Page 6 - Gamo Raptor PBA, .177 Reviews

high velocity, accuracy at long rang

make a heavier grain pellet

these pellets are AMAZING when your rifle is under 800fps anything over and you should be using a heave pellet, upwards of 10g

These little pellets are great supersonic rounds for my gamo whisper. They make a distinctive crack, shockwave type noise when they go supersonic. The lack of lead makes them very clean and hassle free to handle, this feature also makes them barrel friendly. Accuracy was more than acceptable at 55 degrees with a slight crossbreeze hitting soda cans consitantly at 25 and 50 yards so im pretty satisfied in the accuracy department.

Some where perfect shape while others where mishapen at the skirt/base causing an odd fit in the barrel sometimes. Better consistancy between rounds would be nice but I cant say im that dissapointed considering they come shipped in a plastic sleeve and not a more protective metal tin. The only other thing I might change is to offer them in larger quantitys.

You shouldnt buy these pellets if you have money riding on your next shot but for casual plinking and showing off velocitys this is a great, albiet expensive but still pleasing pellet to shoot.

me and my son think they shoots great, 40 yards groups of 1/2 inch, ocassional stray. shooting a gamo bigcat.

bring the price down or offer 250 @same price. better job on quality control. some fit snug others don't.

weve taken squirrels and shot a racoon treed @ 30yards with no problems. drop the coon like I shot it with a .22.

very good penetration shot right through my wooden fence at about 20yards with my gamo big cat, but not very accurate pellet is all over the place cant get a decent grouping

the pellet often does not fit into the barrel and I have had a few stuck inside. difficult to load and a bit pricey.

Lead free

I shoot them out of my Gamo Hunter 1250, Cant get close to being accurate with these pellets. They are super fast but what good does that do when you cant hit anything with them?

I've bought tons of pellets the best ones I have found are the ballistic tips. They are accurate and penetrate very well.

Save your money.

My pellets. Buy something else.

Bought a Gamo Big Cat. It came with 50 of these pellets and gave me the worst groupings. I purchased the Gamo Sampler Pack and the Master Pint and the Hunter were the best with this gun. All shoots in a 1" grouping. With the Raptor the hits were way high and scattered, hard time getting into the 3" circle. Worst I've used. Crosman Pointed are also good with this gun.

lead free

more weight 10gr total

lite pellets can reduse the life of your magnum spring gun (the pellet leaves the barrel before full energy transfer ,piston slams) i dont sugest useing these for hunting yes i saw the clip at gamo were they killed the pig useing this pellet and i used the calculator on this site to messure energy at 1600fps 28ftlbs at 1200 16ftlbs but fired out my gamo cfx failed to penetrate farther than a crosman hunting point 7.9gr on my balistics gel target a beeman kodiak in a 1000fps rated gun gets about 760fps (14tlbs) went twice as far as the raptor crosman ultra magnum 4X as far

I really like the speed an power an it shows...I put a smaller soup can into another an preceded to pound one side with lead pellets with only penetration threw the first layer...I took one of these pellets an with one shot from my gamo delta shot threw both layers being stopped only by the other side of the cans

not a thing

a bit pricy but well worth it

small package cleaned barrel after shot lead free

whole thing

25% more conpared to what? beeman laser most likely 6.5gr no punch more of a SLAP the pellet doesnt have the weight to drive thru or transfer energy (shock) its like a nail with out a hammer.... not going to far the pellets not all bad it did clean the barrel of my gun i did not test the accuracy low shock damage, low penetration, accuracy didnt matter the pellet needs severe reenginering to achive effective hunting use

the speed an the apparent power increase

nothin

Great accuracy from my RWS Diana 34 (5/8 inch groups at 20 yards) and excellent penetration.

Larger quantity pellet packs.

I bought into the hype finally and decided to try these new pellets. My standby pellet (Crosman pointed 7.9 grains) shot decent groups of 3/8 inch at 10 yards and the penetration was great, being 4 inches into wet phonebooks. The Raptor pellets brought my groups smaller, penetration was the same, although they punch a clean hole in 3/8" plywood, whereas the Crosman pellets leave an exploded exit hole. This leads me to believe that the Raptors don't deliver as much energy into the target.

they put more velocity to your rifle...

the price..

that they are very good for hunting birds..

Well, they DO make a sonic crack as they break the sound barrier with my Gamo CFX.

Nearly everything. The alloy doesn't allow expansion, instead fragmenting as would glass. Being a harder alloy, they also poorly fit the breech, and I am sure allow considerable blowby of air, which will cause early instability and piston slam due to lack of a good seal.

While Gamo's idea may have sounded like a good one at the time, it falls apart in the real world, and for all the reasons they cite as virtues for the Raptor. Supersonic pellets are unstable in flight due to the induced transonic shock wave. Also, Gamo grossly inflates the velocity figures by claiming their supermagnum Hunter Extreme can develop 1600-1650fps with this exact pellet. Well, folks, the Hunter Extreme doesn't even cross 1400fps, as chronographed on the blog entry. Gamo should stick to their more well executed products, such as the CFX and the Magnum, Rocket, and Tomahawk pellets.