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Has anyone found that a particular Vogel pellet diameter works best in the LP50? Any size not fit the magazine right?

Thanks

As always, every gun is different. I have a LP5 and use 4.50 pellets which fit the magazine well. Try a variety and see which which works best.

Rob.

melchloboo wrote:Has anyone found that a particular Vogel pellet diameter works best in the LP50? Any size not fit the magazine right?

Thanks

First of all, yes, every gun is different.

When I first got my LP5 I bought some JSB pellets that were marked 4.49 and they just fell out of the magazine. I measured the head of a number of these (with calipers) and they MEASURED 4.47 or 4.48! So I bought some 4.50 JSBs and they fit perfectly. They MEASURED an average of 4.49! Since then I've tried Vogels, RWSs, and H&Ns. All were marked 4.49. All were "match" quality. Only the H&Ns measured 4.49.

So, assuming pellets from a given manufacturer are consistently the same size (whatever is marked on the tin) find the "size" that fits correctly and go with that. Just remember that if you change manufacturer you may have to change "size".

In my experience H&N are fairly "honest" regarding pellet dimensions.
(I often measure them with a digital caliper, and weigh them on a precision scale).
Meisterkugeln mostly seem to be spot on at 4.50.

Most other pellets have a smaller headsize than marked on the box.
This doesn't mean that the pellets are bad: I consider Vogel, RWS and JSB to be good quality match pellets.

But lots and pellet types vary too:
Today I checked two H&N 4.52mm boxes:
Barracudas were bigger than FTT.
So don't trust anybody......

I don't believe that H&N "Sport", "Match" and "Finale Match" are identical apart from quality control either. But their points of impact are close enough so that I use the cheap ones for training.

And yes, the only relevant test instrument is your gun.
But so far my pistol shooting is the weakest link in this chain.

Shooting with a support shows the diffences though. I've used a match air rifle for general "quality testing", but this is a bit misleading because you should expect the rifles "favourite pellet" to be different from your air pistol's. But it's much easier to spot the bad ones with a rifle........

Remember that you need a few shots for your guns barrell to "settle down" when you swap bullets. Also expect the results to be dependent on the muzzle velocity of your air pistol, but if you start playing with such extra variables, expect chaos........