Crosman Premier Piranha, .177 Reviews

Accurate and great expansion

This is the best affordable pellet for the Diana 350 magnum rifle that I have found. Hard hitting and devastating on pest squirrels. Kind of a tight fit but thats what you want.

Looks good, but that is all.

Make them to fit in 177 airguns because the head size is way too big.

Don't buy these pellets it is a waste of money. If you have already bought them and are struggling to insert them into your airgun and they won't go, then stop because they can get jammed inside of the barrel. It happened to me. SpringPistonRifleFever LoneWolfStrength

affordable ammo

Nothing

Get the size right

I bought these from walmart a while back, I got home and these would not fit in my gamo air rifle. Will not be buying these again.

Hits hard and causes major damage.

Inconstant on size of pellets.

I bought these in .177 cal a month ago and they are great pellets. My main issue with them is that about 40% of my tin will not fit in my Hatsan Airtact...inconstant head size. Again, great pellet, but inconstant sizing. Will not buy again due to this issue.

Everything !?.

500 per. tin

Shot the .177 piranha out a nitro piston at a book , shot the .22 premier domed out a nitro piston at same book . The piranha went deeper in ,and mushroomed out to the Same size as the mushroomed .22 !

Good shape and weight

Too large of diameter for my TX200, extremely tight in barrel, very hard to load.

Order one can at first, they have a large head diameter and would load into my TX200 but took a lot of force to seat in breach.

Very consistent pellet, expand very well, penetrate deeply

Nothing really as I don't try to fix what isn't broken.

I bought these primarily for a Ruger Blackhawk Elite and they shoot very well in that rifle, however they are a VERY snug fit in the barrel and I've stopped using them as they were not practical to load from a pellet pen while hunting. I did take one feral chicken with these pellets with a brain shot from about 20 yards and it preformed as expected for a heavy .177, passed completely through the head and dropped it on the spot. If your gun has a slightly larger bore these may be perfect for you but if you have a tight barrel be aware that there may be better options.

Accuracy. With a scoped Daisy 880 I'm getting .3" five shot groups @ 10 yards @ 10 pumps. Killing power? They have plenty, I've killed rabbits with one chest shot @ 100'+/- with said 880. With my Benjamin 397 head shots on racoons @ 10 yards they are lights out.

Nothing, they're a great heavy weight pellet.

These are a little tight in some guns. They feed very smooth in the 880, in the 397 they need a little force to chamber.

Expands well in squirrels. Devastating on small game.

I was looking for a hollow point that would group as well as the Ultra Mags of the same weight. This isn't it out of my HW 95. By seating the pellet each shot the groups improve some but no where near the Ultra Mags for accuracy and consistency.

The machining finish of this pellet into a sawtooth Hollowpoint, the well finished flat shallow cavity of the tail cone, which is synonymous of ALL Crosman Premier pellets. This design of the cavity promotes low drag that gives excellent velocity that continues for a very good distance. The 10.50 grainage weight. I recommend this pellet for magnum springer/gas piston breakbarrel air rifles. No damaged pellets, no fliers during accuracy test.

NOTHING. Bought this pellet for what it is. I have 5 other .177 air rifles and 27 tins of various grains and head designs. Instead of changing something about this pellet, I would change to a different Premier or other pellet design and appropriate grainage for the power of the air rifle. I would change the tin count to 500, like the other Premiers.

