JSB Match Diabolo, .177 Reviews

The ability to test various pellets without having to invest in a large quantity.

Truth in advertising & labeling...Both the description and container state the pellet head sizes as: Exact 4.52, Exact RS 4.52, Exact Heavy 4.52, and Staton 4.50... My Crosman Shockwave NP prefers pellets with head sizes 4.51-4.52, however the vast majority of pellets I tried of the Exact, Exact RS, and Statons fit very loosely, to the point of falling out off the breech, causing two dry fires. Needless to say, the pellets that didn't fall out gave me 1-2 inch five shot groups at 20 yards as opposed to .375-.5 five shot groups at 35 yards with H&N Barracuda FTs I believe these sample packs are a way for the manufacturer to pass off the pellets that dont meet quality standards, head size, weight variations, etc.slide

If you choose to spend your money for this sample pack, be prepared that the pellets may not meet your expectations

Allows a variety to see what the rifle will shoot most accurately. I am a handloader. You who do that know how you have to work up the most accurate load with several different weights and brands for each gun. And for guys who don't handload but shoot powder guns you have to try several brands and types of store bought ammo to see which is the most accurate in your particular gun. This sampler gives you four loads without buying 500 of an inaccurate pellet. These are excellently made pellets. Each fit the barrel the same. Before this purchase I've been buying my pellets at Wal Mart. Those pellets are not all the same in the container. You can feel the difference when you put them in the barrel. And they generate inconsistent groups.

I thought I was going to have something to change when I couldn't find the sections of the box marked. There are five sections one empty. But I found the numbers on the bottom of the box. That along with the list on the label gives you what you need to know.

Shot each weight /style and found what the gun shoots best. By the way, one of them is giving me 2" groups at 50 yards out of my Gamo break barrel. Much better than the Wal Mart ammo.

The variety

Packaging (dial lid doesn't lock at all allowing pellets to fall out, Many damaged skirts(shipping problem?),cut out on top removes any identification and specs, Pellets are numbered,,,try numbering the divided slots (on the outside would make the most sense and the cost of shipping UGH!

mmmnuff said

VARIETY

PRICE, BUT JSB PELLETS ALWAYS COST MORE, ALSO I WOULD HAVE THE 177 WEIGH IN IN 177 HEAVIER WITH GUNS THAT SHOOT @1000 FPS AND MORE, PELLETS ARE NOT ACCURATE (IN MY OPINION) WITH A GN THAT SHOOTS OVER 1000 FPS

MOST 177 CAL PELLETS ARE NOT ACCURATE WHEN GUN SHOOTS OVER 1000 FPS BUT MAYBE ITS JUST MY GUN OR ME

Being able to buy a variety in one package.

For the price I believe a 500 count package would be in order.

None of these produced a great grouping in my generation 1 Diana Stormrider .177 PCP

It allowed me to find the pellet that shot the best out of my gun without purchasing 1000's of pellets.

Just bought a refurbished Gamo bonecollecter and bought these to try to determine what the gun prefers. JSB has a good reputation for quality and consistency and they appear to be just that. So far I've yet to figure out the artillery hold and am unable to stop the vertical stringing effect after a couple hundred shots. Very frustrating as I able to shoot 25 yd near 1/4" groups with my rimfire .22 and this is my first experience with a gas piston rifle.

Freight on this single item was over 50% of the product cost and it took nearly 10 days to arrive, take a lesson from Midway and their Nitro shipping system. Also the 4 chamber container was not labeled as to what was what. I resorted to my reloading scale to verify the grains to identify them by weights.

Most air gunners know that springers are difficult to shoot well and I'm getting a first hand view of that

Sampler packs are OK but I prefer the H&N hunter sampler.

Lid comes off easily and mixes the pellets. This has too many pointed and wad cutters, Better to have a sample of Domed and Hollow Points of varyingweight.

A five (5) count samplier of 80 each would be better.

4 different pellets to try all in one package without having to purchase them separately.

