Theskyfox Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Hi, I was having a mess around earlier with my 22 and I decided to mess about with a tin of powapels and accupels I had. Ironically I found I had better groupings and harder-hitting shots with the powapels. Thought it was funny since it was the accupels which claimed to be the more accurate of the two....but I know what I'll be sticking too for now =). Anyone else tried Powapels in 22? -Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 I used Powapells for a while, before I went off Crossman pellets for good. The accuracy is better, but I found the stopping power to be pretty poor, as they just punch clean holes Through&Through. Its better to have a round (Diabolo) shaped pellet, as it will deliver more energy on first impact, rather then using the energy to punch a clean hole. If you take a peice of paper, and hit it with a pin, you will move it only slightly, and the pic will peirce. If you hit the paper at the same speed with a pencil or your finger, it will be much more difficult to peice it, because of the incread area of the item. This means the energy will be a lot larger on first impact, as if you imagine, the pellet will be pushing harder to peirce, giving a bigger shockwave before penetrating to the area. (I hope this makes a little sense ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theskyfox Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Hmmm ok fair play. I'll give them a go in the field and see how they get on, I do try to only take headshots so I'm hoping that would make it less of a problem? Also its 22 so its going to punch a bigger hole than 177 anyway which I'd normally use....but I guess I'll have to try it on quarry before I can really comment lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane S10 Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 I used the powapels for quite a while in .22 , found them reasonbly accurate and they did the job on the bunnies, then I switched to the accupels, in my situation with my S10 I found the accupels much better than the powapels, tighter groups and much harder hitting so now I use them all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 I am with hunter here, i prefer rounded pellets, like air arms field, or daystate ft, i used to use powerpell in my kingratcatcher when i first got it, there were ok, not as accurate as a rounded pellet either in my guns, but if there accurate then there ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Try every pellet out there and then realise like everybody else that only domed heads are consistant and accurate in a Air rifle . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 I found accupells to be dirty and full of swarf. The best thing about them was the flat back that shone in the lamplight like a tracer! In my opinion Air Arms pellets are of superior quality (when they are not deformed!) and so much cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ratcatcher Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 I found accupells to be dirty and full of swarf. The best thing about them was the flat back that shone in the lamplight like a tracer!In my opinion Air Arms pellets are of superior quality (when they are not deformed!) and so much cleaner. I have a really defforemed tin of air arms field too, i prefer daystate they all seem to be alot less damaged, they cost more, but this means you dont need to sit there picking out all the damaged pellets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeboy Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 I use powapells in my axsor they are far more accurate than any other I've tried and I have shot a good few hundred rabbits with them. I shoot accupells or AA field in my S410k as they both perform pretty much the same in my gun. I have shot a couple of hundred rabbits with both of these and they are no more dead than the ones shot with the powapells. Round headed pellets do generally perform better over distance and I would avoid all other pointed pellets other than powapells. But the point made about them not doing enough damage is nonsense ! If you shoot your target through the brain then it dont matter a toss what shape the pellet is. It will kill !! It all boils down to what shoots the more accurately in your gun. End of story ! Leeboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane S10 Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 I found accupells to be dirty and full of swarf If I.ve got to be honest I have never found any swarf in any of my tin's of accupels, as for them being "dirty" you see this statement over and over again and it is quite misleading the so called "dirt" is actually a graphite lube crossman puts on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theskyfox Posted September 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Ahhh this is all good . By the way you say about the graphite lube, I see this same "dirt" in the powapels, does this mean that the powapels are also lubed? -Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane S10 Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Ahhh this is all good . By the way you say about the graphite lube, I see this same "dirt" in the powapels, does this mean that the powapels are also lubed? -Andrew They certainly are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 I should really say at this point that the MAIN reason I use the Air Arms pellets in my gun is that they are the most accurate for my barrell. If it had been accupells then I would be using them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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