Air Pistol Ammunition

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RubberJohnny

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I own a Walther CP Sport air pistol and I was wondering if it is pellet specific (ex. firing only wadcutters/field pellets etc.) I have looked at Crosman's site and it does not say. I intend on firing domed pellets.
 
That is something you will only find out by trying it. Get a selection of the good stuff and just try it and see what it likes. I had a car once that loved Mobil petrol over all others.

I used to shoot H&N my dad used to shoot RWS, you have to foof around though and work it out for yourself. Besides the remaing stuff is plenty good enough for plinking.
 
thanks I'm gonna shake up a coke can tonight and shoot it :). The main thing I was worried about is that the pellet would cause damage to the rifling in the barrel because it seems the pellet has small lines on the outside of it but then again I am an inexperienced shooter. Thanks for the advice.
 
Probably better to shoot a paper target if you are after seeing any accuracy differences between ammo. Dont worry about the rifling it wont get damaged by lead pellets. There is some ammo (I am pretty much of of touch with this as I havent done it for 20 years or so) that is made from a zinc alloy to avoid lead being left all over the place but even these are soft enough not to cause wear.
 
Two things to be concerned with........

1- Make cetain the domed pellet you choose, when seated in the cylinder/ magazine, does not protrude out the front, which would prevent the cylinder from cycling.

2- Being a CO2 air pistol, it is better to use a lighter pellet. RWS makes at least one pellet specifically for CO2 hand guns. You will find that the wad-cutter style pellets are the lightest.

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks guys I'm just about ready to head out for a night of plinking. The reason I wanna shoot off these dome pellets is that the wadcutters dont seem to cut it for breaking bottle glass. I thought that the heavier pellet (10.5 grain) would have a greater effect than the lighter 8 and a half grain wadcutter. I guess i'll just have to shoot and see.
 
Domed for plinking (cheap), wad-cutters for targets (paper cutter) and prometheus for killing (steel head, plastic skirt).
 
Andrew Taylor said:
Domed for plinking (cheap), wad-cutters for targets (paper cutter) and prometheus for killing (steel head, plastic skirt).
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With 360 ft/sec and a .177 I wouldn't expect to do too much killing.
 
Johnny, just so you know, you shouldnt be hunting anything with this pistol. Its not going to be a clean kill and unless you are the grand son of Annie, then you are going to cause a lot of un-necessary suffering.

.177 for feather .22 for fur is an old adage. You want at least 12ft pounds of pressure (I would guess a co2 pistol is about 3.5-4) or 600fps in 22 and 700fps in .177 so this means a rifle, pistols just arnt up to the job. Oh yeah people will say they regularly hunt yada yada yada, but these are the same assholes that dont care if the quarry they are after suffers from a gut shot for 6 hours before finally buying the farm.
 
RubberJohnny said:
Thanks guys I'm just about ready to head out for a night of plinking bottle glass.
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Don't plink bottles.

The broken glass you produce will litter the countryside for decades, possibly crippling or killing wildlife.

Shoot pine cones, clods of earth, fruit, biscuits or tin cans. Whatever you shoot, clear up after yourself. Don't give shooters the name of slobs.

maximus otter
 
Way back when I was putting thousands of rounds through my Benjamin, I found huge differences in pellet consistency and accuracy from different manufacturers. This was well before high-grade target weapons were readily available in the US.

I mostly bought RWS pellets from Herters, Inc. by mail order. They were much more accurate than the locally available Crossman items. If you looked at the edge of the Crossman pellet's "skirt", it was visibly variable in thickness and often out-of-round as well.

I didn't see actual target-grade pellets till I got to Germany some years later; packaged in cute little tins with plastic teeth to hold each pellet seperately.
 
Don't worry Maximus I shoot in my own yard and I put the bottle in a shoebox before I shoot it for easy cleanup :).
 
RubberJohnny said:
Don't worry Maximus I shoot in my own yard and I put the bottle in a shoebox before I shoot it for easy cleanup :).
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:D :thumbup:

Andrew Taylor said:
Model airplane fuel will double it. One squirt, one normal shot, second shot, blam!
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Blam! Spring broken due to being slammed backwards by detonation of fuel.

Blam! Pot metal air gun cylinder bursts due to overpressure, blinding shooter.

Blam! Piston fractures.

Blam! Etc...

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maximus otter
 
"Dieseling" is fairly common in springers if you don't keep your bore fairly oil free, or if your piston seals are starting to lose their effectiveness. In any event, it's a phenomenon that's best avoided. Even if the risks of injury are slight (at least with respect to higher quality airguns), your accuracy will suffer greatly as the amount of extra muzzle velocity generated by the dieseling effect varies greatly from one shot to the next.
 
I fire whatever Crosman ammo I have at the time through my Walther style airpistol, my Crosman 1377, my Crosman pumpmaster, and my Sheridan Blue Streak. They're still accurate, and pretty clean.
 
Buy the good stuff. My preference is RWS but try various brands and see which one gives you the best accuracy and reliability.
 
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