PELLETS SKIRTS

[BOOKER]

What is the difference/advantages/disadvantages of the slick/smooth and the dented type skirt pellets.

All the "match grade" pellets I have seen are slick/smooth type, what is the reason for these?

Yes I know one of those dummy questions but ....huh why not!

Thanks in advance for any information.

[RobStubbs]

The only pellets I've seen with feathered skirts are the cheap ones. Perhaps the feathering causes more randomness and more chance of a poor seal between pellet and barrel ? With a smooth skirt there should be good, even contact with the barrel/rifling and hence giving more constent results. That's all I can think of.

Rob.

[BOOKER]

Thanks for your support.

I found this link very interesting, almost answers my question http://www.beemans.net/airgun_projectiles.htm

I think it can help other people, very interesting information in there.

[RobStubbs]

Thanks for your support.

I found this link very interesting, almost answers my question http://www.beemans.net/airgun_projectiles.htm

I think it can help other people, very interesting information in there.

It is however an article written by the company themselves so expect a bit of company bias in it.

Rob.

[pilkguns]

actually I just read it and did'nt see any bias at all.

[RobStubbs]

actually I just read it and did'nt see any bias at all.

Each to there own - I read it and it seemed to say how beeman do this to their top pellets etc, without actually saying what they did that their competitors didn't do.

Rob.

[Fred Mannis]

It is however an article written by the company themselves so expect a bit of company bias in it.

Rob.

Every review, editorial, news article,... has a bias. I would prefer to have it in the open, as it is in this informative article.

[Nicole Hamilton]

I'd put it this way: I didn't detect bias, only that the author had a lot more knowledge of his own company's products, which is pretty normal. But as Fred pointed out, his association with Beeman was totally out in the open.

[RobStubbs]

I'd put it this way: I didn't detect bias, only that the author had a lot more knowledge of his own company's products, which is pretty normal. But as Fred pointed out, his association with Beeman was totally out in the open.

Fair point I was just pointing it out although as you say it is delared upfront.

Rob.

[peepsight]

Hi Booker

Try E Mailing H+N or RWS for their explanation of smmoth or 'ribbed' pellets. At least this way you will get an answer from the horses mouth so to speak and it should be a definitive answer to your question.

Regards

Peepsight