H&N Baracuda Green, .177 Reviews

Very well made (consistency in shape and size, etc.). For me, the H&N Baracuda Green pellets are pretty good; maybe one of the best going, if you're interested in going lead-free. Just enough weight to ensure accuracy, whether using only three pumps or the whole works, out of the many variable pumpers and CO2 air rifles in which I've tried 'em (Crosman, Winchester, Benjamin, Seneca, Beeman, etc.).

Great Scott! These things are outrageously expensive! I bought about sixteen tins just a few months ago, which saved me a good bit, but as much as they cost then (I think it was about 3 to 4c each, after the multiples of 4 tins discount and free shipping), they're FAR more costly now (just under six cents each)! My wife insists the cost to stay lead free is worth it, but I can't help but be shocked by just how much more expensive my airgun hobby as become, just from the difference in pellet costs! I used to get lead pellets that would see me through a full month of target shooting (almost always at a penny a piece, sometimes two in .22 caliber) for the cost of just two-hundred of these (a single tin), and there's no discernable difference in performance, as one might hope from something costing five or six times more...

INCREDIBLY expensive!

My go-to pellets, at least the undisputed champs before H&N started also producing the less expensive Match Green pellets (in tins of 500 instead of 300). The new wadcutters from H&N are pretty much equivalent in quality and utility, but they're considerably more affordable, which is a big plus for lead-free shooters. These aerodynamic pellets also are extremely accurate in all the air rifles in which I've tried them, and they work MUCH better in magazines (particularly those for my .177 and .22 caliber Dragonfly Mk2's) than do the Match pellets. These also produce a noticeably smaller footprint on reactive targets (such as Shoot-N-C and Splatterburst) than do their Match rounds, undoubtedly due to their being domed rather than flat. Depending on the targets I'm using, that can be a big advantage for me over other, less aerodynamically efficient pellets. Another truly excellent product from H&N!

PRICE (more pellets for less money)!!!! Sure, that's blue-sky, wishful thinking, but hey, if I really could change something... :-)

Great in both .177 and .22 caliber. Until Pyramyd started carrying the H&N Match Green pellets, these were my undisputed, absolute favorites. The Field Target Trophy Green from H&B are a similarly domed pellet, but they're smaller, considerably lighter and I've had some problems with them being inaccurate in a few of my variable pumpers and won't be buying more when I run out. I've built up a stash of a few thousand of these extremely nice pellets (only the Predator GTO lead-free are better, IMO) that I'll be sure to keep in stock as long as I can afford them, along with the more affordable H&N Match Green pellets. For my needs, these (and the Match Green) H&N lead-free pellets are far and away the best available when it comes to price versus performance.

they work well in my Gauntlet thank-you

Not much.

Size is too big, not sure they are 4.50mm. Wont shoot out of my brand new Dan Wesson 4" and 2.5 ". Stock with 3 tins at $15.99 each. :(

Dont stock up on these until you try them

lead free, nice through my Remington Hunter Expree NP

Lower price would be a plus...

Great pellets for plinking, small varmints, a lil costly, but not bad.

accurate, work well in my Schofield no. 3, no test in my Umarex SA-10 as of yet, work is keeping me busy now.

nothing

each gun, each person is different, need to try them to see how they work in your gun, guns, most experts will tell you this.

Nice projectory and grouping at 70 yards. Flies straight without tumble at 1600 fos

Nothing

I could go on but you should buy and see for yourself

Lead free - good for environment

Price

Worked great in Trail NP, jammed in Baikal IZH-61 (have not found a lead-free pellet that doesn't jam in it)

size/shape

Improve accuracy.

Disappointing...Did not live up to the claims of the manufacturer

Easy availability. Lead free.

Accuracy. Other lead free pellets work excellently for 10m targets in my Crosman 2300KT (with Lothar Walther match barrel), namely H&N Match Green 5.25 gr wadcutter, Predator GTO 5.5 gr wadcutter, and GTO 6.79 gr domed.

In defense of this design, the .22 caliber version works well in my 2240. The .177 version? On an indoor 10M range, they fly all over the map out of my 2300KT and are equivalently bad in my Vigilante. I don't want to down-rate a pellet because it won't work in one particular gun, but these are really bad in both my .177 guns. I never believed in that mythical love/hate relationship between pellets and guns ... until I tried these. The evidence is clear: 3 lead free designs/weights that work excellently, and these fail horrendously ... You'll have to send your gun on a blind date with these to see what happens. Hopefully you'll get better results than I did. Go in peace good people!

Very good accuracy Love the lead-free alloy

Remove the ... for PCP rifles only .... warning from the front. They shoot great in my Swarm Fusion spring piston rifle.

Shoot very well in my Compatto. Very accurate out to 25 yards.

Well packed as usual.

These pellets are nice and clean with no deformities.

Up the amount of pellets to a 500ct for the same price listed here...

I was using the Sig Sauer Wraith Ballistic Alloy, 6.48 grains .177 Pellets for a few years and found that spending $23 for 300 pellets was just waaaay too much. So I found something more suitable, these almost IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY, H&N Baracuda Pellets!! The only issue is that theyre not so cheap either. Although I am saving $6 dollars on every tin, $18 when I buy three. The simple difference between the Sig Sauer Pellets and the H&N Baracuda Pellets are a simple .16 grains!

Good but not up to their lead counterparts.

Make a heavier lead free, 8 grains. Make them palatable price wise. I bought these for the obvious reasons of lead free indoors and with kids.

Accuracy is not what I had hoped. However, I can put together good strings from my Gauntlet, just not hole in hole with other lead pellets. It drops my PCP to that of a good springer that every now and then reaches lead accuracy.

Big hooray to those vendors that come out these innovative and accurate lead-free pellets. It is much more responsible to the environment and to our next younger generation to use these lead-free pellets. And these pellets are uniform, robust (can be re-used if trap is well engineered), and accurate. It does take some trials to get my 880 and 1377 dialed in with right pumps. Now I can shoot 1377 with even re-used pellet with <0.25~0.5" group in 10m.

The price got to go down a little bit to really win over lead pellet users. So maybe a larger count package (500 or even 1K) at discount price?

Using the buy 3 get 1 free program at PA, the pellet unit price may come down to about 4 penny comparing to about 2 penny for RWS Superdome. I used a cardboard box trap with dense packing foam (like the gray one PA used to package pellet box) and multiple layers of paper shopping bag to capture pellet with little deformation. If I used each pellet twice, I got the price even with superdome. Often I can use them 3 times, then it is even cheaper than superdome. Unfortunately, recently my grouping is so tight, I have much higher pellet mortality rate since they crushed each other. :)

Lead free and accurate out to about 40 yards with my Benjamin Marauder, mite get better with the adjustment of the rifle.

More pellets in the tin for the price.

If your looking for a lead free pellet, give this one a try.

Accurate at 10 meters in my two low and medium power spring rifles and my single stroke target pistol.

The price is the only negative.

The pellet is made of a very hard material and seems to penetrate better/deeper from the same gun than lead pellets. The pellets recovered from a silent trap appear completely straight, and except for the rifling marks look almost new. My low power spring rifle can puncture bottle caps and tin cans with this pellet, but only dent the same with lead pellets of any shape.

Great pellet for pistols. Shoot further and better penetration than the 7grn and above pellets.

More for the money.

Excellent for air pistol shooting.

Accurate. My Crosman 1377 performs very well with these pellets.

Screw on lid for tin.

Pellet weight very consistent.