Sig Sauer Pellets - BEWARE!

[mparker]

I took my FAS 6004 air pistol to the range yesterday. It would not fire the Sig Sauer Match Ballistic Alloy pellet (5.25gr). The cone is just slightly too large and I think the air charge will not send it down the barrel.

These pellets work fine on my IZH 46M and my Sig P226 .177.

[Rover]

So seat them before shooting.

[kevinweiho]

The FAS 6004 lacks the oomph to send the pellets out. They work fine in my anemic Gamo Compact.

[william]

It's time to rename this thread to the real message:
FAS 6004 - BEWARE!

Ever more evidence that if you got a good one, you should be grateful. You've beaten the odds.

[Ulrich Eichstädt]

"ballistic" and "alloy" don't play in the same league. Why shooting ALLOY pellets from a (kind of) match-gun??

[SPPcoach]

Yup. discussed this at length in another thread.

http://www.targettalk.org/viewtopic.php ... &start=120

I suspect that it is not an alloy pellet issue. That it is a pellet seating issue. Try seating them deeper and then let us know if it works. I made a pellet seater shown in the thread above and it has resolved my issues. Good luck.

[j-team]

Stick with lead pellets, you won't die (or cause global warming!).

[kevinweiho]

Why shooting ALLOY pellets from a (kind of) match-gun??

Well, I try all the pellets I have to see which ones are the most accurate for my guns.

[OTD]

"ballistic" and "alloy" don't play in the same league. Why shooting ALLOY pellets from a (kind of) match-gun??

Ulrich, I think you are lost in translation. Alloy means “Legierung”, not “Aluminium”.

What SIGSauer is advertising as “ballistic alloy”, can be a metal mix of just about everything but with some “ballistic” added to it to make it sound better then “green”. The pressure of a FAS 6004 is to low to expand the skirt of such pellts. The pistol has the same problem with HN green pellets.

@mparker
Stay with conventional wadcutter pellets of whatever brand you like. Domed pellets are too heavy for the pistol.