Lead round ball in .25 (Poll)
I am thinking about buying lead lead round ball,(for both target and game 25-100 yards) and am wondering what you guys who have used them think of them.
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The ones I tried were Beeman Rounds, and there did seem to be a noticeable variance in diameter throughout the batch.
From my reading, industry standard for buckshot is +- .003, which means largest to smallest could be .006 difference. And some lead shot I have seen is very dirty as butcher said. I shoot the Hornady brand and have had good luck. They claim +-.001 tolerance which I haven’t measured but beleive probably more like .0015 (.003 variance largest to smallest). Clean to handle, and virtually no barrel leading. Can’t speak for other brands and won’t take the chance.
Here’s where I get mine: great service, fast shipping and good price.
https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item.asp?sku=000036413
5lb for 20.15 plus about 6 bucks shipping
#4 BUCK = 23.4 GR PER PELLET
1lb = 7000 grains
7000*5 = 35000 gr/5lb
35000 / 23.4 = 1495.x pellets per box
1495 / 200 (avg # of pellets per tin, .25 cal) = 7.5 tins
$27.00 / 7.5 = 3.60/tin in relative terms
Cost effective short to midrange shooting and most important…….FUN! 😀
The ones I had in .25 were very dirty, and I suspect they are responsible for the barrel getting dirtier than I thought possible. They may have just been to large for my particular barrel.
I didn’t even shoot very many of them. They were probably going pretty fast, too.
Well so far they look useful.
They are what they are- a cheap ammo. Shrpshoter is dead on: you need to move them fast. I don’t believe I would use them to hunt anything that really matters, but for cheap target fun they are great. Shoot cans and clays at 109 yards all the time. Have had some kills: grackles, black birds and a barn swallow at 62 yards. I would have to say get a box and have some fun.
I do need to note the faster you push em the better they do. Reduced velocity = reduced effective range.
So far they’ve been:
(1) prone to occasional (about 1 in 10 or 12) wild shots. Even weight sorted/ micrometer checked.
(2) ignoring the occasional wild shot, are grouping about twice the size of good pellets @ 25yards.
(3) At longer ranges, groups get progressively worse.
But I do still use them for some close range plinking and occasionally a night rat-hunt.
I mark great, as in for intended purpose. not for precision paper punching or shooting the eyes out of a squirrel at 40+yds.
inexpensive and fairly accurate. I don’t use over 50 yd, got Kodiacs for that. Excel for extended backyard plinking sessions. They are somewhat better accuracy wise than most of the lighter .25 pellets i’ve tried in my gun especially to 35yd.
Shoot good at reduced velocity on co2 out to about 30yd. Cheap and lots of shots 😀
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25 to 100 yards…. don’t bother
25 to 50 yards then okay.
Use #3 Hornady as they are the most consistent on size available.