A better way to sort bbs

[Andre]

Many people sort bbs by size for bb gun competitions, and most guns like .174 size ground shot (or so I've heard) but sorting them is a pain.
I made this special anvil for a micrometer, to aid in measuring bbs. It only gives you a comparative measurement over actual size, but I've been messing around with it and seems to work nicely. Tomorrow I will heat/oil blue it and sort some bbs and see how much of a difference it makes in my bb guns, though I don't have a 499 to test sadly.

http://i.imgur.com/ELrkgrz.jpg?1

Notice the dish in the homemade anvil, it holds the bb in place to keep it from rolling away and measures in two places at once on the bb.

http://i.imgur.com/10YWbSn.jpg?1


Maybe this will give somebody some ideas on how to make their own. I have another device to measure bbs using a comparator stand. Will be a lot faster than using a micrometer.

[Rover]

How about a sieve as a "go-no go" gauge.

[Andre]

How about a sieve as a "go-no go" gauge.

A friend came up with hat idea, but then if one was too small is would go through the go side and you'd never know, and it would be a flyer.

[BigAl]

How about a sieve as a "go-no go" gauge.

A friend came up with hat idea, but then if one was too small is would go through the go side and you'd never know, and it would be a flyer.

Two sieves, one to weed out the oversize so it goes through that one. The second to weed out the undersized, so you are left with the wanted size in that sieve at the end of the process.

Alan

[matinaron]

Interesting idea i think i will try this lets see if it works for me

[conradin]

Sieves seem to be a good idea because you can do that in mass amounts at the same time.

[Andre]

Interesting idea i think i will try this lets see if it works for me

If it works, please report back. I haven't used mine too much but will start using it soon.

[Rover]

I haven't thought on this subject in a long time.

Did you know that there are lead round balls available from some leading pellet makers? They are as accurate as the match pellets they sell.

You might consider switching from steel BBs. The cost would be irrelevant compared to the expense and effort you're contemplating.

[Andre]

I haven't thought on this subject in a long time.

Did you know that there are lead round balls available from some leading pellet makers? They are as accurate as the match pellets they sell.

You might consider switching from steel BBs. The cost would be irrelevant compared to the expense and effort you're contemplating.

I'm quite aware of round balls, a lot of big bore airgunners shoot them.

I don't shoot bb gun, never have. But I can't imagine anybody who shoots bb gun wills soot them. Nobody does for a reason. Steel bbs have less friction in the bore, and have less air resistance than bbs. They also fly slower, meaning more time in the bore which is a bad thing and tends to rip targets more.

I don't know though, I have no experience with bb gun so any advise above is just an educated guess.