Page 4 - RWS Hobby .177, .177 Reviews

A very accurate pellet for 10m target. These shoot really well in my Avanti 853

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These shoot great in my pellet pistol. No need to buy the R-10's for practice at over twice the price.

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These are a great economical pellet that seems to be very consistent and has worked well in most of my airguns. Sure makes practice a lot cheaper.

Great ammo for the price. Works fine in all of my pellet air guns. You can spend more and get somewhat better accuracy, but not sure the extra cost is worth it. I buy much more expensive ammo. when I really want to get the absolute best accuracy an air gun can produce, but normally use this brand when just having fun is the aim.

Nothing. Great ammo.

The RWS Hobby has been the standard by which other pellets are judged for many years. They are uniform in weight and configuration and shoot well out of all of my .177 weapons. The cross the chronograph just over 750 fps from my Webley Alectro Ultra with threee pumps.

Nothing. This is an excellent product.

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RWS pellets seem to be very consistant, groups could be better at the distance i prefer to shoot.

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The Steyr LP10 was chosen for this test to enable these pellet to shoot their best. It is a world class PCP air pistol that will out shoot most rifles listed on this site. However, at $2,000 plus... is unreasonable for most peoples budgets. I tested several different pellets through this purpose built, 10M pistol, and here's what I came up with... With the LP10 gingerly clamped in a vise, I found that overall, target arms prefer the heavier pellets to produce the best accuracy. I this case 8.13 grain projectiles. You'll have to test pellet diameter through your individual gun. All measurements are average group size from edge to edge. Should you so desire, by subtracting .177 from these numbers, you will have center to center (C/C) group size. All shot at 10M, cleaned between 20 shot groups, 5 shots per string yadda yadda...... Hands down best... H&N Finale Match .232,...that’s less than ten thousandths of an inch group size C/C. Second, Beeman brand H&N Match .270 RWS R10 .280 Champions choice brand .348 RWS Hobby .351 RWS Meisterkugeln .361 H&N Excite Econ .401 Crosman Competitions .492 RWS Diabolo Basic .572 Gamo target .579 It really seems to ring true...You get what you pay for!

Mind you all of these pellets, except for the Gamo and the Basic, will hold the 10 ring on a 10M pistol target...all day long. Incidentally, I have a good supply of Hobby's for practice and just ordered a few thousand H&N Excite ECON's. For game day, I ordered a supply of the Finale Match. Now, I have been a competitive shooter for many years, and expanded great deals of time, money and gray hair developing my opinions. I'm not a firm believer in theory that “you must test all projectiles in your gun to see what it likes best”. I have had much greater success matching the chosen weapon with the correct TYPE of ammo for the velocity you will be shooting...in this case under 600fps. I have also found that in terms of accuracy, projectile DIAMETER is most crucial, followed closely by weight, then profile. Expecting the above target grade pellets to give results like these in your 15,521 fps gas piston break barrel is bemusing at best! Domed, or pointy, heavy hunting rounds will serve you better as the wadcutter becomes unstable at higher speeds. (look at the picture of the H&N pellet tins, They have rating that will give an Idea of which KIND of pellet to buy, regardless of brand) Keep in mind...If your intentions are to turn some pesky varmint into a cloud of red vapor...these are NOT the pellets or launch platform for you! If you must have extreme accuracy AND cataclysmic affect, you may need to buy TWO rifles...and I'm sure Pyramyd Air would be happy to assist you!

Of all the paper target-type pellets I have used to date, these are the most consistent for loading in an eight round cylinder used in semi-automatic pistols. Others I have used have had a number of pellets that were too small and would not stay in the cylinder.

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Very acceptable accuracy and they very rarely hang-up in an eight round semi-auto cylinder.

These shoot the best from my crosman M4, and beeman P17. I'm getting 1" 5 shot groups at 20yds. from a bench rest from both guns. Granted the crosman has a 6x42 scope, and the beeman has a red dot mounted. These pellets are very accurate at an o.k. price.

A little cheaper would be nice.

I know there's more accurate pellets out there, but compared to some other higher priced pellets, these are still hard to beat.

pretty good pellet for the money, seem to fit my izy 46m pretty good. price is decent.

for the money it is a pretty good pellet.

im shooting these thru the izy 46m, and you will get a flyer every once in a while. they don't preform at the higher velocities very well at all. out of my r10 they are all over the place @ 20 yards, and its a tack driver with the right pellet. the chrony tells me there is about a 28 fps spread out of the 46m pistol where the meisterkuglen spread is only 4fps. don't expect too much from this pellet and you wont be disappointed. good pellet to break in a new gun.

Clean. Consistent. Cheap.

A little to big. Does not work in Smith&Wesson M&P 45 pellet and bb pistol.

Works good in my beeman p17.

price very good quality first class Peter NJ

Light weight, fly out of a rifle RAPIDLY, and cut nice holes in paper.

Don't feed well through a pellet pen.

Very accurate in my gamo. Well worth the $. This wadcutter makes a nice hole in paper.

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Try a tin you wont be disappointed.

Beautiful and uniform pellets. Shoot real good in Crosman 357, Gamo p23 and espically in my Daisy 008! They smoke out of the 008! Oh yeah, they also are real accurate in my old (real old) Slavia 618.

Nothing- surely not the price!!!

Because of how my Beeman RS2 loves the 10.65 gn. Kodiak Match, and because of my purchas of the Benjamin Titan I doubt the .22 cal. barrel will ever be back on it. I tried these in it and as I suspected they are all over the place at 30 yards. I mean groups in feet not inches. Just too light for the power of the Beeman. At 10 yards or so they will explode soda cans full of water! In .22 it is a different story (see my review for the .22 Hobby).

price, quality, fun little pellet for target practice, fly like a charm from my beeman 1048 or my walther ppq.

nothing at all? I don't see how anyone can complain about any pellets as far as Ive experienced.

good product, fun for everyone :)

Great value. For a short range paper target is works very well. Things go down hill after ten meters.

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Some of the lower powered guns like this better than anything else I have tried.

Everything. Great groups works well in blow back Beretta.

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Try these great value.

Very uniform and very accurate in a lot of different pistols and rifles. Great value.

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Great for paper targets out to 25 yards

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They work great in my air arms at the right price

Everything. These work well in everything I tried. I was really surprised at the value. I shot through a tin in one session with 3 different guns,(one pistol and 2 rifles) each one gave had great results.

Nothing. Great price and value.

Keep a tin around. I really was Impressed.