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Peska · Member

Hi all,
Something funny goin' on with the Crosman target pellets I'm using in my
hb22 pistol. About 25% of them come out funny. I use 5 pumps on the pistol to shoot at 5m. Most of the pellets come out with good power, but about every fourth shot, the pellet barely makes it to the trap. Really! And the pistol makes a funny hissing sound.
At first, I thought something was wrong with the pistol. But, I put 100 rounds of Kodiaks thru it and all were fine. Back to the wadcutters, and the same story. About every 4th shot was goofed up and extremely low power along with that hissing sound.\
Switched to RWS superdomes. Fifty shots, all good. Back to the wadcutters and the same story.
Could it be I got a bad tin of Crosman target pellets?
Thanks for your help,
Peska.

AirGunEric · Site Admin

It is entirely possible you got tin of crap pellets from Crosman. Sometimes their QC seems to go on vacation.

I had problems with a couple of tins of their .177 SuperPoints, most of their "Destroyer" pellets were garbage (across the board- not just around my house), Fireballs are a complete crap-shoot. Can't explain why- but I do know that when I asked Crosman for pellet specs way back when to put up on our pellet specs page- I was informed it was "proprietary" and I could not get them- despite the fact every other pellet manufacturer publicly posts this info on their websites!

Looking at it now- it may have been possible they didn't want to release pellet data, or people could hold them to their own standard which, all too often it seems, they may not be able to maintain.

That being said- I'm not even sure you had to ask the question. Your use of 2 other brands of pellets with NO issues may have proved the point. At the very least it may have shown that your HB22 doesn't like Crosman pellets- try them in another gun and see how it acts.

Peska · Member

Thanks for the response, Eric.

Here's the goofy thing. The Crosman wadcutters perform flawlessly in my Benji 392 rifle, at least so far.

AND, I also have a couple of tins of Crosman pointed and they also perform well in my HB22 pistol!... It looks to me like the Crosman pointed and the Crosman wadcutters have an identical skirt, so I have no idea what the problem is.

Since my last post, I've been shooting all afternoon. Same ol' thing. The wadcutters suck in the pistol, the pointed do well. The rifle likes the wadcutters. I've not had one yet go south on me. Go figure.

Maybe you're right about the fact that my HB22 just does not like the Crosman wadcutters. I'll stay away from 'em and use 'em in the rifle.
Thanks again,
Peska

cw · Banned

Different guns like different ammo. It's true with firearms and
especially with airarms.