H&N Excite Plinking, .22 Reviews

At velocities under 800fps, I get single hole with3 different springers. Much faster speeds will destabilize the flat surface. Perfect to @25 yds for birds at less than 18 ftlbs. At reasonable ranges there are impressive terminal effect in soft mediums.

Print low power use recommended on tins..

Every gun I own can stack Terminators at 10 meters. These can come very close in most of them. Notice a lot of pistol reviews? At 900 plus they will fly to unknown areas. 730 fps is about ideal for match accuracy and 20 yards for hunting. The thin skirt seal better at low pressures.

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Would make a better fishing sinker than ammo in my opinion.

Cheap you get what you pay for.

Target round.

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Does well in most of my Crosman's 13xx & 2240's

All but a few pellets match, and skirt size is pretty consistent... Saw no actual damage on any.

Not bad for the price.

1) Price. 2) Performance. 3) Quality. 4) Packaging. 1) Using the 'get-four, pay-for-three' deal here at Pyramyd Air, I'm getting these for just a smidge over one cent each -- a very sweet price. When I need a new airgun or equipment for the hobby, I usually get it here and add enough pellets to get free shipping, reducing the cost even more; a penny saved and all that... 2) Every airgun I own shoots with exceptional accuracy when using these, whether loaded single-shot or used in a mag or clip. 3) The quality is exceptional, typical of H&N products. 4)

For my needs, these are perfect as is. If someone was shoving splinters under my toenails unless I came up with a wish-list, I'd ask my fairy godmother for: more pellets per container (maybe also lowering the price a bit?) and again, just because this is up in the blue-sky, maybe a couple of grains more weight. HOWEVER, almost all of my shooting takes place indoors, at homemade traps covered with 2-inch, self-adhesive 'spatter' targets, at short distances (30 feet max), usually with .177 and .22 caliber variable pumpers (I have ~12), using fewer pumps & lower power levels -- depending on the airgun, usually around four to eight pumps or so. The rest of my airguns (~8) are CO2 powered, so I can't adjust the power, but since I'm not hunting, I have no need for a more costly, heavier pellet, so these are perfect. Regardless of the airgun used, these pellets are exceptionally accurate at the closer distances at which my shooting is done and the price is right. I love 'em! :-)

The innovative, exceptional packaging used by Pyramyd Air for pellets is a major part of what makes any pellet they sell the one any shooter can call 'my favorite.' If they arrived damaged, in impossible to open tins, with many of the pellets useless, ouch! Now and then, I can get tins of 500 CPHP .22 rounds at Amazon for less than $7.00/tin with free shipping... but usually I won't. When those pellets arrive in a flimsy plastic bag with no packing materials, lots are ruined before I even can cut the danged tins open!!! Granted, they can arrive in fair shape rarely, but every order is a total dice-throw: maybe they arrive okay and maybe (usually) they don't! No thanks. Instead, when I order 20 tins (you usually can get only 4 tins max at the other place) of these similarly-priced-but-better-than-CPHP pellets, WITH the 4-for-the-cost-of-3 deal, the final cost ALWAYS is every bit as awesome as every like-new pellet is when it hits the mark! Where to buy? It's a no-brainer for me.

Really inexpensive

[General Gripe] I still hate pellet cans that aren't threaded

"Plinking" is an appropriate name, as none of my guns (or my friends' guns) will group under 15mm with these pellets at 10m. I get ragged one-hole groups at that distance, from the same guns, using Crosman 14.3 gr Premier HPs.

Excellent value and perform well in my 2250, 2240, 1322 and P-rod. They are a bit soft so if you have a gun capable of high velocities you may need to adjust down.

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These pellets are cheap and shoot great out of my 2 Crosman 362s. 3 pumps at 50ft these are consistently dead on. These are my go to pellets for backyard plinking.

Screw tin lid and 500 count tins

I find these are great for lower power shooting. (500fps or less).

Purchased these to add to my collection of pellets. Always looking for the one that will be "the pellet" for rifles and d pistols. These are very economical and perform well as plinkers, for training and target practice. Best group I weas able to to get was a little less than 1/2 inch at 10 meters. I would recommend these for CO2 and lower powered springers. My great granddaughters and I do a lot of shooting in my basement range during the winter months. We can shoot thesewithout breakingthe bank!

