H&N Crow Magnum, .22 Reviews

U sed to hunt with these in .177 with great success. Gonna try them this season in .22 and .25 cal. Did some country boy ballistics tests on all three and they performed spectacularly. Great expansion, good accuracy and they hit like a freight train.

make the diameters a little more consistent. The target guys will want to sort them.

They need to be tried for fit in your bbl, these run kind of large. wouldn't even fit in my NP2.

Heavy and pack a punch. Great for hunting game and pests.

Upgrade to match quality.

These are good for short to mid range but accuracy can be fickle in some rifles.

I've forgoten how much these pellets expand on impact. I still had a few of the old Beemen's left from years ago that i just used up.They are accurate out to 30 yards in my Gamo Hunter 1250 .22. It's been hard to find them in stock up here in Canada since C-19 started two years ago. Quality is still outstanding.

Not a thing .You dont fix what aint broke....... right....... Koodoos to H&N

I haven't tried the JSB Hades to compare them yet . If someone has, I would like to know how they fair.

These pellets have maximum expansion for hunting and adequate penetration. I tested this pellet with my .22 cal Diana 350 Magnum at 10 yds between the eyes on a deer head carcass. The pellet penetrated the hide and skull then broke in half inside smashing flat. I found the pellet at the back of the brain. If it will penetrate a deer head it will work on any small or medium game which was the point of the test. I don't think there is a pellet out there that will expand more. I also love how it makes a wadcutter type hole in paper targets. The pellet fits snugly in my springer with a very satisfying feel. It's a long pellet so it's easy to handle in the tin and load without dropping. The price is excellent too.

At close range this pellet is very accurate but beyond 40 yds it loses stability and accuracy suffers greatly. At 35 yds they are very accurate. I use these for squirrel hunting because I'm always close. No more lost game on body shots! If there is a chance of a long range shot I would try another pellet. Also, the b.c. sucks so wind can really blow these around. Also, I love the name of this pellet. How can you not!

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Excellent for pest control

These are crow destroyers. Use in my RWS 350. Make a plop sound when impacting prey.

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These pellets are meant for Magnum guns.

Excellent pellets with great expansion and accuracy. The hit hard and expand well in gel, haven't tried small game yet.

Very hard hitting, very good for hunting!

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Consistency, no deformity, nice tin.

Oh heck no, don't change a thing

By golly these things hit with a wallop! My favorite pellet so far. That wide hollow point ...

Large hollow

Longer length

Fits my chamber a little tight

Fast expansion. Use it for birds and small game. I use it on rats. I shoot the HN hunter extreme for larger game, these are almost the same weight and don't require a different scope setting. Large round nose is like a wad cutter, leaves great holes on a target and really rings a steel target. To top it off, it's very inexpensive.

Larger tins

Buy 3 get one Free from Pyramydair makes these pellets price competitive with the cheapest on the market. But you get H&N quality and Pyramydair packing and shipping.

They were free because I bought something else. I was just curious and wanted to check them out so I got the standard h&n Hunter.

It's hard to say but it would be nice if you could actually hit something past 20 yards. If they were anything like the hunters then there would be little to change.

There's a large hollow up front and it's also very wide. I think it's like too wide and makes these things want to go sideways. At close ranges they're devastating.

pellet does major damage in 177, 22 and 25

nothing, unless they maybe put 250 per tin

I zero all of my guns @ 50 yrds, and at least 900-975 FPS. At that distance and speed these pellets shoot very good. Try to do head shots, because body/chest shots don't leave much meat on birds, and does major internal damage on squirrels and rabbits. Still a good shooting pellet in (MY GUNS) can't say if other guns shoot them well but my pcp's do.

I own 20 various air rifles and these are always my #1 starting point pellets. I've yet to find a rifle in .177, .22, or .25 caliber that these don't shoot well in. They're not always the MOST accurate pellets in some rifles but they're always at least near the most accurate in every rifle I own whether break barrel or PCP. They're also incredibly lethal on small game that I have taken with them from squirrels up to woodchucks. One shot instant dispatches if I do my part and textbook mushrooms from all recovered pellets.

