The 100 pellet count is to find your maximum range. How exactley did you polish your barrell? Well I am sorry that you have had to spend all the money on all of those chokes and different ammo types. Your gun seems to be doing a fine job, so don't knock mine, maybe I just got one that was built on Tuesday. I don't know, all I know is that it shoots great. I really enjoyed your calculations in the earlier post, but one thing that you cannot calculate is how pellets fly. Just like every gun is different I am sure every shell has a variation also. Thank you.