BB gun pellets.

[flobadob]

I'm looking to get some steel pellets for an air rifle. However I cannot find the type which I am looking for to replace the ones I had. The pellets I was using were concave at one end and convex at the other and were thinner in the middle that at each end. However all of the pellets that I can see online are round ones. Is there a different name for the type of ones I am looking for?

[DrFilth]

have a look at some on here

http://airgunbuyer.co...ellets&SubCat=Pellets

[scotman]

Are you sure you want steel? Firing lots of these will wear the barrel much more quickly than lead ones.

[ChuckFickens]

If your searching for BB pellets I'm not surprised you're only finding round ones..... BB pellets are round, the BB stands for ball bearing!

You want air gun pellets...

http://www.google.co....b=wi&biw=1280&bih=886

And as SM says, they are lead, not steel.

[sidkid]

While it is often stated that the term "BB" originated from "ball bearing" or "bullet ball" (if it is made of plastic), this is not the case.[1] The original BB guns used the BB-sized lead shot for shotguns, midway between B and BBB size. BB shot was nominally 0.180 inches (4.57 mm), but tended to vary considerably in size due to the high allowable tolerances for shotgun shell use. Around 1900, Daisy, one of the earliest makers of BB guns, changed their BB gun bore diameter to .175 inches (4.45 mm), and began to market precision-made lead shot specifically for their BB guns. They called this "air rifle shot", but the "BB" name was already well established, and everyone continued calling the guns "BB guns" and the shot "BB shot" or just "BBs".
Subsequently, the term "BB" became more generic, referring to round shot (and sometimes non-round shot) of various calibers and materials. This included (and still includes) bearing balls, plastic round shot (such as used in airsoft), 0.177 caliber lead and steel shot, marbles, and many others. It should also be noted that the ubiquitous usage of the term "ball bearing" for any steel ball is technically incorrect. A ball bearing is a mechanical bearing constructed with a multitude of bearing balls.

Source: Wikipedia

[flobadob]

Thanks for the info guys, that is good to know. Scotman, I might check out lead ones in that case. Thing is the pellets I had were not in their correct box so I didn't know what they were called. Chuck and sid, I never actually knew what BB meant and I never thought about it so thanks for that. I will check out those sites now, thanks again guys.