Page 3 - RWS Diabolo Basic, .177 Reviews

Flat nose pellets seem most accurate in all of my .177's . First and only gun I have tested them in so far was noted ''best grouping pellet for my Swiss Arms Modfire Carbine, with stock attached. When the wind quits blowing and the temps all rise I will do more tests with the others.

That can is big enough for 500 pellets instead of 300....just sayin'.

If you are having trouble finding a good pellet for your rifle or pistol and can't seem to do so, give flat heads a chance and try these first!

I like the quality of these pellets.

I don't like that these cans are 300 ct. I usually get the 500 ct. so this is a bit different, but obviously it's not the worst thing that could happen.

For my money, RWS pellets are the best. I have used most of them and their precision in manufacturing is second to none. I have seen some skirt deformities in some other brands which is unacceptable. I will not comment on the RWS hobby pellets because they are the same as these. Match grade RWS pellets are as close to perfect as can be gotten. Excellent value as well as quality.

Ya can't go wrong in dealing with Pyramyd Air! Thanks for your integrity and quest for quality in our world of increasing junk and lack of quality! My Beeman P-3 comes tomorrow!

The accuracy of these pellets is right there with premium pellets. The consistency of size is also excellent. There is no flashing or debris to be a bother either. Regardless of the following complaints, they have been and as of now, are my favorite pellet for 10 meter pistol.

This new sized container of 300 instead of 500 was a bad decision. I feel RWS did this in order to make more money. If you figure the price for 300 against the old price for 500 you're paying much more now. That's not such a big deal RWS isn't a charity, they do this for a living. The problem is, the new container is too large. They need to add some foam, or a piece of cardboard in order to keep the pellets from deforming in transit.

I shoot a lot....something like 400 rounds a week. this new pricing along with the poor packaging has led me to decide to try H&N excites. If they don't work at least as well as the Basics I'll just buy premium pellets instead. I can't afford the time it takes to sort through each tin, culling out bent skirts.

economical

Basically an inexpensive pellet.

it so accurate with my p17. and good price!

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Great feel when the pellet leaves the barrel.

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These are very pristine, clean pellets. They also cut clean holes in paper.

Not much for $7 (price at the time of this writing).

I ordered these along with H&N Econs for head-to- head competition. The grouping were about the same out of a basic gun, APX, but these Basic pellets are clean and cut nice holes in paper. But be realistic about performance here - one-inch groups from these pellets at 10 to 15 yards is realistic. I have an R-9 and I only run Baracudas through that rifle. Basic pellets are fun for basic, inexpensive guns.

Uniformity and finish. No grey fingers with these! Cut a beautifully hole. Great price, also.

Same basic pellet slightly heavier.

I haven't shot air guns for over twenty years. Back in the day RWS pellets were the standard by which almost all other pellets were judged. I'm very pleased to see that they are still available, and still very high quality.

great quality for the price, very accurate

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these are my go to pellets for target practice

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good price

Works good in my faster shooting ruger super hawk. Pellets look consistent.

My air arms pro sport hates them, to light.

I find these pellets to be accurate at 55 feet constantly. For the money, they are a value.

It would be great if someone came up with a pellet loader that would orientate the pellets in a tube for easier loading.

Bought specifically to practice offhand at 10 meters. Tried from a bench at 10 meters to test.............excellent accuracy was noted.

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I have used these extensively and found that they are very good, and cheap bought in qty, i use about 6000 a year !!! I have found that by resizing them to my rifle's preferred size they are deadly accurate and i wonder if the RWS Meisterkugel are not just a more refined sizing of the diablo basic pellet. but as every rifle will have it's own sweet spot size, then you might just as well buy these, sort them by skirt diameter, and then test fire the different groups of sizes and see which your rifle prefers. then resize them all and you will have an excellent competition grade pellet. At a very affordable price... plus the quality of the pellets is very good, clean, almost look polished, and the tins have no dust or swarf in them. try them you will not be disappointed at the results.

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Re-Sizing of any pellet brand will always improve accuracy. Most rifles seem to prefer a certain brand, but it's the average size in the tin that is matching up to what your rifle requires. so try measuring every pellet and sorting them into sizes, +0.05, +0.10 +0.15, +0.20 mm and on a calm day test the groups of pellets and see which work best.. no point buying a brand if only 20% in the tin actually give high accuracy and the rest are all wide of the bulls eye... then start sizing your pellets, no need to accept the odd flyer, if you want to win then this is the only way!!! make every one count..

Uniform, clean, accurate, in all my guns. Very inexpensive compared to others, 500 in the tin. Nice.

Perfect as is.

These work well, no jams, in my Beretta PX4, Winchester M-14, S&W M&P45, Crosman 1077, Vigilante, and all my single shot rifles. They are easy to seat and fit nice and tight. They don't fall out unless I drop the mag on the floor. Never an issue shooting. I did the math, 2,000 pellets for $18.77 including a 10% PA discount and buy three get one free. Comes to .009385 cents each. Less than a penny! 100 shots, 94 cents!

Great value for the price and very nice form and finish.

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This pellet works great out of my Predom target pistol by Lucznik. I have tried others but have found that these are most accurate out of this gun. The quality of these pellets are excellent and they also come at a great price.

I wish that the tin had a screw on top , that's the only thing I would change.

I should have been buying this pellet long ago. They are great for my low power target practice. I have shot half of the tin and not found any bent skirts or deformed pellets yet.

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Best pellet for my Walther LG 55 .

Price? What is not to like about that?

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I have been using nothing but RWS Meisterkugeln for 10m and yard distance pest elimination for more years than I want to remember. While these basic pellets do not have the final finish and polish as the Meisterkugeln and more expensive brands, the pistol does not seem to know that. I am sure that they are swaged in the same dies as the Meisterkugeln which were swaged after the R10 pellets were formed. For serious work keep the expensive pellets. For 90% of our shooting, these are better than OK.