H&N Excite Plinking Pellets, .22 Cal, 12.96 Grains, Wadcutter, 250ct

Does well in most of my Crosman's 13xx & 2240's

All but a few pellets match, and skirt size is pretty consistent... Saw no actual damage on any.

Not bad for the price.

1) Price. 2) Performance. 3) Quality. 4) Packaging. 1) Using the 'get-four, pay-for-three' deal here at Pyramyd Air, I'm getting these for just a smidge over one cent each -- a very sweet price. When I need a new airgun or equipment for the hobby, I usually get it here and add enough pellets to get free shipping, reducing the cost even more; a penny saved and all that... 2) Every airgun I own shoots with exceptional accuracy when using these, whether loaded single-shot or used in a mag or clip. 3) The quality is exceptional, typical of H&N products. 4)

For my needs, these are perfect as is. If someone was shoving splinters under my toenails unless I came up with a wish-list, I'd ask my fairy godmother for: more pellets per container (maybe also lowering the price a bit?) and again, just because this is up in the blue-sky, maybe a couple of grains more weight. HOWEVER, almost all of my shooting takes place indoors, at homemade traps covered with 2-inch, self-adhesive 'spatter' targets, at short distances (30 feet max), usually with .177 and .22 caliber variable pumpers (I have ~12), using fewer pumps & lower power levels -- depending on the airgun, usually around four to eight pumps or so. The rest of my airguns (~8) are CO2 powered, so I can't adjust the power, but since I'm not hunting, I have no need for a more costly, heavier pellet, so these are perfect. Regardless of the airgun used, these pellets are exceptionally accurate at the closer distances at which my shooting is done and the price is right. I love 'em! :-)

The innovative, exceptional packaging used by Pyramyd Air for pellets is a major part of what makes any pellet they sell the one any shooter can call 'my favorite.' If they arrived damaged, in impossible to open tins, with many of the pellets useless, ouch! Now and then, I can get tins of 500 CPHP .22 rounds at Amazon for less than $7.00/tin with free shipping... but usually I won't. When those pellets arrive in a flimsy plastic bag with no packing materials, lots are ruined before I even can cut the danged tins open!!! Granted, they can arrive in fair shape rarely, but every order is a total dice-throw: maybe they arrive okay and maybe (usually) they don't! No thanks. Instead, when I order 20 tins (you usually can get only 4 tins max at the other place) of these similarly-priced-but-better-than-CPHP pellets, WITH the 4-for-the-cost-of-3 deal, the final cost ALWAYS is every bit as awesome as every like-new pellet is when it hits the mark! Where to buy? It's a no-brainer for me.

Really inexpensive

[General Gripe] I still hate pellet cans that aren't threaded

"Plinking" is an appropriate name, as none of my guns (or my friends' guns) will group under 15mm with these pellets at 10m. I get ragged one-hole groups at that distance, from the same guns, using Crosman 14.3 gr Premier HPs.