a bunch of different bb's

[Shadowrich]

[Sniper]

in staying with a consistent round BB, the Maruzen SGM are THE best ones out there. If you want heavier BBs, the .43s or .36s will work just fine because of the weight. Depending how hard your gun shoots, I'd say the .43s will give you the best range and accuracy. The .29s have great range, but can be light enough to be affected by the wind. They are VERY consistent with shape though.

[bigb]

[faden]

[Deviant]

[nativeofsandiego]

[Sniper]

[Shadowrich]

[Sniper]

[lilsniper]

I made a post almost like this before and It sounds like SGM's and TM .30's are the best.


EDIT. Here's a test.
DISCLAMER:
These results may not apply to all rifles. Sniper rifles are picky about what they eat.
Poster is not to be held responsible for any problems that may arise due to this thread.

EDIT: test done for .36 washed and 3 sgms that I found lying around

Ok, well, as mentioned in the VSR thread, I said I was going to run some tests comparing different types of bb in my VSR10 G-spec.
These tests were conducted indoors at 7m (house too small for anything more) prone with bipod. Cat was safely locked inside kitchen for the duration of the tests. (lol)
I was originally planning to use .29g SGM as well, but I ran out unfortunately, so the tests were carried out on Marushin .3g and Marui .3g bbs.

Each shot was fired from the same position, 10 shots per brand of bb, hopup turned OFF.
This is the setup of my rifle:
PSS10 teflon coated cylinder
PSS10 damper cylinder head
PSS10 piston
SP130 spring
PSS10 430mm 6.03mm tightbore
PSS10 bearing spring guide
PSS10 trigger and piston sears
PSS10 spring guide stopper
Firefly SOFT v-hop bucking w/ 1 layer of teflon tape wrap

The results are as follows:
Marui .3g
Vertical grouping:
33.5mm
horizontal grouping:
25.0mm

Marushin .3g
Vertical grouping:
35.0mm
Horizontal grouping:
35.5mm

STRAIGHT .36g washed
Vertical grouping:
35.0mm
Horizontal grouping:
35.0mm [note, there is an error in measurement on the photo, the actual size is 35x35mm]

Maruzen SGM .29g
Vertical grouping:
29.0mm
Horizontal grouping:
12.0mm

Conclusion:
Though I was impressed with the non-fliers in the Marushin pack, they seem to be quite inconsistent in terms of quality. The ones which are well made are spot on with a horizontal grouping of less than 15mm, and vertical grouping of less than 20mm, but there are 4 'fliers' out of 10, which is a double the amount in the Marui sample, which, though with less attractive results in the non-flier group, were more consistant overall, with the 2 'fliers' being quite close to the same group, and the main body being 20x22mm. The STRAIGHT washed were, as expected, the worst, due to washing, which leads to inconsistant size, but all the same performed quite well with a main body grouping of ~35x20mm and only 2 'fliers'. The SMGs were quite disappointing in performance although they are an incomplete test, as only 3 were fired. The "main body" which consists of 2bbs is amazing, at 10x8mm however, with one 'flier' in 3 bbs, it makes me wonder about their consistancy, though we will have to wait before being able to make a judgement on the overall quality of these bbs.

So, if you're willing to go through the bag of Marushin .3gs and test them individually for quality, they would be your best bet. However, if you arent that dedicated to sniping, or as addicted to the perfect shot(s) Marui would be the better choice as far as these two brands are concerned.

[Shadowrich]

how much of a range difference would you see in the .29 SGM's and the .36's? it's lookin like i'm leaning towards the SGM's as of now.

[lilsniper]

[Psg1_guy]

[Shadowrich]

[Sniper]