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Air Gun Pellet storage - Digger - 26 February 2013
We are looking at logistics of airgun pellet storage, both quantity and storage conditions.
Can some of you experienced guys offer advice on how best to store them?
What quantity of pellets should we store?
We are thinking 10,000 pellets is a good starting point. Using 20 per week for hunting, that will give around a 10 year supply. This sounds a huge number, but is this enough?
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - bigpaul - 26 February 2013
thats 200 tins @500 per tin, thats a lot of tins to store, get a large box or something similar to put them in or else your liable to lose a few if their spread around the house!
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - Barneyboy - 26 February 2013
get your self a pellet maker
here you go pal see if this is any good
http://myairgunstuff.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/airgun-pellet-maker.html
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - Mortblanc - 26 February 2013
Will the normal airgun last through 10,000 shots?
With regular firearms it is only the rare military grade shooter that will hold up to the 5,000 shots that NATO requires. I would not begin to expect the seals in my airgun to last that long.
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - NorthernRaider - 26 February 2013
Its prudent to keep service kits for air rifles, its usually down to luck and atmospherics how long they last for. some better air rifles have chroumium coated bores like the M60, others have only hardened, and of course it depends on the quality / density / mix of the alloy used to make the lead pellets. In the UK theres still poachers taking game with 50 year old air sporters whilst guys with 5 year old pneumatics have failed.
AG ammo is also good for barting as well as your own use, but either way air gunners should keep spair springs or gas rams, seals, O rings, top hat bushes and spring guides anyway.
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - Scythe13 - 26 February 2013
Should be okay mate.
You'll be trapping and stuff as well, and after 10 years there will be a society formed that will hold farming and the alike. You'll be fine with 10 years of ammo.
Probably be fine with 1 years worth, or even 2 if you're scared.
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - Digger - 26 February 2013
(26 February 2013, 17:46)bigpaul Wrote: thats 200 tins @500 per tin, thats a lot of tins to store, get a large box or something similar to put them in or else your liable to lose a few if their spread around the house!
Too many zeros Bigpaul.
Its 20 tins of 500 = 10 thousand.
(26 February 2013, 18:37)Mortblanc Wrote: Will the normal airgun last through 10,000 shots?
With regular firearms it is only the rare military grade shooter that will hold up to the 5,000 shots that NATO requires. I would not begin to expect the seals in my airgun to last that long.
Good point Mortblanc,
I'll be keeping two spare springs and four seal service kits as well as gun lube.
I had an old .22 that would have been made in the 50s and it was still working pretty well until I gave it away in a moment of stupidity a few years ago. That gun never got serviced and was lubed only with 3in1 oil.
10 years life span should be do-able if I'm careful.
(26 February 2013, 18:52)NorthernRaider Wrote: Its prudent to keep service kits for air rifles, its usually down to luck and atmospherics how long they last for. some better air rifles have chroumium coated bores like the M60, others have only hardened, and of course it depends on the quality / density / mix of the alloy used to make the lead pellets. In the UK theres still poachers taking game with 50 year old air sporters whilst guys with 5 year old pneumatics have failed.
AG ammo is also good for barting as well as your own use, but either way air gunners should keep spair springs or gas rams, seals, O rings, top hat bushes and spring guides anyway.
Good point about barter items NR I hadn't thought of that. Its a form of currency. I'll be far less hesitant about investing in it now. When someone asks me if I've considered investing in gold, my reply will now be that I've planted my investment in processed lead. ha ha.1
(26 February 2013, 17:52)Barneyboy Wrote: get your self a pellet maker
here you go pal see if this is any good
http://myairgunstuff.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/airgun-pellet-maker.html
How much? Where from?
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - Barneyboy - 26 February 2013
from here pal
http://airgunpelletmaker.weebly.com/
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - Metroyeti - 26 February 2013
If your getting moulds try and get them for catapult ammo and fishing weights
RE: Air Gun Pellet storage - Digger - 26 February 2013
(26 February 2013, 19:43)Barneyboy Wrote: from here pal
http://airgunpelletmaker.weebly.com/
Brilliant Barneyboy.
have you tried this mould? It looks superb and gives an infinite supply of ammo.
Again, from what NR mentioned about barter goods, this would be like printing your own money.
next spring tided I'll be on my favourite bit of coat harvesting lead weights I think:-)
(26 February 2013, 19:59)Metroyeti Wrote: If your getting moulds try and get them for catapult ammo and fishing weights
Good idea Metroyeti
Fishing weights I get for free anyway and know how to mould them.
But good idea about catapult ammo. That's worth considering. I've tried lead ammo on my one and it certainly packs a heavier punch than steel ball bearings.