Exact .22 Caliber Air Gun Pellets

The pellets came on time and were well packaged. The pellets seem nicely made. I’ve done the choice for these pellets due to the high rating for accuracy as posted in different websites. I have not tried them yet but feel good about it. I’ll probably post one after its use.

My PCP JTS Airacuda Max air rifle shoots dime size groups of 10 @ 30yrds using this pellet! NO other pellet that I've tried (and I've used many different brands) shoots groups this tight!! 2nd most accurate Crossman Premier 14.3 gr HP

Shoot really smooth.

Purchased these JSB Diabolo Jumbo Exact Heavy .22 Caliber air rifle pellets along with the Crosman Field Hunting .22 Cal 14.3 grains. Quite happy with both. I had seen them featured on U-Tube video. My air rifle is a Stoeger X20S with a Leapers 3X9 scope. My 'go to' pellet has consistently been the Umarex Meisterkugein pellets which for putting holes are hard to beat but they are wad cutters. They do take down a rabbit properly placed but I had been looking for something that was accurate and a bit more of a hunting pellet. Both the Diabolos and the Crosman's will fill the bill.Air rifles are interesting in that for a shooter used to conventional bullets not that much seems to carry over. For example I typical zero my scope with the Meisterkugein at 7 yds since that is the space I have available in my shop so I don't have to worry about neighbors. When I would take a shot at 17 yds I would typically miss the rabbit while at 7 yds I was grouping at around 1/2 to 3/4". Puzzling. I then found an excellent website that allows you to calculate the trajectory for your air rifle pellet and was amazed to find how much more of an arc there was compared to a conventional bullet which are much flatter. So zeroed at 7 yds it showed a 2" RISE to 17 yards! The next rabbit that was about that distance I simply held the crosshairs 2 inches lower with a very nice outcome.The other thing that just continues to amaze me about an air rifle is how specific they can be for a particular pellet. You really want to zero your scope for a particular pellet and then use that pellet for hunting. For example the Meisterkugein can be right on target at 7 yds and the Diablo will put a 1/2" group of 5 shots to the right and down a good inch. The Crosman will put a 3/4" group of 5 shots to the left of center a good inch. So really what you need to concern yourself with is finding the pellet that will group consistently for your air rifle and zero your scope for that particular pellet being aware that if you are going to change to a different pellet you will need to zero for that particular pellet. I am very happy with the grouping of all three pellets in my Stoeger and intend to zero the scope for the Diablo's. The weight of the Diablo is a bit heavier and the shape should be a better hunting pellet.Hope this helps someone else save time. I have tried a wide variety of pellets and these three work well for me. The Crosman is the least expensive so for just plinking a target that might be my choice. Of course the Crosman is the least accurate but then again for the money it's a surprisingly accurate pellet. Some other pellets I have tried just aren't consistent and typically in a five shot group there will be one outlier that would be irritating if while hunting that happened. I value accuracy and consistency.

I used these and other pellets in a .22 cal Benjamin Trail NP XL Air Rifle air rifle at 10 meters after the gun was broken in with a couple hundred shots. I compared accuracy (and to a lesser degree penetration) of the following pellets:Skenco Heavy Long-Range .22 Cal, 16.7 Grains, Pointed, Lead-Free, 90ctJSB Match Diabolo Exact Jumbo Heavy .22 Cal, 18.13 Grains, Domed, 250ctRWS Meisterkugeln Standard .22 Cal, 14.0 Grains, Wadcutter, 250ctCrosman .22-Cal Hollow Point Hunting Pellets.The RWS Wadcutters were the most accurate pellet in the group. Their flat-heads had a great ability to cut perfect circles in paper targets as they were intended. Some people have stated these would not be good hunting pellets although I certainly would not want to be a rabbit on the other end of the barrel. At 10m I was able to hit a quarter (or sometimes a ChuckeCheese token) in 8/10 shots. Interestingly, these and all the pellets would make indentations in the coins and basically melt/deform into the coin.The JSB Match Diablo Exact Jumbo Heavy domed pellets were very accurate. At 10m I was able to hit a quarter in 6/10 shots. These pellets penetrated slightly deeper into wood than the RWS Wadcutters and Crosman HP's.The Crosman HP's were nearly as accurate as the JSB's, having hit 5/10 shots. These are good pellets for the money if you are concerned about cost.The Skenco's were by far the least accurate (least consistent). In 10 shots I could not hit a quarter and they mapped an approximately 6 inch center-to-center. These did exhibit the deepest penetration. For instance, they penetrated approximately 100% deeper in the 2x6 douglas fir boards used as backing for my targets. Based on their characteristics, I suggest these pellets only be used as a novelty item. Perhaps the only good use of these pellets would be to kill a larger animal from point-blank range where accuracy is not necessary. Another oddity of these pellets is that they do not fit snugly into the bore. The front of the pellet is an extremely hard alloy and the back 2/3 is red plastic. At the skirt-end of the pellet the plastic is flat and slightly larger than the rest of the bullet (similar to the rim of a .22Cal.LR rim fire cartridge but even thinner). I have described this oddity because typical loading techniques with a break barrel pellet rifle can result in the pellet falling out when you raise the barrel back into position following placement of the pellet into the bore. I unfortunately dry-fired the gun 3 times before realizing what was occurring. Fortunately I have not seen or felt any differences in the gun following this mishap.