I was Sportsmans Warehouse yesterday.I saw some Crosman .177 Fireball pellets,what the heck I'll try um just for fun.
After I got home and opened the tin I almost sh#*?t my pants.
These have got to be the worst Quality controlled pellets i have ever seen.
Do I send them to Crosman with a letter or throw them away.I wouldn't shoot these out of nothing I own would you??
Here Take a look for yourself.Every pellet in the tin (250)has screwed up shirts and half have enough left over flashing where they were swedged to give them wings.
For a good close-up look go here click link below
I think I've seen your warning all over the net today, LOL. They must be some really BAD pellets! What's worse, I've picked up a couple new tins of the pointed premiers in .22. Now I'm afraid to open them.
Hehehe “Skunk” now, that takes on a whole different connotation.
I aint cross, man, just floating like a bee, man.
I know this has crossed your mind.
What I meant by the term “possums” was, for example, a disgruntled employee grabbing a handful of pellets from a “factory die reject” barrel and stuffing them into one or more “good” tins, and/or other types of malcontented employee behavior.
Many of the Crosman complaints I’ve read here, seem more related to “prank” kinds of anomalies. I mean, I have not been to the Crosman facility(s). But I cannot imagine any modern corporate production plant having their “widgets” laboriously mass sorted, boxed/tinned, and labeled/stamped by hand.
The errors seem to be completely random and unrelated to mass production.
These types of screw-ups would be indicative of a plant running a Lucy & Ethel Mertz cookie assembly line.. On one production date it’s bad ‘uns mixed with good ‘uns the next production day its .20’s labeled .22’s, the next date it’s a whole different species in the box/tin, etc. Go figure.
Let's see if I can get you a picture of pellets from years gone by for comparison
February 29 2008, 5:58 AM
Here we have two old tins of Benjamin .22's (courtesy of an auction - I don't have them.) If you allow for the oxidiation and years of handling, you will see that they look pretty darned uniform.
Now, I will bet that these are made in USA. Are the new pellets coming out of China or are they domestic production? If China, I would check them for lead content. Maybe this time they're not putting ENOUGH lead in the alloy? No joke, though. Lead is getting pricey and China's demand for car batteries is one of the key drivers. Wouldn't put it past them to actually leave some lead out this time around.
I thought about that possum point you made. (Actually, there is a Possum Point down river from here, but that's another subject.) So I called up a friend at nearby CIA headquarters and had him train a spy satellite on the Crosman factory. Here's what he saw:
Crosman employees arriving by carpool:
An industrial spy identified the very cupltrit who's been resorting/repacking all those culls. Typical disgruntled slacker taking another forty minute break:
Think that explains everything. Darn these possums!
Re: Let's see if I can get you a picture of pellets from years gone by for comparison
February 29 2008, 8:42 AM
RedFeather
Lord ha Mercy!
A technical expert, a scholar AND a talented humorist!
I see you like playing around with wit, words and media Redfeather
Very impressive, BUT…
Gotta be careful slinging that stuff around…. From what I gather, most of these folk are long past reform school age. You almost gave poor Tim a LOL heart attack! And you caused me a stitch in my side (and spittle on my keyboard). Careful, man.
But your point is very, very well made, I get it: “We been spoofed”.
I felt it all along….There ain’t no weapons of mass destruction, just a few terrorists here and there.
Hey Warren,was that possum carpool not the funnyest thing ever?!!Red Feather has me beat by a country mile! Ill just be content to be the "class clown". A good laugh among friends is a great thing& Red Feather nearly killed me with that one!! Thanks R.F.,great to have you here! Tim.
