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2RCHA · Veteran Member

The other day I was shooting my Recon, and wanted to see which of the pointed pellet's I had in my collection was the most accurate. I noticed one thing, that at shorter distances(10m and under) it really didn't matter if the pellet was smooth or ribbed, they were all equally accurate, but when I started to get a little further out, the smooth skirted pellet's started losing their grouping a little, while the ribbed skirted pellet's began to tighten up a little. This was especially noticeable between H&N Spitzkugeln's and RWS Superpoint Extra's, the difference between Kovohute Diabolo Boxer's and Beeman "1223" Pointed Blue Coat's wasn't as pronounced, but still noticeable. What surprised me was that the most accurate pellet at both short, and long distances was a l/f pellet, the skenco type 4 Black Match, which outshot the type 1's I had it against, the only other lead pellet I tried that was consistant at both distances was the Remington field point's, In my opinion this was the cheapest pellet with the highest quality standards, and exceptional accuracy at both long and short distance,.
The accuracy differences between "smooth", and "ribbed", are probably due to the rib's causing a little turbulence which aided the pellet's spin, much like the difference between a smooth golf ball, and a dimpled one,,Dimples equate to further distance. Cheer's, Andy.

WNCAGC · Member

JSB Exact Heavys which coincidently are smooth. They work best in my RWS model 34. As far as my PCP guns..............have yet to get them sighted in then see which is best.

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

Pellets are like condoms.You'll get better results if you use the ribbed ones, but they are a little more expensive. The smooth ones are predictable and its what your dad grew up using. The large ones are not right for everyone and the small ones are just plain ineffective.

And if your shooting blanks, you don't need any at all!