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A look into hunting airgun ammo
NOMADIC PIRATE:
Those are GAMO (brand) pellets, Gamo makes good guns but I would stay away from the pellets, I don't know the power of your gun so is hard to say what pellet, on top of that every gun is different and you have to find what flys,
.177 don't really have the juice to get the hollowpoints to expand, so a Domed shaped pellet is the best all around,...make sure you stay well away from pointed pellets, those are the most erratic, your flat nosed work good for hunting untill you wanna take long shots, than they loose energy downrange faster than the domed ones.
Have fun out there ;D
mrkinsey:
I have used GAMO pellets before and they work fine as long as the shooter is using an airgun that doesn't shoot faster than 1000 fps. Because they are lighter than normal pellets the tend to wobble, twist, and tumble at higher velocities compared to standard lead pellets. In other words, if you like accuracy and speed, just use the standard lead pellets. They will increase fps significantly on lower powered airguns, however.
NOMADIC PIRATE:
Gamo makes real good rifles, but theyr pellets are just not up to par with the good ones out there, they are O.K. but when we are talking touching holes at 30 yards Gamo just don't cut it.
I was shooting the Rocket 9.6gr ( the one with the copper ball on the tip)out of my Gamo .177 and was shooting good, than I changed to the Discovery 10,5gr hollopoint and now the rifle shines, and the Discoverys are nowhere near as good as some pellets out there.
As for the PBA, the Gamo alloy light pellet 5.4gr , it's just horrible, only good for those that try chase super speeds thru the chrono ;D
recurve shooter:
lotsa good info here, im enjoying reading it all. ;D
im just shooting an old benjamin. it says 600 fps on it somewhere, but sence its a pump gun im sure it can varry depending on how many pumps you put on it. ??? anyway its not really a high end gun, just something that works for me so far. i guess ima just have to buy a few different types of pellets at bass pro shops today after school and see what flys best.
my friend came over and helped me sight in my gun today, and he wants one now lol. we thinkin about a .22 cal break barrel in the 100-150 dollar range, and dropping another 40 bucks into a nice red dot sight to put on it. any suggestions?
NOMADIC PIRATE:
If I had to buy a break barrel .22 today, it would be the Benjamin Trail NP XL 299 bucks, but it comes with a 3-9x 40 centerline scope, the gun is a nitro piston so has much less vibrations than a springer therefore easyer to be more accurate, the gun has a shrouded barrel so is super quite, you can keep it cocked unlike springers because the nitro piston does not fatigue, she will shoot a 18gr pellet in the 800s and a 14gr in the 900s
I'm just waiting to sell my .22 so I can buy it ;D ;D
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