H&N Excite Dynamic Pellets, .22 Cal, 12.85 Grains, Domed, 200ct

Very stable in my Walther Dominator .22cal and PCP upgraded 850 Airmagnum .22cal. Excellent price for a non-lead. Great knockdown power.

Bring the concave "hollow point" XP2 line back also, I've noticed these don't shock the "target" nearly as well as the XP2.

First off always thoroughly clean the lead from your barrel before using non-lead pellets, it truly does make a world of difference. These will fit a Walther Dominator/850 Airmagnum rotary magazine just fine, just insure they're seated well or the back skirt may get damaged. I'm a huge fan of Dynamic Pellets, so I was a little worried when I heard H&N bought them out. I'm a little dismayed they didn't bring over the old XP2 pellets also but these, the old PCP2 design, have been working well as a target, plinking pellet since the non-lead Beeman pellets I use to buy are no more. The full H&N variants, although excellent, are still a bit pricey for just target practice. I'll continue to purchase these Dynamic pellets, they are just as accurate as the Beemans were for a great price. I also don't have to make adjustments between these and the XP2 pellets I use for critter control/hunting (the XP2 are still available after you do a quick search).

These appear well-formed and clean in the tin. They are quite heavy for a lead-free pellet.

Poor accuracy in my Sumatra. Large groups, wide fliers, I am unable to hit 8" paper at 100yards with this pellet. I am also seeing poor penetration. These appear to be somewhat undersize, about a 1/3rd of them fall right through the Sumatra's magazine and the remainder do not fit snuggly. This is most likely the reason for the poor accuracy and penetration.

If you have a gun with a very tight bore these might work for you, but my experience is that they are not good performers at all in my .22 Sumatra.

Very much like the Logun Penetrator pellets that are no longer available. Remarkable penetration and stability, I'm not sure if they are non-lead alloy, but every single pellet was perfect-no shipping deformation at all. I got them to see if I could get a clean hole all the way thru a 1" pine board with my modded Crosman 22xx's - I bought some 9.x grain H+N alloy pellets with the same goal in mind for the 22xx pistols and Backpacker, the grain Diabolos did not but the cylindrical excites did with 17 to 23 pumps on both 12 and 24" barrels. They give very stable and consistent flight and accuracy and are heavy enough to extend the effective killing range on my magnum .22's out to (so far) 85-ish yards on larger game like Turkey, Sage Hens, Pheasant and the huge rabbits we get out here. In all 4 guns I have tested them in so far they have produced NO 5-shot group at 10 meters larger than .30".

The old Logun pellets only came in 16 and 20 grain in .22, and my magnum springers loved them both so a larger variety of weights would be ideal; Also .177, .25 and .30 pellets of this type would open up a world of long range hunting for folks who just won't pay 4 time as much for an air rifle than a good quality centerfire rifle with scope included.

As I mentioned earlier, great on big birds like turkey, who tend to be too wary to get very close to and whose feathers tend to flatten out and act like Kevlar.