{"id":1294,"date":"2008-09-20T14:46:49","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T18:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/09\/20\/beeman-r7-pellet-tests\/"},"modified":"2008-09-20T14:52:23","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T18:52:23","slug":"beeman-r7-pellet-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/09\/20\/beeman-r7-pellet-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeman R7 Pellet Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After getting a lot of advice from the gang at the <a href=\"http:\/\/straightshooters.com\/chat\/viewforum.php?f=2\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/straightshooters.com\/chat\/viewforum.php?f=2', 'Straight Shooters Forum');\" target=\"new\">Straight Shooters Forum<\/a>, I decided to run through my collection of pellets to see which ones my R7 truly enjoys.  I think the results show that any \u201cgetaway tree rats\u201d are my fault, not the fault of the R7.  It seems that my little Beeman shoots pretty much everything well.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/09202008\/r7_pellets_small_09202008.jpg\" alt=\"R7 Pellet Shoot\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Beeman R7 in action \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>There were a couple of exceptions.  The Gamo Match pellets, Beeman Silver Bear, and Beeman H&N Match pellets all contained at least one flier.<\/p>\n<p>Some grouped better than others, but the Crosman Premier Light pellets were easily the best, followed by Gamo Hunter and Beeman Laser-Sport pellets.<\/p>\n<p>Hands down, Beeman Crow-Magnum pellets were the worst of the bunch.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Row 1:  Gamo Match, Gamo Magnum, Gamo Master Point, Gamo Hunter<\/li>\n<li>Row 2:  Beeman Silver Sting, Beeman Laser-Sport, Beeman Silver Bear, Beeman H&N Match<\/li>\n<li>Row 3:  Beeman Silver Ace, Beeman Trophy Lightweight Round Nose<\/li>\n<li>Row 4:  Beeman Crow-Magnum, Crosman Premier Light, Beeman Ram Jet, Beeman Kodiak Match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I shot groups of 10 pellets from a rested, windowsill position, at about 17 yards, in slightly windy conditions, with gusts of 5-10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>For more detailed pictures, see <a href=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/09202008\/r7_pellets_09202008.jpg\">R7 Pellets (large picture)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/09202008\/crosman_premier_lights_09202008.jpg\">Crosman Premier Lights<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/09202008\/gamo_hunter_09202008.jpg\">Gamo Hunter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, a fun shoot, interesting test, and one great airgun!<\/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>After getting a lot of advice from the gang at the Straight Shooters Forum, I decided to run through my collection of pellets to see which ones my R7 truly enjoys. I think the results show that any \u201cgetaway tree rats\u201d are my fault, not the fault of the R7. 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