{"id":1075,"date":"2007-12-14T23:08:23","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T03:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/12\/14\/pellets-aplenty-part-2-of-2\/"},"modified":"2008-01-12T13:47:02","modified_gmt":"2008-01-12T17:47:02","slug":"pellets-aplenty-part-2-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/12\/14\/pellets-aplenty-part-2-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pellets aplenty (part 2 of 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Crosman lead free pellets were a great idea, but poorly implemented due to their super low weight.  Maybe I am being a little harsh, but I do not think these things are going to work well in any decently powered air rifle.  I should have realized something was up by the warning on the back of the Silver Eagle Wadcutter and Hollow Point tins<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> FOR HUNTING ONLY.<br \/>\nIncreased velocity and penetration.<br \/>\nNot for use with pellet traps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Increased velocity decreases accuracy; at least it does in my CSP.  Environment (well, at least my backyard) be damned, back to the lead.<\/p>\n<p>I placed another order at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pyramydair.com\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pyramydair.com', 'Pyramyd Air');\" style=\"border-bottom-style: groove\" target=\"new\">Pyramyd Air<\/a> and picked up four different .177 tins.  Pyramyd always runs \u201cbuy 3, get 1 free\u201d deals on their pellet tins; cheapest tin is free.  I selected a variety of pellet grains to see if I could discover the perfect match for the CSP.  Crosman Premier Super Match (7.9 gr), Beeman H&N Match wadcutter (8.09 gr), Beeman Crow-Magnum (8.80 gr), and Beeman Kodiak Match Extra Heavy (10.6 gr).<\/p>\n<p>What a difference a pellet makes.  All of the new pellets shot well, did not make nearly as much noise (as the lead-free types), and accuracy is greatly improved.  It is too soon for me to tell which pellet is the best for my gun, but I like the Crosman Premier and Kodiak pellets.  I can see the Crow-Magnum becoming my squirrel pellet of choice; plus the things do serious damage to an empty can of Miller Lite.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crosman lead free pellets were a great idea, but poorly implemented due to their super low weight. Maybe I am being a little harsh, but I do not think these things are going to work well in any decently powered air rifle. I should have realized something was up by the warning on the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/12\/14\/pellets-aplenty-part-2-of-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pellets aplenty (part 2 of 2)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}