Shot this pellet chronograph test with my .177 Crosman Nitro Venom at 767, 768, 765, 762, and 758 fps for an average of 764 fps. I primarily purchased this pellet for my .177 Umarex Octane and .177 Ruger Air Magnum. The Umarex Octane 5 shot chronograph average was 874 fps. The Ruger Air Magnum 5 shot average was 911 fps. For all tree air rifle chronograph tests today, the temperature was 55 degrees with wind speed from the west at 18-20 mph, altitude is 149 ft above sea level. I was shooting directly into the wind. I did conduct. I did conduct an accuracy test, from 80 feet, shooting directly into the wind, at a 1 inch target affixed on a 12 inch by 12 inch box shooting the Crosman Nitro Venom. 15 shots shooting directly in to the wind with the rifles right hand rifling spin and the pellets sawtooth hollowpoint, I thought was pretty good. 3 shots did hit the 1 inch target, the other 12 were up to 1 inch from target center. On a calm windless day accuracy would be better. Woodys World.

nicely priced

not being an engineer; don't really know

4" pattern @ 20 yrds in gamo hornet... 1.5" group @ 8 yrds crossman 1077

Not a bad pellet. I'm not particularly a fan of any of the gimmicky pellets, and I waited a long time to try the pirhanas. I usually stick with domes and wadcutters. The pirhanas are decently accurate and hard hitting pellets, and I can find them on the store shelf, which is a big plus. I shoot them out of a cheap ($60) springer i keep in the truck. So far, this is the best pellet i have tried in that gun.

For impact, it ought to just have a flat or semi flat nose. .177 pellets loose velocity too quickly to take advantage of the hollowpoint design much further than 10 yards. Still waiting for a dome with a flattened nose, with good weight. Otherwise, just stick to wadcutters for impact or domes for range.

Adequate power and accuracy are #1 with airguns. No fancy pellet design is going to increase the lethality of a poorly placed shot. The pirhanas do pretty good in my cheap winchester breakbarrel. About a half inch at ten yards, and easily shoot 5 hour energy bottles at 20-30 yards. I have not tried any quality domes in that gun, and I won't. Just a beater gun i keep in the truck. For best results, try a variety of domes. For a decent pellet you can get on the store shelf, good to plink or inside 25 yards or so to hunt, the pirhanas are good if your gun likes them. Still haven't hunted with these, can't test them on small game until fall.

well made, good price, readily available

? always...more for the money. make available trial packs of 25-50

please check performance in "your" rifle. my gamo hornet gave me a 4" pattern

Consistent shape and size. Few damaged pellets so far. shoot well out of my Gamo silent Cat

not much, good pellet for a good price.

Shoot well out of a Gamo Silent Cat. Super fun to shoot through cans and pails with. pretty tight groups at 21 yards.

Great hunting pellet for light skinned small game ,@ 10.5 gr. Pellet has a lot of knock down energy. When shooting at soft targets it seems to have a shredding affect .

Packaging seems cheep

These are not the most accurate pellet in the Crosman line of pellets that are shot out of my pump guns but they do have some knock down power.

Unbelievable accuracy, no fliers and ease of loading was a blessing.

Bought them sooner! !

These carry their energy with deadly accuracy, and very affective on squirrels out to 65 yards. Much less hold off in the wind.

"TRY ALL PELLETS"!!!! did not work well in "gamo hornet"; 4" pattern at 20 yrds!!!

maybe a sample pack for trials

again..."TRY ALL PELLETS"!! in your rifle or pistol

Seems to produce a very nice expanded round. Very uniform expansion. The design works for that purpose.

Accuracy is lacking in every air rifle I've tried it in. The pellets are a hard press into every barrel I've tried so far. There is quite a bit of gunk in the bottom of the tin also.

Like another reviewer stated, these are good for breaking in a new air rifle. This is especially true if your new air rifle is dieseling, these heavier pellets will help bring the velocity down and be gentler on your powerplant during the first few rounds.

Good for breaking in your barrel.

They aren't very accurate in MY umarex Ruger air hawk elite 2. Good enough for plinking around, I'm not complaining as they have their place for me and they are 6 bucks for 500 locally.

I use these for break in and if someone wants to blow some lead around I just let them use these instead of my pricier pellets. All in all, not terrible but I wouldn't use them for anything serious. I have a place for them and I'll continue to use them for said occasions. Also they aren't the most uniform but I've seen far worse.