.22 cal 21.1 gr Kodiaks VS 21.14 gr H&N Baracudas
Switching over to Baracudas from Kodiaks. My groups at 50 yards appear equal but as the psi was dropping the fps made a noticeable 20 fps difference.
Condor Top Hat 0.085″, Power Wheel = 2 Full Turns
Approximate
…….PSI……………FPS……………..Deviation…..
…..2404………….1014.07…………….1
…..2382………….1024.11……………11
…..2361………….1014.92…………….2
…..2339………….1016.96…………….4
…..2317………….1024.54……………11
…..2295………….1013.64…………….0
…..2274………….1011.44……………(2)
…..2252………….1011.53……………(2)
…..2230………….1008.07……………(5)
…..2208………….1009.75……………(3)
…..2187………….1006.14……………(7)
…..2165………….1002.56…………..(11)
…..2143……………982.86…………….8
…..2121……………988.08……………13
…..2099……………987.51……………12
…..2078……………982.22…………….7
…..2056……………979.28…………….4
…..2034……………847.98………….(127)
…..2012……………972.52……………(3)
…..1991……………971.27……………(4)
…..1969……………960.63…………..(15)
…..1947……………953.67…………..(22)
Conclusion:
The little weight difference = about 20 fps.
The last of the Kodiaks = 47 fpe
The first of the Baracudas = 45 fpe
I don’t know if the Baracuda would out perform the Kodiaks if the firing order was reversed. I’ll have to revisit this when I get another tin of Kodiaks.
Has anyone else shot a similar or reversed order string with the Kodiaks VS the Baracudas? I’d like to see the data at the point of change.
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Beeman doesn’t make anything of their own – they are an importer and distributer who re-brand products or request slight modifications for their exclusive sale and rebrand that.
Like the Webley patriot / Beeman Kodiak – same rifle.
The Kodiaks are made by barracuda – same pellet.
Weigh 10 20 or 100 of each and see what you come up with.
Same thing I always assumed same pellet H&N makes both of them!
They should be exactly the same pellet.
That’s interesting…when I used to shoot kodiak’s and baracuda’s I got the same velocity and accuracy. I will shoot a few through my Talon and see what I get.
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Like the Webley patriot / Beeman Kodiak – same rifle.
The Kodiaks are made by barracuda – same pellet.
Beeman Kodiak Extra Heavy 21.1 gr is probably the select light pellets from H&N Baracuda 21.14 gr product run. Being slightly lighter Beeman may claim faster speed over the Baracudas. Strangely enough, the 20 fps difference I found in the string above also gave the Beeman Kodiak 2-3 fpe better hitting power. But that may be relative to the sequence. Someone should shoot a string of Baracudas followed by Kodiaks. I didn’t plan on buying any more Kodiaks as I just got about 3 sleeves of Baracudas.
It might be interesting for someone to alternate Kodiaks and Baracudas every other shot in a string of say 20 total.