H&N Sniper Magnum, .177 Reviews

These pellets are super accurate im getting same hole groups with these pellets and i wasnt able to with any other pellet

These things hit like a crackin' great steamhammer. I mean they carry so much more energy downrange that there is just no hope for any kind of small game. You're not going to be getting after anything larger than a muskrat in .177 no matter what pellet you use but for my money they are the hardest hitting pellets I have ever used. They are accurate but I'm pretty sure that's more my Kral PB Silent than anything to do with any level of skill possessed by this shooter. The deep, and really very thin skirt engages the barrel well for a good seal.

I might have made the rim before the ogive radius just a millimeter or two larger to better facilitate engaging the rifling of the barrel. The skirt could be just a fuzz thicker in the interest of preventing damage during transport and i'd put a thin foam liner in the tin as well but as far as performance these are stompin' good.

Inspect them. The skirt is VERY thin and they do receive damage during transport and so you may at times find you have the occasional flyer.

Good for magnum Springer in .177

My Daisy Model 1000 likes these pellets pretty good. Wasn't sure if doubling the grain of the pellets I had been shooting would be too much but turns out my air rifle shoots these things almost as well as it shoots 10 grain pellets. I will definitely use these for harvesting small game.

I give uniformity of pellets a 4 out of 5. Compared to the Ultra Magnum I ordered these H&N were a little rough around the edges but not so much that they didn't hit where I aimed, not a single flyer.

As stated in my other review, if you are shooting a break action rifle rated at 1000 fps or more, using a 7 grain pellet and are not happy with your shot groups, give a heavier pellet a try. It might help tighten up those shot groups.

I like the fact that if they would have fit my poorly sized barrel they would have been outstanding

I would change the country that has a habit of rifling the barrels with too big of tool

There needs to be a way to know if the barrels on new guns or oversized

These are hard hitters; five star pellets they are best of two requirements hard hitting and accurate. I have an Airforce Condor Carbine SS before they made Condor Carbine's.

Nothing the skirt seems good seats well in the Condor at least.

You can takes some tough critters out with these pellets but you need to hit the vitals... since it's a "somewhat" light grain, but heavy though for .177 being the grains weight of a .22 calibre.

Great pellet for my Gamo break barrel

The H&N Sniper Magnum .177 is my favorite and most accurate pellet I've encountered in my Maximus. It seems to fall into zero at 25 yards and back into zero at 40 yards. I recommend them highly for the Maximus.

Try them in your Maximus, see if you get my results.

Excellent seating in the barrel, defined rifling grooves on recovered rounds, hits HARD, EXCELLENT group consistency.

Nothing yet...

I'm shooting these from a well-used Umarex Fuel, and at 30-35 yards these are pounding the snot out of my steel target! After rebuilding my gun, I feel confident that I can hunt game up to coyote size with clean kills. Beyond 35 yards I think I will have to block my scope though.

Love these pellets super heavy for 177 which keeps the sound report nice and quiet not just that but accuracy is great

Not much except the fact that they are long and so some magazines may not like it or fit properly

I bought a bunch of these since they are my favorite for my reasons. Recommend you Try them first!

I've have a gamo swarm .177, pellets fit nice, look good, but didn't group well at 20yds+. 10-15 they grouped pretty good 1" groups. Not meant for distance shooting in my barrel, but would recommend trying in your guns, every barrel is different.

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Read my 1st paragraph.

Not sure yt

Same

Will these even fit in my Sig mcx? And also my Sig p250 and Sig Spartan 1911 and Sig p226? Please if ne one knows. Also need some feedback for best pellets for these guns please

Like screw-on lid, but only mediocre accuracy.

Pellet skirt was too large in thickness and diameter to fit my .177 Beeman R-10, required use of pell sizer(.1785) to insert into breech and use of pellet seater. Pellet skirt would deform if seated without sizing. In my opinion that weight is too heavy and the pellet too long for my barrel preferences, Mediums shoot better in my old R-10.

300, 15 grain pellets that are accurate for $8. A 15 grain .177 will hit like a lower grain weight .22 pellet

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3/8 inch group at 15 yds with my QB Chief, 1/4 group if you disregard the occasional flyer. Premium pellet brand, at a not so premium price. The best 14+ grain .177 pellet you can get in my opinion under $10 considering that the other competitors JSB Beast, Eunjin, Skenco NewBoy Senior 2 of which cost more and all offer less pellets per tin. This pellet should get more attention and flies under the radar in the heavy .177 pellet discussion.

This pellet is everything I had hoped for! Although I had bought these based on the looks at 25 yards these have proved to be reliable and accurate. They are super clean, inexpensive, and uniform throughout. This pellet was a nice surprise. I'm sure that these will become my new hunting pellet for my Evanix Rainstorm. They are great out of my Marauder as well.

Add a pad in the tin?

These fit and cycle in the Marauder and Evanix magazines. These work like I had hoped the pile driver would. They slowed my Marauder down from 930 with the 10.34g JSB to about 890... but, are grouping well. I wanna try them around 930 mark to see if I can get a little more ft lbs out of them. My Evanix Rainstorm really seems to like them but, I haven't had a chance to get to a spot to see how they do at my 50 yd mark. I like them and they seem to be very promising, so far. It's 8$ so you should give them a try.

These are accurate in my Gamo Coyote Whisper.( .75ish" at 40 yards) Also provides nearly 20 FPE at 775 FPS avg velocity from same gun, if hunting is your thing.

Price. I want it lowered to $1.00 per tin of 500.

These also shoot pretty well in magnum springers. They are long but not really bullet shaped. More like a stretched Diabolo. I'd like to see pellets in this shape for large bore air guns.

The screw on lid - the pellets seem to have uniformity to them. And QC Seems to be very good .......

They didn't shoot worth a darn out of my rifle. I do believe it was due to the fit in the barrel. These pellets seemed to be very undersized. Almost falling through from beeech to muzzle --

Possibly would work in other brands of gun ? With tighter/smaller diameter bores?

The weight and the H&N brand looked promising. The pellets look clean and shiny when I opened the tin.

Make them all the same size. H&N should sort these at the factory and then resell them by head sizes.Not accurate even at 10 yards out of the Benjamin Maximus. Shotgun pattern with these and each pellet loads with different resistance while closing the bolt. Some would barely fit and I had to force the bolt closed while others would push in easily.

If you took the time to sort these then you might get some good groups out of them... too many difference in sizing and quality control is lacking on these.

The weight and the price. Little else.

Make the pellets all shaped the same so they all hit the same target! HORRIBLY INCONSISTENT!

Like the Piledrivers, I was excited to try these pellets because they are heavy and very well priced. Recently, I tuned my regulated PCP to ~30fpe, and was excited to see how these did at ~900fps. They did horribly. I averaged over 2" groups at 50 yards, regardless of what velocity I shot them at. Looking at the different pellets in the tin, I could see that the shapes were horribly inconsistent. Many of the domes were flattened on the top, and others were nice and round. The skirts were also horribly varied. None of this accounts for shipping issues. The pellets were obviously malformed from the factory and grouped horribly. I have heard good things about H&N pellets, but so far I am disappointed. I submitted a picture as well, but I don't know if it will show up here.

Easy to chamber and hard hitting. Either my accuracy or the pellet's is a little off. I'm thinking at this time that it's me because my Silver Kodiak reacts much differently with heavier pellets. I will have to practice more and see. Pellets appear remarkable uniform.