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Jaxom · Senior Member

I know it's usually best for any type of gun, air rifle/pistol, rimfire, center fire, ect, you usually put samples of just about every type of ammo through your gun you can get your hands on. At least until you find which brand your particular gun likes the most.

Because of budgeting restraints, I need to narrow the field down a bit to just hunting pellets. For the presant, I need some suggestions for .177 that I'll be feeding through my 1077. Eventually extending that into a soon to be purchased Quest.

Since there's a substantial power difference between a 1077 and a Quest, I would assume that a heavier pellet that the Quest could handle the 1077 could not. For now, I've been using Crosman Premier's 7.9gr's. I'd say I've been having fairly good success with these. No jams as of yet and the 500ct tin is almost empty.

AirGunEric · Site Admin

Crosman also has heavier .177 pellets- the "Premier Ultra Magnum" pellets and the "Benjamin Discovery .177" both are Hollow Point and both weigh 10.5gr. They might be the same pellet- I'd like to think not, but I can't say for sure. The 10.5gr hollow point might work alot better for hunting with a Quest 1000 than would the 7.9gr units.

Slavia · Moderator

I've used the Ultra Magnums in my Crosman G1, and they work reasonably well. They're available locally, too.

cw · Banned

I have used Superdomes, Kodiaks and Eun Jins for hunting and
pest control for years.

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

I'm of the opinion that the best pellet, for hunting OR target practice, is the most accurate one. It's just not worth compromising accuracy for anything else when it comes to hunting.

Find a good dome and go with that. I doubt there are many air rifles out there that don't like domes.

kanyon · Silver Status Member

JSB PREDITORS if you want to hunt , they are 8gr and you will have
no issues with hiting what you aim at.
But you still need to place your shot.
mined you if you are picking on those quite little squirrel's
any good dome should do it.
Rabbit size I would use Preditors and double so for a 1.77 where
you an't going to have a lot of ft/lbs

Jaxom · Senior Member

I most definetly agree Roger. What good is a heavier pellet if it doesn't hit the mark, eh? I just wanted to narrow the field down a bit. Then grab a few samples of what folks have suggested and see which ones my rifles like to digest.

sniper · Silver Status Member

don't buy anything cheap. jsb pellets are very good as are rws and crosman premiers. my gamo loves jsb exacts.

dummyracer36 · Senior Member

i agree with roger on this one too.... try whatever is easy for you to get that is NOT a wad cutter and go with the most accurate one. the predators are great pellets, but i use those more for shorter range shots, and use a dome for longer range... 40+ yards. the crosman/benjimin hollow points to me, dont seem to expand at all on impact with a soft target, seem to be a harder lead compound than say a beeman pellet.

23ib0d0n · Moderator

I like wadcutters for hunting.
Critters usually don't even twitch after being smacked by one of those flat faced meat tenderizers . . .

http://home.hiwaay.net/~ispellan/PelletTest02.html

http://home.hiwaay.net/~ispellan/PelletTest01.html

from:

http://home.hiwaay.net/~ispellan/Airguns.html

lauchlin · Supporting Member

fritz · Silver Status Member

I love RWS superdome pellets for my Diana 34 .177. They provide groups good enough for rabbits and squirrels. HN match pellets can give me one hole wonders, but I think the lack of penetration and cost set them back.

In my Super Streak .22 I'm breaking it in with Gamo match which provide me enough accuracy to kill squirrel and rabbit also. RWS hollow points give decent accuracy, but I'm not going to use them just yet because the gun isn't broken in.

Try Crosman hunters, they're cheap and work just as well as some higher quality pellets, I suggust having a well-choked barrel becuase they fit loose in my D34.

sniper · Silver Status Member

fritz,
what to you mean by "choked barrel"? the crosmans are so loose in my gamo they fall out. i've found jsb's and crow mags have a tighter fit. and fly faster even though they weigh more.

fritz · Silver Status Member

Yes, Crosman's also BARELY stay in my barrel when I'm closing it up. This means they are loose, if your barrel is choked then it will help accuracy since the pellet is a bit smaller.

Rogerflat · Silver Status Member

I'd also like to remind everyone that a good "hunting" pellet is basically the same as a good "target" pellet. The most important criteria is that your rifle accurately and consistently puts the pellet on the target.

I've always felt that the shape of the pellet doesn't really matter much. A dome will kill just as good as a hallow point.

The only thing that you might consider is that if your rifle can accurately shoot heavy pellets and light pellets, then you'd ideally use the heavy ones for hunting and the lighter ones for targeting.