Change the lid to a screw on lid

Good inexpensive all-round pellet for casual shooting.

Cheep to shoot.

Manufacturer them better. Crosman Premier sell for about the same cost and shoot 10x as better.

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Fast, good impact, price is great. Supper accurate. Up to 20 yards. Use in my Diana Chaser, and Crosman 2240.

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Great pellet for Diana Airbug

The light weight. 13 gr. is notably faster at 10 to 20 yards than cphp.( at less than 800 fps. @ 17 -19 flbs.) Impact on soft targets ok at that range. Neither 30 ft.lb. springers ( mach 12.5 hatsan 125) can group accurate...they melt the alloy apparently and skip the rifling...( my guess) ..but crack near 1000+fps...and splat well at 10 mtr. Too much piston slam to use for those.Very accurate at 17-21 ft.lbs. very.

They what they say they are. Cheap accurate fun pellets.( up to 30 ft. Lbs . in my guns..) Pie-plate accuracy in my guns at 10 meters at 30 ftlbs. @ 975 fps..( wish I could hit ground squirrel with it at that speed)

Not much difference than Hobby pellets. Very fast. Short range. Good thump from wadcutter face. Soft alloy. Good for increasing zip of moderate to low powered. Accurate at mid- velocity and below. Cookie-cuts like Terminator at short range 15 yds. Sparrow-type birds poison. Good plink. Texas bullfrog exploder around stock tanks.(20 ft.lb. springers....cant hit 18 - wheeler at 30 ft.lbs.). Guns: Hatsan 125 spring. Beeman mach 12.5. Benji Prowler . hatsan Edge. Beman grizzly. All.22.

I bought a bunch of these to use in my Crosman 600 pistol and they cycled perfectly. They were pretty much the exact same size as some vintage Daisy pellets I was using. I am very happy with these pellets and the price is excellent.

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Great pellets for plinking or target shooting.

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They work great in my 1322. For that carbine, they are fast in this caliber (8 pumps) with useful accuracy at close range. I use my 1322 as a short range cannon.

To be fair to Crosman, their super hard hitting pellets are priced well in .22. Plinkers should be sold for 7 dollars for 500.

The Germans don't claim these are match pellets. They are for fun shooting and casual hunting.

Liked:. These tend to be very standard across multiple tins. I bought thirty because I tend to shoot 350-500 shots per day. Shape size etc was the same across the he first six tins I fired, so very good quality. My only complaint is actually by design since these are flat nosed they give me trouble with my Diana Trails out CO2 rifle to the point that I actually ended up bending the nose on my bolt and have to send it back for repair! Accuracy is great at roughly 75 meters/yards which is my standard firing point in my back yard range. Consistant quarter sized pattern on 6-7 shots. Seldom any wild fires or wingers at all. At 30 yards I can stay within Nicole between all 7 rounds of the magazine. Again though, the hard flat nose of the wad cutter means i typically have to bang them into the rifle, no smooth loads. Need to have rifle serviced to curve the input entry just a bit.

Softened nose for my rifle to load easier but that would not be a problem for anyone else.

Excellent value for plinking and might be solude enough for small rats or mice. Definitely accurate enough to enable small game targetting!! Money well spent!!

Accurate to 10 yards? I'm hitting cans and tylenol size bottles at 35 to 45 yards easy without missing. I'm using a crosman np .22 with a 4x12x40 scope. A real bargain at 4.99 for 250 pellets. Very well made pellets uniform size.

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These fight the wind better than rws hobby 11.9. A little heavier they pack a punch for a wadcutter. They seem a little dry like they dont have much lube on them from the factory but does not affect performance. Bought at field supply.com.

A great little pellet for plinking or breaking in a new .22 barrel. The Excite brand is from H&N and the quality is very good for such an inexpensive pellet.

The tin is flimsy and has no screw top. Don't drop it!

I wouldn't expect any sort of great accuracy with these, but I find them great for breaking in new rifles for those first 100-200 shots. They are also adequate for plinking, as their name implies.

Excellent quality and price.