Page 6 - JSB Match Diabolo, .22 Reviews

Very consistent size and weight. I weighed and measured all 500 pellets.

Make the skirts a little larger to seat properly in the barrel.

These were the worst shooting pellets I have ever used in my Trail NP .22! The velocity dropped to about 650fps. With these pellets being so light, I would have expected them to have an increased velocity. I found there was air passing the pellet in the barrel. I decided to expand the skirts until I could get a good seat. I found the ideal skirt size and made a jig to expand them consistently. Now they shoot at almost 800fps with good accuracy. Do not buy many of these without testing them in your gun to make sure they fit. I was very disappointed with this product and will not purchase again unless they change the skirt size.

Very uniform and extremely accurate!! With the proper setup I drive tacks at 25 yards with my Benjamin NP!! A few of these pellets almost penetrated 3/4 inch plywood!

Nothing. They are worth the price too!!

These pellets are a little fragile due to a soft thin skirt. That is no problem with proper care.

just as match ammo should be....each molded identically/perfectly. no burrs/excess/jagged material on the pellets. ideal weight/grain for use in the .22 cal socom extreme i bought. w/o exaggeration....as accurate at reasonable ranges as any powdered charge could be. most shooters focus on accuracy being achieved from the gun itself....it starts with ammo in my opinion....great pellet.

maybe provide a small 20 rd easy dispensing canister with purchase?

Like most JSB products, this did not disappoint. Well constructed, but did have quite a few deformed pellets in my tin. Pretty clean.

Lower the price.

Accurate in my AirArms TX200MKIII, but I feel that it is too light for my rifles' power level. It does work well in my Crosman Quest 800. As with any pellet, this may or may not work well in your rifle. I'm tired of people giving bad ratings because a particular pellet didn't work well in their rifle. Do us all a favor and give us an honest review of the quality and construction of the pellet and let us decide whether or not it works in our rifle.

Weight is nice and light producing good velocities. Very consistant shape, and weight. Extremely accurate in my Discovery, and my sons Marauder.

Not a thing.

If your gun shoots this pellet as well as mine you will be happy.

My Brocock Contour loves these for close range (sub 35yd) shots. Accurate and consistent.

There is no longer a sticker from the manufacturer indicating head size on the bottom of the tins. This is a BIG no-no, and needs to be addressed!

No.

Consistency from pellet to pellet

Stronger skirts

Doesn't shoot great in all my guns, but the ones that do shoot very well.

I just received these pellets yesterday. I have only shot 3 five shot groups with them, but can already tell that they shoot much better in my Tech Force 97 than the Crosman premier hollow points I have been shooting. With the Crosman pellets I seemed to be getting a flier every 3rd or 4th shot. In the 15 shots or so that I have taken with the JSB pellets I have yet to experience a single flier and my overall groups are much smaller. Upon inspection the pellets are all well formed and all seem to fit in the barrel of my 97 the exact same way each time, I can not say this for the Crosman pellets. I can't wait until the weather warms up, and the snow goes away to really test these pellets out

Nothing really so far. Possibly the tin could be a little more sturdy.

I would think this would be a great pellet choice for low to medium powered air guns do to the 13.43 grain pellet weight.

Good-clean pellets. A little less than 50% of pellets were .1gr. light and 8 were .2gr. light and 1 bent skirt. Accuracy out of the tx 200 was about .4" at 50' with 5-shot group and about 1.5" group at 50 yds. with 5-shot group.

I don't know, skirts seemed to be a little thin.

Pellets seemed to always strike left of the bull and fall about 2".

The best i have found yet for the disco, great in some of my other guns also..

Nothing..

This pellet is pretty accurate out of my RWS 48. It's on line with the heavier JSB pellets giving reasonably results out to 60 yards. I'm hitting cans out to 70 yards very consistantly. The grouping is absolutly amazing inside 50 yards and as long as you can use the good pellets (not bent) you should achieve good results.

I have recieved shippments of these pellets that were in good condition, however the most recent order contained an excessive amont of bent skirts on them. So much so that I had to toss about 30 pellets.

Although these pellets will group well, they are however more prone to having bent skirts due to the weight. If you get a good batch, enjoy. If not then its almost like throwing some of your money away.

I have tested many pellets in my Maruader, but this one produced a .250 group at 30 yards with 10 shots. Yeah thats right 10 shots. The pellets have a uniform shape and have a thin walled skirt which helps due to the Maruaders choked barrel.

Not much really, of course things can always be cheaper but not if it was to sacrafice quality. I would like to see a pointed version in approx. the same grain weight class.

Make sure you test many pellets... It took me over a month shooting numerous other name brands and weights to find the right one that suits your gun and shooting needs.

a quality lighter pellet. they work great in my benjamin discovery and my crosman 2400pcpx (which is a 2400kt converted to hpa by 'rane air'). my stock disco generally shoots these out at 850 fps, giving me a bit more straight-line range. they are more accurate than the crosman premiers when shot from these type pcp's. they are cost effective.

nothing - it is what is is.

these DO NOT perform well when shot through spring-piston air rifles. they do not achieve the compression needed for magnum .22 springers and even in my .22 cometa fenix, they shoot only 725 fps as compared to 765 fps w/ crosman premiers. the piston just slams too hard.

Just the right weight for accuracy in the Crossmen Titan. Have not tried other pellets since these are dead on target @ 30 yrds.

None

The skirts are pure and tough.

Great uniform pellet, typical JSB quality.

Nothing

This is the pellet my Crosman Nitro is scoped on. I get 1 inch groups at 33 yards consistantly.

Great clean pellet. Very tight grouping out to 50 yards. This is my go to pellet.

Nothing

I shoot a Crosman Nitro.

When they say Diabolo Exact, they mean EXACT! These pellets are awesome. Literally none of the 500 pellets in my tin were damaged or misshapen. The skirts fit snug in the chamber, but not too tight. My groups with these were about .25 inch consistently at 30 yards. Buy some of the Jumbo Heavy too cause they group similar. I use these for longer shots and the Heavy for closer wallop. Pellets are very very clean and uniform

Nothing!

I am shooting the Gamo BigCat in .22 and it LOVES these pellets. If you buy the GAMO, you have to get these and the JSB Heavy. Buy these! You will be happy!

An accurate, long range pellet in some guns. May not perform well in all guns. Soft lead. Good expansion. They seem to hit harder than many others.

This pellet works well in my RWS 42 and Benjamin Trail NP. Both velocity and accuracy are poor from my Avenger 1000/Mendoza 600. This could be a function of the individual gun or generic to the brand. No way I can to tell.

One of the more accurate pellets out of my Benjamin XL-1100, probably due to higher velocity and flatter trajectory. Clean, and most pellets are damage free. I prefer these to the 15.8 grain JSBs.

Too expensive, you can buy a 500 tin of Crosman Premiers for $9 which makes these almost 70% more expensive...and the JSB uses less material. JSB also needs to move to screw top tins.

Good choice for plinking and small pest control. The slightly lighter weight makes it easier to be accurate with these. I think these are a smarter choice than the heavier pellets that seem to be trendy these days.

The weight was very nice . It was also really accurate in my RWS Mod .34

The skirts are very thin and delicate. But I think it's just for the weight.

This pellet work really well in RWS rifles, it punches right through one inch of ply wood too.