The pellet thread!

[GoodWILLHunting]

With my hw 95 .20 it's been a toss up between FTT and bisley super field. FTT have been the staple but I now reckon the super fields just pip the FTT, so ordered up 10 tins to be getting on with.

[manganr]

What would you reccommend as a good rabbit stopping Pellet. I want something non toxic too which I appreciate will narrow the choices?

[manganr]

Is anyone familiar with the Prometheus range of hunting pellets.What are the Pro's and cons of the plastic shell?

[les allam]

The Prometheus pellets you mention are designed for unchocked barrels,they are rubbish at any thing over 15 yards in my experience.
Pax pellets use to do a pellet called dynamic,it's a tin alloy non toxic pellet.
Les..

[toxo]

What would you reccommend as a good rabbit stopping Pellet. I want something non toxic too which I appreciate will narrow the choices?

Wrong question!

IIRC it takes around 4ft lbs of energy to pierce a rabbit skull which almost all pellets are capable of at normal airgun ranges. Again, IIRC a 12ftlb pellet will still retain 4ftlb at around 75yds. Don't quote me on any of this, you only have to look at the tables in Chairgun to verify or not.

So the question should always be "What's the most accurate pellet for my rifle/barrel combination?". There are not many pellets killing rabbits if you hit em in the arse.

[rabbitwrecker]

What would you reccommend as a good rabbit stopping Pellet. I want something non toxic too which I appreciate will narrow the choices?

Unless you've been specifically instructed not to use non-toxic pellets on your perm, you'd probably be better served using lead. You stand a far higher chance of finding a pellet that gives sufficient accuracy to humanely despatch a rabbit. If you're concerned about eating the meat, don't be - you should be making headshots, so the likelihood of ingesting lead is zero.

If you really need to be lead-free, give RWS Hyperdome a try. I've had good accuracy from them in a couple of rifles - even bagged a couple of close range rabbits with them - but you do need to shoot them from a very clean barrel or they are unlikely to group well. (Your maximum range will be where you can still put every single pellet within a 20mm - some might say smaller - circle under field conditions and even then, I'd hesitate to use them much past 20-25 yards on live quarry). The price is pretty prohibitive compared to the best lead brands too...

[manganr]

Unless you've been specifically instructed not to use non-toxic pellets on your perm, you'd probably be better served using lead. You stand a far higher chance of finding a pellet that gives sufficient accuracy to humanely despatch a rabbit. If you're concerned about eating the meat, don't be - you should be making headshots, so the likelihood of ingesting lead is zero.

If you really need to be lead-free, give RWS Hyperdome a try. I've had good accuracy from them in a couple of rifles - even bagged a couple of close range rabbits with them - but you do need to shoot them from a very clean barrel or they are unlikely to group well. (Your maximum range will be where you can still put every single pellet within a 20mm - some might say smaller - circle under field conditions and even then, I'd hesitate to use them much past 20-25 yards on live quarry). The price is pretty prohibitive compared to the best lead brands too...

Thanks for that. Just the kind of answer was looking for. Definitely need lead free/non toxic so will give them a try.

[rabbitwrecker]

Thanks for that. Just the kind of answer was looking for. Definitely need lead free/non toxic so will give them a try.

If the Hyperdome don't work for you, H&N FTT Green and Baracuda Green would also be worth a try - but your barrel needs to be spotless to stand any chance of accuracy with alloys...