Page 4 - Gamo Raptor PBA, .177 Reviews

They keep your fingers clean; less lead is always good.

Too light - impractical for just about anything except boosting FPS by gun manufacturers.

At 5.4 gram, these are on the low-end (or maybe they ARE the low-end) of pellet weights, and with less weight comes less penetration, less force of impact, and less stability in flight. For instance, the GAMO Big Cat (rated 1200fps with Raptors, 1000 fps with lead) can shoot a 5.4 gram Raptor at 1200 fps. That means the rifle has 17.27 foot-pounds of muzzle energy. Now, take that 17.27 foot-pounds of muzzle energy and push an 8 gram pellet out, and you'll be shooting it at 985.88 fps. While the 8 gram pellet is going ~200 fps SLOWER than the raptor, it will also more likely hit what you're aiming at and do more damage, both of what are important if you plan on hunting/pest elimination.

First off, they look great. It's almost a shame that they're gonna get shot out of a barrel. Very accurate, increases gun's ft/s by about ±20%.. Great penetration and expansion.

Get more for your money !

I use these on my Walther CP99 and my Beretta PX4 Storm, with great results. The more powerful the airgun, the more you'll see how much more velocity these pellets add to your ft/s coming out the muzzle. Gotta love 'em.

they look good, and they increase velocity and sound like a twenty two when they pass the sound barrier..amazing penetration

more for the money, sometimes they have big excess material on the bottom of the skirt

they are very accurate if your gun is 850 fps with lead and down...they become unstable when they break the sound barrier and thus causing the terrible accuracy...they also damage any spring gun, (unless it has pyramyd air's installed air venturi gas spring)...they wont damage a pcp airgun though...but will damage blueing and rifling of the barrel...ONLY GET THEM IF YOUR GUN IS 850 FPS AND LOWER

Man, where do I begin? I like the splendid appearence, the punch, the penetration, the accuracy...

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In my Daisy Powerline 1000, these are very accurate, and when I shot a Morning Dove, it dropped, it was alive for 5 seconds, then died. My Powerline 1000 launches these pellets at 1,200 feet per second! Whoo Hoo! Give these pellets a try.

great long distance round with plenty of punch for animals as big as a groundhog.

offer more per package. i wish I didn't have to order these by mail.

see above. by far one of my most favorite loads for hunting, but I am quite stingy about my supply since they are a bit hard to come by.

Nothing.

I would go back in time and stop myself from buying them.

They do go fast but you probably have a better chance of hitting your target wearing a blindfold shooting lead pellets. I got a group of about 14 inches at 15 yards. DON"T BUY THEM.

The only thing i liked was that when i shot it out of my gamo whisper it sounded just like a real .22, also none of mine were malformed

make it more accurate and heavy.

I would'nt purchase these unless you just want to blow money on a loud noise

the pba gets fast and breaks the sound bearier if you gun shoots 1000fps. it makes a loud crack and youll know it broke the sound bearier. it fits perfectly in my Ruger Airhawk.

this pellet moves fast and loses accuracy.

i shot this pellet into anthick sheet of wood and then retrieved it, it still kept its shape without mashing at all.

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Better quality control. most of the skirts are irregular due to the gold coating.

These pellets are very light and have very poor penatration. They have poor quality control with nearly all the skirts in my batch being irregular. This irregualrity severely decreased accuracy even at 10 meters. These pellets do, however, travel faster. They are loud when fired from a 1000fps air rifle (they sound like a .22 rim fire rifle). Pass on these pellets

Extreme penetration, Nice container size, lead free

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I highly recommend you buy these, I did 100 shots of Raptor, 100 of Destroyer, 100 of Crosman pointed pellets. They all had equal accuracy at 25yards, at 50 yards they were still equal, but at 75 yards raptor were most accurate. Raptor are very light also at 5.4grains compared to most 7.4-7.9grain, Raptor WILL crack the sound but it still remains accurate. With Raptor pellets I can penetrate a 1/10th in. thick steel. The lead could not penetrate and most richocet and some got lodged into the steel. You wont regret buying!

One of the things i like is that they are lead free, also that they come in a nice little bullet shape container which is good for storing in your pocket..

It does really improve speed...

the container they come in is cool thats it

they need to weigh more and have to have better toloerances at the factory many of them were different sizes and some did not even fit in the gun.

DO NOT buy these pellets. they are just a novelty. they are not accurate. i did tests with crosman hunting pellets . predator pellets. daisy hunting pellets. and crowmagnums. the raptors were the worst, they had barely any penetration. they are not accurate at all . not even like they were all to one side these were all over the place! i gave some to my uncle and he had the same results as me. Dont waste your money on these worthless pellets.just use crosman hunting pellets or predators. youll be glad you did.

This pellet worked perfect for the rotary 8 shot magazine on my Crosman T4 co2 Hand gun.Each one had a snug fit and didnt drop a single pellet from magazine when loaded .These Raptors and the Crosman Silver Eagle are the only pellets i use in my crosman T4 and reason why is the weight is low.Using heavy pellets for the T4 doesnt get any power/velocity or penetrating power.

The price is sort of high .but worth it.

To increase your velocity on your lower power co2 gun ,This pellet is a good choice.And all were consistant/uniform fit for magazine rotary clips.Perfect for punching holes into metal cans,compressed partical board,etc. with the low weight which added to velocity.

All of them fit so well into my gun - wow they get a 20% increase in speed!!

When you have a lighter pellet that travels faster, you lose a lot of accuracy. With these pellets I would get 5 inch groups at 15 yards with a Crosman Quest, and the pellets would tumble in flight.

Buy heavier pellets, these cost too much.

How fast they fire, how they look.........

Accuracy! These things always fire about 2-3 three inches away from the bullseye compared to my cheep daisy pellets! Sure they may go 25% faster than regular pellets, but the are 25% less accurate.

If you want speed and no lead, buy these. If you want everything besides speed, don't buy these. Defiantly don't fix your sights on your new air guns with these.

great pellets, very good accuracy, very powerful, brought down a turkey @ fifty yds w/ my whisper using only 3 shots. also extremely accurate

greater expansion, and the case gets very annoyin when im hunting.

dont use w/ a 1000fps in a urban/suburban area, creates a large crack, even when shot out of my whisper.

The size/shape distribution was excellent... but these pellets are just worthless on my Gamo Whisper VH, but OK on my Benjamin 397..........

PRICE!!!! or quantity...

If you own Magnum rifles (1000fps or more) DONT BUY THESE ultra innacurate pellets... They go TOOOOOOOOOO fast... needless to say, they sound AWESOME when supersonic... its sound amazes all my friends... I bought them for my Gamo WHisper VH (since the ones that were supposed to come with it did not came..LOL) ... and ended using them on my Benji...

penetration. and the fact that the pellets do not deform at all even after passing though a 1" board. possums go down with 1 shot to the head. BUT you have to get close enough to hit them as the pellet it self is not accurate.

Quantity for the money and accuracy

for long range shooting this is NOT the pellet you want. Accuracy is off by a large margin on these pellets after 30 yards or so and that is after you compensate for the "high" shot placement of 2"-3" inch worth. have not tested on weaker pellet guns but i find this pellet tooo light to hold up against any wind.

great velocity great penatration great accuracy.

better case more for the money.

Used this to site my gamo whiper in zeroed it in at 30 yards after that I went out hunting with it and was shooting squirril at 20 yards and was hitting them in the heads with clean kills and no suffering for them every serious air gunner should have a packkage of these lying around.

Speed and Accuracy

Price

On my 10m indoor range, these shot 4" higher than the basic lead Crosman pellet out of my Ruger Air Hawk.