Rifle Pellet vs Pistol Pellet

rcheli10 · Post by **rcheli10** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:46 am

Is there a difference between rifle and pistol pellets. I accedently purchased some pistol pellets for my rifle.

Richard H · Post by **Richard H** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:24 pm

Usually the weights are different, this was more for the older pistols and rifles which weren't as powerful as todays PCP rifles and pistols.

Post by **pilkguns** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 2:16 pm

yep, what Richard said

ricchap · Post by **ricchap** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 11:33 pm

Which pellets should I be using on a new Morini 162EI, the heavy pellet or the light pellet?

kevinweiho · Post by **kevinweiho** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:20 am

Try both and see which one suits your pistol...

Richard H · Post by **Richard H** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:50 am

One brand, size, weight, lot might group better than another in your pistol but I the difference will most likely be very minimal. If you are just starting out I wouldn't worry about it at all, if you were shooting high 580's and routinely in WC finals I might look into testing pellets.

Post by **pilkguns** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 12:42 pm

yeah, what Richard said... again

tufty · Post by **tufty** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:59 pm

depends on the discipline you are shooting, I use pistol pellets (rws r10) for 10m, and rifle pellets for 20yard issf and 20yard standard pistol (jsb exact) the rifle pellets group better for me over 20 yards than the pistol pellets, but its purely down to trying different pellets and seeing what works for you

peterz · Post by **peterz** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:26 am

I don't know. If you routinely hit the 8 ring or better, the difference between the best and worst grouping pellets could cost you a couple of points per string -- with an accurate rifle.

With an air pistol, any improvements are probably due to a placebo effect of sorts. So if you test, find your best pellets, and always reserve them for matches, you might just make yourself do better, some of the time (this is assuming that your cheap and expensive pellets have the same point of impact or you can correct your sights for the difference.

This happened to me in practice this evening when I accidentally loaded some very light weight pellets into my pistol from which I usually shoot R-10 heavies.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 2:59 am

If you really want to put the cat amongst the pigeons, try group testing some pellets put into the pistol backwards, after doing it accidently, I did to test the result. The result? near enough the same as forwards!

Rover · Post by **Rover** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:15 pm

I had a shooter approach me at a match asking if I had something to poke out a pellet he had loaded backwards.

I told him not to worry about it and just shoot.

His shot was a 10.