shoot57 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Went to my local shop and bought a tin of bis mags, as i was looking for 5.51 size i looked at the bottom of the tin and saw a sticker with baracuda on it, the staff in the shop were a bit confused as was i. So today i have phoned a different shop asking for bis mags in 5.51, the shop owner looked to see the size and was also confused at the baracuda sticker on the bottom. So i ask, have i bought bis mags or bar match? are they the same as each other? or are they mixed? if i open the tin from the top they are bis mags, but if i open from the bottom they are bar match ..... hellllllllllllllllllp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Er that's a bit odd! They're both made in Germany, possibly the same factory, but they should be a different grain. Bis Mag is 21.4gr and the Barracudas are 21.14gr But, like you and the gun shops, I am a bit confused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorvale55 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Strange that, my Bis Mags are 21.4 grains and having checked through them they all appear the same, any ideas chrisjpainter ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 er...no. Screw up in a batch line perhaps? these things happen on occasion. A while back I had a tin of .177 pellets with a few .22 interlopers. And once, whilst drinking one beer in Africa, I pulled the label off to find the label of a totally different beer underneath; sometimes, things just go peculiar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 they are the same, they just have different QC run on them. cook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 As Cook says same pellet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pork chop Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 i always thought they were the same pellet,but my fac airwolf shoots barracudas spot on but wont shoot magnums worth a toss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 i always thought they were the same pellet,but my fac airwolf shoots barracudas spot on but wont shoot magnums worth a toss probably a weight issue / out of spec / random head sizes... mix. if for whatever reason they fail, they`ll all go into the magnum bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot57 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I have just bought a s/h air wolf fac which is why i have been testing different pellets, interesting what you say about your rifle pork chop as my rifle shoots barracudas and bis mags just the same, one hole groups at 40 mtr, but looking closely at the two pellets they appear the same on the outside but inside the skirt there is a slight difference and the baracudas do travel a tad faster being slightly lighter, i also noticed that the bis mags were a bit harder to push into the barrel which is why i was looking at 5.51 which my tin of barracudas were. i may give John Rotherys a call to clear the mystery over the bis mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 my airwolf loves the jsb exact 15.89g and also shoots well with the jsb jumbo heavies aswell, give them a try also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot57 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Hi evo, are we still talking fac air wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael170874 Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Hw magnums also say barracuda on the bottom too .so I suggest they all the same pellet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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