TLDR Pics include - 35 yard scatter shot and best dime sized 16 shot groupings both before (top Shoot N See target) and after tuning (bottom Shoot N See target and breakfast bar box). Also a pic of a Hollow Point pellet recovered from a Jackrabbit, under 15 yard shot with a airgun tuned for about 16 FPE, pellet hit a leg bone before a double lung heart shot.
Now for those of you that can read :)
Pre 2022 Made in America version was extremely accurate out of my airguns when I keep the speed between 900 and 1050 FPS, basically keep the power under 33 FPE... not so lucky with the new factory.
I will start off with the short list of CONS on Crosman Pellets...
Crosman changed factory locations and is no longer "Proudly Made in the USA"... Usual Crosman quality, Lead Alloy pellets that have seams down the sides of them, hollow point is not centered properly, needs cleaning of some debris and "flashing" around the insides of the skirts... shape and weight is like all things made on this planet, each pellet is "a snowflake" (a bit of variance), but they are no where as bad as a tin of Hatsan USA branded pellets. I also have to Bore Snake the barrels after shooting 40 to 50 Crosman pellets, rarely have to clean a barrel when I use H&N, JSB, and other "top shelf" branded pellets.
Out of the break barrel these 22 Hollow Points are accurate enough to get iron sight kills on ground squirrels and prarie dogs in the 35 to 50 yards range (could be longer if your eyes and rifle are up to the challenge)... also have a few confirmed cotton tail and jack wabbits at over 100 yards so these pellets can still have plenty of lethal energy down range despite the horrible ballistic coefficient of a Hollow point Diabolo shaped pellet
With a higher power PCP rifle (FAC power if you are our friends across the pond) these are devastating, thick metal cans get turned into swiss cheese and small game look like they are getting hit by a freight train... but accuracy past 20 yards suffers with the stock tune on my Leshiy 2 PCP (over 31 FPE, 1.2 x 1.2 jets), it just shoots the 14 grain Hollow Point pellets too fast and I see some floaters/spiraling... not as many random fliers with the Domed version.
Both Hollow Point and Domed versions could be a decent and cheap pest control pellet... if your barrel likes them of course :)
Hollow point doesn't mushroom, expand, or deform much even at 1,050 FPS, but the design adds a bit more "hydrostatic shock" compared to the domed version. Hydrostatic shock is a nice addition for humane hunting of tougher game animals.
* Edit - With the new Crosman factory in Brazil producing junk, I will just spend the extra coin and get a consistent pellet made in Argentina, England, or Germany.
* Edit 2 - For some reason after months of trial and error, I was finally able to get decent accuracy, only had to fully re-tune the Edgun Leshiy 2 for the new Brazil factory pellets...
Leshiy 2 using a 1.1 x 0.6 jet combo, a 350mm LW barrel with choke can get sub MOA groups at 35 yards on a windy day (25 mph, gusts up to 40), when the pellet speed is around 937 FPS range, 16 shots leave a hole smaller than a dime... almost every other jetting combo gave scatter shot pattens.
If you get bad groups with any pellet and you can tune the airgun for different velocities, you might find a speed the twist rate likes.
Remember I'm an off hand, in the field shooter with barometric, wind, and temperature swings, getting 16 shot groupings in a hole smaller than a penny is decent (usually dime sized grouping at 35 yards)... can probably get single hole groups if you are a cheater and shoot locked into a bench :)
That gives us just shy of 28 FPE and 64 shots on the current PCP tune.
Still not a happy camper having to completely degas and rejet the gun several dozen times to find the accuracy I had with the old plant in NY produced pellets.
Having to manually pump up a 300cc tank multiple times because something major changed in the pellet manufacturing that caused spiraling with multiple jet and regulator settings... was not a fun experience.
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