Crosman Premier Piranha, .177 Reviews

Best accuracy in a Daisy 901

Nothing. I realize these have too large of a diameter for some break barrels, but I'm really glad I found them for my little Daisy 901 pump. I tried a total of 7 different pellets, including H&N, JSB, Crosman and Gamo and these easily gave me the best results. I was surprised, since I found them to be less accurate in my Winchester 1100s than other pellets. It just goes to show you need to match the pellet to the specific gun and not rely too heavily on other reviews for other guns.

I have five different air rifles, .177 and .22. All of them are sensitive to the brand/type/weight of pellet and the way you hold/rest the gun, except the three least expensive rifles, two daisy pumps and a Winchester 1100s springer. The Winchester shoots even the cheap daisy flat noses reasonably well no matter how I hold/rest it. I've never found a good pellet for the Benjamin Titan NP and seemingly spent as much on pellets as I did on the gun! It is even more sensitive to how I hold the gun than the Winchester springer. I don't really understand that, but that's the way it is. I have a Crosman nitro piston repeater that is also sensitive to hold and to pellet selection, but I gave up on it because it keeps destroying the plastic magazines. Air rifles can be frustrating, but it is satisfying to find the right combo. I believe the Daisys have a slightly larger bore since they are designed to shoot BBs and pellets. That might be why the Piranhas work well in the 901.

my avenger loves piranha's

bring back 1200 milk carton

These pellets hit about 8" low at 25 yards out of my Diana model 36. I thought my scope was broken until I tried a couple of other pellets. I can't even adjust the scope enough to get it zeroed with these pellets. I inspected my gun but there's nothing I can find that would be deflecting the pellets, it's very strange. They group decently, just very low. I've shot plenty of pellets through this rifle, some more accurate than others, but nothing else that is this far off while still being this consistent. As others have pointed out, they are a very tight fit.

I don't know, it seems like they need to be just a couple of thousandths smaller diameter?

They may work for you, they sure don't for me.

Hits hard, accurate

Nothing

These pellets are tight fitting in all of my guns but are accurate and hit like a truck.

Price.

The .177 pellets are a couple thousandths over and wont chamber in my Springfield M1A .

Depends on what service they are offering.

They appear to be of consistent size and good construction.

They do not fit in any of my co2 hand guns. The nose of the pellet is a larger diameter than the pellet chamber.

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.
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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