"Carefully selected" label is misleading. I'm new to air rifles and the concept of pellet sorting, head size, pellet grain etc. so I decided to look at each pellet. 16%, 64 out of 400 were deformed in the skirt with either a flat spot on one or multiple sides and clear mold lines with lead still attached. 27 straton, 18 exact RS, 9 exact heavy, 10 exact. By comparison my 300ct Beeman Kodiak match had ZERO defective pellets.

I have not shot any of the pellets for accuracy, but a visual inspection and comparison to the Beeman Kodiak Match and H&N Hunter Pellet sampler place the JSB sampler a distant 3rd on physical pellet quality. Disappointing due to the label implying the pellets went through some form of sorting and selection.

This sampler pack allowed me to try four different pellet weights and determine which is best for my gun, without buying 500 pellets in each weight. I've been shooting 7.9 grain wadcutters through my new CO2 pellet revolver while sighting the gun in on ten meter range targets. I was easily able to determine that my revolver shot more accurately with the 7.3 grain pellets in the sampler.

The packaging is a bit disappointing. I have seen lead 'split shot' fishing weights in better packaging, where the top is clear plastic and there is a pin attaching it to the base so you can spin the top to select the weight of pellets that you want. You can see the different compartments, and the different weight pellets don't get mixed up.

Because CO2 pistols have shorter barrels than rifles, and less power than pump up, spring or gas guns they aren't going to throw the heavier 10.3 grain pellets very well past thirty feet. They are still great pellets for plinking.

Great sampler to test which pellets group the best in the rifle. It has nice cut-out to on the lid label so you can rotate to each section and not spill or mix the different types.

The only reason I gave this a good rating is they definitely need to have a way to tell which pellet is which. Lid tells you what types but open the tin and the four compartments are not labeled. Coned pellet is obvious but the other look to similar. I had to look up the different types and the compare the pellet picture to identify which is which.

Nice to have a sampler vs. buying separate tins to see which works best in your rifle.

A good assortment that is a big help in getting pellets matched to what works best in your rifle. These JSB pellets were in good shape when they arrived, thanks to superior packaging by PyramydAir.

Part of the pellet description is on the table which must be cut to use the container. I stuck the triangle piece on the back, but redoing the label to keep all info intact is needed.

This assortment was a big help in getting started matching pellets to my air rifle.

It's refreshing to see that Pyramyd's suggestions for the particular item selected is pretty much on the money. Two of the pellets on this sampler were dead on accurate for my Air Arms TX 200. With so many choices out there, one could easily spend hundreds of dollars searching for the perfect pellets for you air rifle. This tester is a nice way to try out JSB assortment for a small price. Every company should do this, and kudos to Pyramid Air for doing the dirty work for us.

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I'm not a big fan of light pellets, so I was superbly surprised when the light JSB Match Diabolo Exact RS, 4.52mm head, 7.3 gr., grouped better than their heavier counterparts,Diabolo Exact 8.4 gr. No worder PA did not selected in their suggestions. The one I'm settling is the Exact Heavy 10.3 gr. It's the one mine loved the best.

Nice variety of JSB pellets.

Lower the price or fill the empty section with pellets.

Didn't work very well in any of my airguns.

Nice selection of weights and types of pellets.

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This is a good way to find out what pellet weight/type your air gun likes.

gives you an easy way for you to find the pellet each gun likes

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The pellets are extremely accurate and are high quality.

More variate.

I was having problems finding a pellet that would shoot well with my Diana. After reading how good JSB pellets were I decided to give the test sampler a try. I couldn't be happier, for the first time I found a pellet that would let me stack them at 30yrds. And Pyramyd air knows how to pack their products as there was no way the pellets were going to get damaged in shipping.

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Not expensive. Very clean. Good way to learn what you need.

Make it so you can tell the difference between the name of the pellets.

Don't open upside down. Don't use the turning thing, it will srew up pellets that get in the way.

Buying individual tins of of different pellets to find the best for you gun gets expensive very quickly. So, getting four different pellets in one tin is a great value.

It would be nice to see a composite pellet test pack from manufacturers