The weight of one bullet or ball.
Both light and heavy shells have their advantages and disadvantages. So, a small weight allows you to achieve a high initial speed, but it is quickly lost due to air resistance. Conversely, a heavy bullet "starts" slower, but retains speed longer. However, in fact, such nuances are necessary mainly for professionals and enthusiastic enthusiasts — hunters, athletes, fans of high-precision shooting, etc. If bullets are bought for entertainment, initial training and other tasks that do not require special accuracy, you can not pay much attention.
As for specific weight values, they are directly related to the caliber. So, bullets of the most popular 4.5 mm caliber in our area with a weight
of up to 0.3 g and
0.3 – 04 g are considered very light,
0.4 – 0.5 g and
0.5 – 0.6 g are light,
0 ,6 – 0.7 g and
0.7 – 0.8 g — medium,
0.8 – 0.9 g and
0.9 – 1 g — heavy, and the most massive may
exceed 1 g in weight. In turn, balls of the same caliber rarely exceed 0.5 g in weight. For larger calibers, respectively, the numbers are larger: the weight of a 5.5 mm bullet can reach 2.5 g, 6.35 mm — 5 g, 9 mm — 10 g .
The amount of ammunition in the package.
Due to their small size and low cost, bullets and balls for pneumatics are usually sold in large quantities: packages
up to 250 pcs inclusive are considered small,
250 – 500 pcs are considered medium, and in separate sets there are
more(up to 2000 pcs and more). However, this is true only for the most popular caliber 4.5 mm — charges of larger calibers are supplied in much smaller batches. In addition, the only exceptions are darts, which are usually sold in 10-12 pcs (for details, see "Type").
In turn, Flaubert's cartridges and pyrotechnic charges in the form of blank cartridges are also sold in relatively modest quantities — from 10 to 200 pcs in the first case and most often 50 pcs in the second.
Anyway, one large pack is usually cheaper than several small ones with the same number of charges. And it is convenient to take small batches of ammunition “for testing”.
