Benjamin Destroyer .25, .25 Reviews

Very accurate and hard hitting from my Mrod with factory setting. Well packaged, loads easily.

Could be cheaper, free would be even better...lol...Not really sure if pellet produces a wider and deeper wound channel due to shape. Seems a little gimicky to me. I'm killing the pest I shoot at so I don't waste my time recovering pellet to see if it blossemed out adequately. I've been caught of guard with pest when the gun only had a 1500psi charge. This pellet is still passing thru at that charge when I recover animal for disposal. I can only assume it has still retained it's shape on exit. I don't know.

Not sure why so many are having problems. Level your rifle on flat surface with a level then level your scope on gun with level. Cross-check that both are still level when tightening down scope. Canted crosshairs will send your bullet off target if not centered properly. Get a paper target that has crosshairs or make one, line up your scope crosshairs to the target crosshairs and let them fly. I would start off with 20-25yds zero dail-in. This one and Benji Domes are all I use, recalibrating depending on which one. My 9yr old daughter is hitting quarter sized spinners at 25yds, 7 out of 8 (magazine capacity) times consistently with these pellets. I have not missed a varmit squirrel yet. If you take the time to calibrate your system properly it will work. Know how to judge distance, compensate for parallax, and practice minimum magnification. It's that simple. I'm using the Centerpoint 40x. As far as scopes go it's not Ziess, US Optics, or Nightforce quality but it works for this.

Some people use pellets for extreme accuracy at long distances. I need pellets that effectively kill game. I hunt with dogs that tree squirrels and raccoon. These pellets have outperformed the JSB Exact Kings 25.39 grain pellets on coon, and were far superior than the Barracuda Hunter extreme 28.4 grains. I have only shot the Destroyer on raccoons up in a trees at night. These are not easy shots because of brush, off hand shooting, holding a light, etc. If you hit the raccoon in the head they will drop out dead. Even with a solid body shot the raccoon is wounded seriously and you get good penetration with a body shot when no head shot presents itself.

You do get a few more flyers and I would like to see Benjamin work on the quality of this pellet because it is a very lethal pellet.

I am hunting with the .25 caliber synthetic Ben. M-Rod with a Hawke Sport 3-9x40 scope.

These are not as bad as people say. It makes a big difference on what type of gun. My Marauder doesn't shoot them that well, but my Hatsan 125 does much better. Don't know if it the different velocity or the break barrel just likes them better.

Nothing, I will buy more.

I got these because of all the bad ratings. Wanted to find out for myself.

Shoots great and a great price

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great pellet

the can they came in is the best thing about these.

everything will not group under 5" at 25yrds

don't waist your money on these

These .25 pellets group 1/4" at 17 yds out of my Talon SS on full power, starting pressure 2900 psi, and are running at 702 fps with 30 FPE. They match the accuracy of JSB Exs & Pred Polys out of this gun.

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Every gun is different, can't tell until you try them in yours.

Okay ammo

Include the dome pellets with your package instead of these.

The Dome pellets are much more accurate.

I have nothing at all negative to say about these pellets, which is so out of the ordinary that it is a positive all on its own. They shot great groups, penetrated, and did the job they were created to do. I am going to try other pellets too just to see if there is something out there that improves but at 25 yards it is hard to improve multiple shots through the same hole!

This design for 177 (Destroyer, gammo tomahawk) did not group well for me in my spring guns. Goes to show that some pellets are good performers but just not in every gun.

Free with MRod. Nothing I shot moved after hit. I had good accuracy out to 25 yards (clover leafed). Maybe my gun is an exception to what seems to be the rule here on accuracy. I have not had the need to go further in accuracy as I use this gun for dispatching vermin and usually don't shoot over a few yards.

I did have this similar designed pellet for my Benjamin 1500 in .177 and the accuracy wasn't all that great. I got some destroyers from Crosman and some Gamo brand (the gamo were horrible quality). Even though the .177 were not much to write home about I have not had a problem with the .25s.

This is a great hunting pellet though I don't think that it has any real advantage flight wise and it is basically a mean looking hollow point. The soft lead deforms all the same and when I have pulled these out of the wood I had a hard time differentiating between these and a hollow point. Whatever you choose to hunt with just make sure that you zero in and practice with that particular pellet from a single tin. I have seen pellets group in completely different places just based on their batch. If you can't put a group together that you are confident in at a range at least as far as you plan on hunting in you should not be shooting them.

As part of an air rifle package from Pyramid Air, these were the first pellets I tried in my new Marauder. With the rifle at the factory settings, these pellets proved to be very accurate out to 50 Yards (the max. distance of my target range). After raising the power level of the rifle, shot group size doubled. As a comparison, I have since tried the Benjamin domed pellets with which I was able to hold much tighter groups at both the factory and increased velocity settings. The Destroyer pellet seems to be very hard hitting at the factory setting and the profile may produce more shock, giving it an advantage for hunting but this is only an assumption on my part (so far). When squirrel season re-opens in the fall, I plan to find out for sure.

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Free with Marauder purchase

More uniform shape/weight

Benjamin destroyers absolutely would not group for me, as opposed to the domed version, which will cut holes for me at 50 yards (about 855 FPS in .25 cal).

They make nice clean holes in paper targets.

It's hard to tell what isn't right about this pellet but it certainly doesn't work well in my Mrod. Groups were 2 inches at 20 yards, JSB Exact Kings grouped at 3/8 inch at the same distance on the same target.

I too thought there was something wrong with my Marauder as I tried out the Destroyer pellets that came with the package. As another reviewer said, the only thing they destroy is accuracy. One clue was the nice clean holes each had a smudge on random sides of the hole which indicated to me that the pellet was not flying true and the skirt was creating the smudge. While they might work well with other guns, I can attest they do not with mine.

Screw lid on the tin

TERRIBLE in my Mrod, 3" - 4" groups at 50yd, JSB kings are 1/2" at 50yrds Don't waste your time on these

All pellets were uniform in size and shape.

Offer this pellet in a 25 grain to compete with the jsb.

At 35 yards this pellet out peforms the jsb but to hard to call.

Second best pellet in my marauder .25, screw on lid

domed in this weight would be more accurate

hard hitting pellets my marauder .25 was getting 40.8 fpe stock out of the box with these.

Very accurate

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I have shot over 200 of these through my Benjamin marauder. I have heard a lot of people say these are not accurate. I have to disagree. I can consistently hit a 4 inch circle at 75 yds. With these. I Shot 2 squirrels with these the other day. They did a great job. One shot one kill. I highly recommend them.

Pellets hit hard when used for small game hunting. Out of the 2 tins that I have shot, all pellets looked good in terms of shape and size.

These pellets were fairly inaccurate out my Marauder .25. While they are the same weight as the Benjamin .25 Domed, they are not nearly as accurate out of a Marauder.

Out of a stock Marauder .25, I consider the accuracy to be unacceptable for anything past 15 yards when hunting small game.

They look cool but that's it.

The indented small dome seems to cause drag causing the pellet to steer right or left compromising accuracy. The higher domed and more aerodynamic ones that Benjamin makes is the ideal pellet shape.

Terrible pellet flights. These pellets shot around a 5-8 inch grouping with my .25 cal Marauder at 25 yards. Beyond that, I can only hope it hits its intended targets.

They are destroyers (if you kan get a hit) like 5 inch groups

Get rid of these.... They go there own direction.

Just have fun an please have a safe shooting.

They are good to 30 yards