MAJ Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 I've today got my Meteor back, lovingly restored by Ernyha, who I can't thank enough. I've zeroed in the scope, and am getting a 1 to 2 inch grouping at 25 yards. My mate reckons I can better that by using different pellets. I seem to remember reading somewhere that older air rifles are more accurate when you use 5.6 mm pellets. The ones I have are 5.5 mm. Is this right? and if so what make/brand should I be looking for. I've phoned my local gunshop and all they have are 5.5 mm. Incidentally, the zeroing took place in a stone barn, at a measured 25 yards, with the rifle resting on bales, so there was minimal wind to blow the pellet off course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Maj so glad it arrived safely in my "parcel". Just looked at my .22 pellets and they are Eley Wasp 5.6mm. You learn something every day as i didn,t know there was a differance till you said. Have fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Wasps come in two sizes 5.5 &5.6,one has a blue lid and one has lilac lid,someone saidrecantly that they were going to stop making them in 5.6 though.BSA used to make a pellet called the prylarm or somthing like that,they were 5.6 but i dont think they have made them for years but i may be wrong.Try some different brands,i'm sure you will find somthing that shoots well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 5 Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 The difference comes about from the metric conversion of .22. The nearest true conversion would be 5.6mm but Europeans rounded it down to 5.5mm. Yours is a true English .22 and hence nearer to 5.6mm. Having said that I've never had a BSA .22 barrel yet that wouldn't shoot AA Fields well. At 25 yds you should get well under an inch 5 shot group on even a elderly gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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