Gamo Raptor PBA .177 Cal, 5.1 Grains, Round Nose, 100ct

They have a nice gold finish.

The price seems unjustified.

The weight.

This site says that the weight is 5.4 grains, but the package says 5.1 grains. Has the weight been decreased since the pellet was originally marketed? If so, why?

The package says "Supersonic", which is completely mindless. Like any other pellets, these will be subsonic when fired from some guns and will be supersonic when fired from some guns.

Great selection, great service from Pyramid.. My RWS rifle shoots these pellets with great accuracy and velocity.

They tend to be quite consistent in weight and size. It is a fairly hard alloy, so they keep their shape pretty well in the container. Very high muzzle velocity due to the low weight, which combined with the aforementioned hard alloy gives them very good penetration at short to medium ranges.

Stupidly expensive! No doubt at least partly due to the gold plating(They are only plated, not solid gold. There seems to be quite a few people confused about that.), which seems more gimmicky than anything. It does prevent oxidation, but that tends not to be an issue with lead free pellets anyway. These are very nearly .22 long rifle prices per shot, even in today's wonky ammo market.

While all airguns tend to be fairly picky about what ammo they like, I find these to have little in the way of middle ground. In a few of my guns they are incredibly accurate. In the others, they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Also, due to the relatively low weight, I would use a great deal if caution when trying them in an older spring gun. Newer springers and gas springers are probably fine with these, but older ones may end up with a broken mainspring. These pellets also tend to not be great at longer ranges. While the initial velocity is very high, they bleed it pretty quickly because of the low weight. They are also very sensitive to wind drift for the same reason. Overall, a pretty good pellet if penetration is your primary concern and your gun likes them. But there are better options out there these days, and at much better prices.