Page 2 - H&N Sniper Medium, .177 Reviews

Well made, Solid Look and Form. No bent Skirts.

Accuracy.

Ive only shot this Pellet out of my Benji Trail NP2 177, so my review based just from Shooting from that Rifle. I could not get consistent Accurate groups with this Pellet. I had some real High hopes for this pellet. One thing you Airgunners should know is these fit really tight, Skirt when inserted into Breech, overlaped alot. Maybe that was the issue with the Accuracy. Im going to keep this Sniper Pellet to see if it Shoots bettet in my Gamo Whisper.

Great looking, No deformities.

Accuracy

Just got these 9-30-15. Unfortunately I could not get get good groups. Im Shooting 177 Cal. out of a Benjamin NP2. Im blaming the inaccuracy on the Skirting. When I would load this Pellet it would Flange out alot in the breech,so a very tight fit! I had brand new can of JSB's that I also received on the same date, testing both of these Pellets the same day. JSB's right away were Better fitting in the Breech and Accuracy was incredible compaired to the Snipers. Im sure the Snipers will work great in other Rifles but not this Benji, to tight and over lapping.

This pellets really surprised me. At 20 yards I am getting a 1/2 inch group. My Benjamin Titan .177 with this pellets is shooting about 925 fps. So I went to 30 yards to see how they would group and they were still holding a tight group. At 40 yards they were still on. Wow! what's going on here, aiming the cross hairs on my Center Point 4x16x 40 AO scope at the center mark of the target the pellets were hitting on the mark still within a 1/2 inch group. Ok let me set up some cans at 50 yards to see what happens. Aiming at the 3 inch bottom of the can about 1 1/2 inch high on center the pellets were hitting the center of the cans. I've tried several different types of pellets most being the dome type and this are the best for distance and accuracy that I have shot. I've read the Sniper Lights shoot good also. May try them next to see how they shoot in my gun. Good luck shooters.

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Just remember give your new gun time to break in, get a decent scope, practice on your hold and have patience and it will all come together.

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GREAT PELLETS

I like the screw on lid container. The pellets were consistent and when I weighed them, they were 8.56 grains which is close to the stated 8.5 grains.

I'm not sure the aerodynamics are as good as they could be.

Shooting a group of 8 rounds at 10 yds with my RWS Hammerli 850 .177 CO2 rifle, the center-to-center spread was .416 and the mean radius of the group was .125 which ranked 11th out of 34 pellets I've tested.

Very consistent in size extremely acurate in my gamo bone collector .177 not so much in my pigman mach1 .177 but not bad

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The .22 sniper lights 14g are even better. The 7.5 sniper light .177 were very inconsistent in size some were loose in the barel and some were to tight and very inacurate

on a clean crosman 2100 barrel i did 6 sets of 3 shots, 2 sets the pellets went in the same hole, this was done at 15 yards indoors with a hawke 2-7 x 32 scope with 7x power setting. the skirts are very good and strong since more lead is concentrated in the skirt wall, the tiny slits in skirt help it fit into bore and adapt to the rifled barrel better, this also helps pellet not to get to snug, pellet has a high B.C. my test was 3 pumps setting, these are worth the price if you test them properly, clean your barrel and run a series of sets, for any new rifle i recommend at least shooting a tin of cheaper pellets through barrel of any air rifle before performing any accuracy tests, this give the barrel and the works the ability to break in, i even break in walther barrels even though some are ready to go right out of the box

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use the heavy version for long ranges and this should do good for medium range, i recommend interval testing of 10-50 yards as some pellets perform better at different ranges, i also recommend keeping velocity tame, try 900 fps and under, for some pellets like these the sweet spot is 500-800 fps but only you can confirm this by checking groups you get. for pumpers change distances and amount of pumps to see what groups best. dont forget to oil the wiper or pump pad, dried up parts will affect accuracy a drop or 2 of 30w non detergent oil or other air gun friendly oil every 100 shots, i do two drops every 50 and there is no official standard on this just keep an eye so the pump doesnt dry up, done the few drop method for decades on the 717, 747, crosman 2100, crosman 1377, daisy 880, benjamin rifles and have had no problems yet