5.6 mm pellets
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Topic: 5.6 mm pellets
Posted By: Steven
Subject: 5.6 mm pellets
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2025 at 4:37pm
| Has any one any idea where to get 5.6mm pellets from ? I have an older mk3 Webley rifle that I want to try them in, |
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Posted By: kruzaroad
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2025 at 4:43pm
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Measure your pellets, every tin seems to have a variation in size. You'll probly have some. What pellets are you using? Oh welcome to the site |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2025 at 6:31pm
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I have about a third of a tin of Gamo pro magnum that are a very tight fit in my gun so I suspect they may be oversize. I also have a digital vernier Micrometer on order and due in the next day or two. If it turns out they are 5.6 you can have them as they don't shoot well in my gun at all - I was probably going to put them in my scrap lead tin to melt down for fishing sinkers! I'll let you know once I know more. ------------- Regards -Ec |
Posted By: Steven
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2025 at 7:44pm
That sounds great ! Keep me posted Steven
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Posted By: Steven
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2025 at 7:50pm
| I have been trying all sorts of 22 cal pellets .Best grouping is with H/N alloy green .Very light and problay no good for a old springer. |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2025 at 9:03pm
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It can be quite challenging to find the pellet(s) that a particular gun "likes" I got 5 different pellets with the 2nd hand 22 Gamo I bought to deal to the local possum population that were helping themselves to our gardens (they seem to be very fond of cabbage and silverbeat) our roses and the chook food. The gun didn't seem to like any of them! I have since found a pellet it seems to like better. I have since become a bit addicted and have bought an old chineese 177 break barrel rifle that I picked up on trademe for $15 that I'm going to srtip down clean, and rebuild to see if I can make it better. Only has open sights and no rail for a scope but seems ot shoot reasonably OK with JSB exacts at 10m. I also bought a Gamo P900 break barrel air pistol which does not like the JSB pellets much but does with Apolo pellets. I recently bought an old Webley Mark 1 that is missing a breach seal so is not useable at this stage. I have a replacement on the way from Ron Young and should have this working mid next week - hopefully it will like the pellets I currently have. I also bought a Hatsan 30 cal break barrel. It is very heavy, quite hard to cock and has significat recoil. Still learning how shot it well but is seems to like the H&N pellets I have. I also have some Air Boss pellets for it but haven't tested these much. Hopefuly the horendous winds we have had here recently have stopped and I will be able to get some time for more practice. I can practise with the pistols at 6 yards inside the garage but have not had much time recently. I am very lucky in that another forum member lives on a life style property not too far from me and has invited me over to his palce for some testing as he has a resonable selection of both 177 and 22 pellets we can test with. It soon gets expensive buying pellets only to find you gun dosn't like them. Hence me ofering to give you the Gamo pellets I know my gun doesn't like. Someone has offered to help me test my guns with a selection of pellets he has available so it seems fair for me to help someone else. ------------- Regards -Ec |
Posted By: J-S
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 8:29am
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The vintage webleys have oversized bore so it may pay to look overseas for pellets - try someone like Youngs Airguns and ask if he has any old tins laying around of 5.6mm - he may have an old part tin of marksman or similar. I wouldnt use the alloy pellets as it may not be sodt enough to flare into the rifling to give the resistance it needs - an oversized lead pellet may work - H&N are usually a tight fit, but not too heavy as the webley isnt a powerhouse. Id look at John Knibbs in UK, probably has spares for the rifle too if you need anything ------------- https://www.instagram.com/js_airguns/" rel="nofollow - J S Airguns Air Arms TX200('s) Theoben Sirocco HW77 FWB 300s Webley Patriot One or two others... Current projects: Too many.. |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 1:07pm
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My calipers arrive today and I have checked the pelletes in question. Around a third of what I had left are 5.6 the rest are 5.5. The pellets I'm currently finding quite good in my gun are 5.4 so no wonder these are tight to load. The other intersting thing with the Gamo pellets is the weight variation - from 14.7 grain to 15.9 grain. All the 5.6 pellets are 15.9 grain, the 5.5 pellets varied from 14.5 to 15.3. Anyway - there are about 50 of these pellets, if you would like them I will send them to you.
------------- Regards -Ec |
Posted By: Steven
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 5:13pm
| Hi sounds great ! can I send something to the same value to you eg 50 pellets of (give me a suggestion} thanks Steven, |
Posted By: Steven
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 5:15pm
| Thanks for the tip .Rons shop is walking distance from my house. |
Posted By: -Ec
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2025 at 8:22pm
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Hi Steven, No need to give me anything in return - as I said ealier, another forum member has offered to help me test a number of pellets he has in my guns to see if any of them work well. I'm simply "paying back" by helping somone else. It may turn out these pelllets are no good in your gun anyway as they aren't any good in mine. I had thought the basic 4x32 scope I got with my gun was stuffed and actually went out and bought a CV Life 3-9x40 to replace it but still couldn't get consistent acuracy but when I changed to Webley Acupells the gun is a lot more acurate. Still need to properly zero my new scope at 25 meters and work out the hold overs/unders for different ranges but recently the winds have been too strong and gusty to do this. As for the 4x32 - I have that mounted on my 30 cal and it seems to be fine. Again have to properly zero it but is does seem to hold the zero at present. Anyway, if you want these pellets, let me know where to sent them. No need for anything in return - I'm sure you will have an opportunity to do something for someone else at some point. ------------- Regards -Ec |