co.uk/p103510-bi...-500-bipr177p/
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    I have also always found the RWS Hobby, in either .177 or .22, excellent.

    The H&N Excite Hammer in .22 seems a good performer in a good few of my rifles, even well beyond the range mentioned. I haven't tried the .177 personally, but have heard similarly satisfying reports about them from users. Certainly worth a go, but always keep in mind the old caveat about barrel to pellet compatibility.
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    Thank you to all who gave recommendations..

    I’ve tried some RWS Geco which are averaging 830 FPS and are very accurate at 15-20 yards, at less than £9 a ton when you order a few I can’t complain.

    Bisley practice are a good shout also, they average 761 FPS and are also plenty accurate at 15-20 yards.

    I’m somewhat torn between the two as the Geco’s are wonderfully quick but at 7gr I wonder if long term use of them would wear the spring out prematurely?

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