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Well the cold weather snap finally broke. It has "warmed" up today to about 30 degrees. Warm enough to do some shooting. I picked up some heavier 14.3gr Crosman pellets at Wal-Mart that were a lot cheaper than the RWS pellets that I ordered with the rifle. Since I got 2000 of them they better work.

Ok first off I shot a group off a rest with the 11.9gr RWS pellets at 15yrds that I originally sighted in with. All 5 shots were dead on. Glad to see the rifle held its zero. Then I decided to try shooting a couple of groups with the heavier Crosman pellets. At this range they hit at about the same point of impact as the lighter pellets but a tad to the left and to my surprise the cheaper Crosman pellets groped a little tighter than the RWS projectiles. Groups were around half an inch. Let me just say that I am doing my testing off off a crude rest with winds around 14 mph and it is still very cold. Sorry I missed the threads about what cold weather does to an air rifle.

Next I backed the target out to 45yrds. The 11.9gr pellets grouped around 2.5 inches and shot about 3.5 inches low. This time the 14.3gr pellets seemed to be less accurate. They grouped around a little over 3 inches and were hitting 7 inches low from point of aim. Remember It's a windy day.

I was getting cold but as long as I was already set up I got some off hand practice in as well. I'm looking forward to shooting this rifle some more.

Sounds like you had fun. Remember the normal break in period for springers is a Tin or two of pellets.

If you are serious about getting good accuracy at distance, get a tin of H&N fIeld Target Trophy pellets and some JSB Exact 14&16g pellets. They should make your rifle sing once its broken in.
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At one time the Premier pellets were far and away the most accurate by far. Then the dies became worn and precision fell off. Now when you buy them they come mixed from different dies. If you have an inclination to separate the pellets into matching lots youll find the accuracy/precision will improve. Simplest way to sort is with a hole drilled in a plate of a size that will pass the smaller sizes but reject the larger ones. You can feel the difference when you load them, some easily seat(or almost fall in) and others take a measureable amount of effort to seat.