Ten-metre air rifle and pistol are sports of millimetres. The scoring rings are tiny and a single touched line can change a final. In that world the wadcutter remains king for one simple reason: it cuts a clean, full-diameter hole.
A domed pellet can tear or push paper, leaving an ambiguous edge that a scoring gauge may read unkindly. The wadcutter’s flat face shears a crisp circle, so a shot that breaks the line is recognised as breaking the line.
At 10 metres the wadcutter’s lower ballistic coefficient is irrelevant — there is no wind indoors and the distance is short. What matters is consistency and a clean hole, which is exactly what a precision match pellet is built to deliver.