I wouldn't change anything except for the fact that I have a few rifles with rotary magazines that these are just a tad too long to work/feed correctly. In that case I switch over to the Barracuda Hunter pellets which are very similar but a tad shorter and very similar to these Crow Magnum pellets.

Only that if you have a rifle that uses a rotary magazine these my not function properly without "hanging up" in the magazine.

Good weight and accurate out to about 50 yds. Several kill shots at 40+ yds.

Nothing. All good

May be more effected by crosswind than a domed pellet.

Shape, size and the idea of what they are supposed to do

Out to 30yds the Marauder (Lothar barrel) shot them as well as I would ever need. I didnt even have to re-zero my scope from the standard pellets I use. Fun to shoot water balloon targets with them. They do expand well.

Excellent pellets accurate good value for money, pyramid air excellent and fast service.

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I have 4 spring piston air rifles. All prefer crow mags. I initially was disappointed in accuracy on first use in all guns...til after break in and barrel leading/ polishing. Only Terminators can match c.m. at 50 and under yards.NOW!!. SUPERIOR KNOCKDOWN!! The broad surface imparts incomparable tissue damage..rips..not slips through. My lots seem HARDER than previous tins. I can now rely on skull/ hard-target penetration...along with accuracy and kinetic energy DELIVERY...even on pass- thru. I have 20 different weights and brands. Name one. I got it. Up to 33.9 gr. Slugs too. Crow mag is tops...ALL AROUND. Like 150 gr. 30-06 centerfire.

At 28.9 ftlbs in my Beeman mach 12.5. .22 it is optimal. For 50 ftlb. Or so pcp...a 33.0 gr should satisfy all midrange needs. So ...a heavier version for pcp guns. Terminator is already lighter version.

If your gun can make 17 plus foot pounds...do whatever it takes to make it shoot these accurate. All air rifles "icepick" prey due to low hydrostatic shock values..hence most pellets at high velocity pass thru icepick-like..energy-dumping in the air in cases of thinner-skinned . If you get a pass thru with these..its a " cookie-cutter " wound...but a little rough on the exit side. I hunt. Humane as possible. This helps.

I have 4 spring piston air rifles. All prefer crow mags. I initially was disappointed in accuracy on first use in all guns...til after break in and barrel leading/ polishing. Only Terminators can match c.m. at 50 and under yards.NOW!!. SUPERIOR KNOCKDOWN!! The broad surface imparts incomparable tissue damage..rips..not slips through. My lots seem HARDER than previous tins. I can now rely on skull/ hard-target penetration...along with accuracy and kinetic energy DELIVERY...even on pass- thru. I have 20 different weights and brands. Name one. I got it. Up to 33.9 gr. Slugs too. Crow mag is tops...ALL AROUND. Like 150 gr. 30-06 centerfire.

At 28.9 ftlbs in my Beeman mach 12.5. .22 it is optimal. For 50 ftlb. Or so pcp...a 33.0 gr should satisfy all midrange needs. So ...a heavier version for pcp guns. Terminator is already lighter version.

If your gun can make 17 plus foot pounds...do whatever it takes to make it shoot these accurate. All air rifles "icepick" prey due to low hydrostatic shock values..hence most pellets at high velocity pass thru icepick-like..energy-dumping in the air in cases of thinner-skinned . If you get a pass thru with these..its a " cookie-cutter " wound...but a little rough on the exit side. I hunt. Humane as possible. This helps.

Very accurate in my Benjamin 392PA at different power levels. Hard-hitting on small to medium sized rodents. No damaged pellets in the tins and all very uniform in shape, size and construction. I just bought 1,000 pellets for just over $30 (including shipping) so the price isn't too bad either.

Make the walls of the hollow points thinner, or notched for better expansion at lower feet-per-second or lower foot-pounds of energy airguns.

Don't expect huge expansion, unless you're shooting a high-energy airgun. Even so, with the weight, they hit like a freight train.