I got a small pellet order from Utah Air this afternoon so I had to shoot a few. Cell 7 is my P35X and not the real intended subject. The group on the left of cell 7 is FX 25.4s and the bigger group on the right is H&N FTTs. The FX is a better but still not a very good 30 yard group. This gun has progressed from not shooting at all to shooting good enough for plinking but it may not be capable of going further.

Mainly I was comparing pellets in my 22 caliber Bullshark. Cell 8 is two five shot groups. The group on the left might need to include a shot that went much higher in the upper left of the cell. If the circled area it as really good for Crosman HPs. The cell on the right is a below average group for Crosman HP in this gun. Cell 10 is also Crosman HPs from the same tin but they have been sorted by weight and head size. The group on the right has larger head sizes than the group on the left. They are all 14.3 or 14.4 grains and were going around 925 fps.

Cell 9 is the new pellets. On the left are FX 18.1s. I expected them to shoot well because JSB 18.1s shoot well in this gun. They did. The group on the right is AEA 18.3s. They shot at least as well and if one had been a little more to the right it would have been a great group. Both these shoot well and I will need to shoot more of them to decide which shoots best in this gun. They were straight from the tin. The AEA tin is interesting, it is a screw together tin like a H&N but has foam on the top and bottom of the pellets like JSB does. The pellets look good as well as shoot good. These pellets were going about 825 fps.

Cell 11 is H&N Baracuda 18s. I've shot them before in this gun and decided the JSBs shot a little better. This group seems consistent with that conclusion. The Baracudas were going 5-10 fps faster than the FX and AEA pellets.

The only bad thing about this information is I probably need to sort some more Crosman HPs. I will loose a lot of them by rejecting the smaller head sizes but it seems like I need to for them to shoot the best they can. But I may just leave them unsorted and continue to consider them my plinking pellets. My previous tests indicate domed shoot better for me in this gun and weighing and head sizing them I can see they are also more consistent. All the domed I have are old US made pellets.

I did not clean the gun or even fire any "leading" shots between groups as I switched.

I'm shooting a BRK Pathfinder .22mm (loving it so far). This question pertains to hunting Iguana more than target practice/plinking.
I would like to establish which pellet is best suited for these extremely tough skinned creatures. I’ve had great results with the Jumbo 18.13g pellets But got started thinking that the lighter Hades with the hollow point type quality may do more damage or better stated, cleaner kill than possible straight through shot from the Jumbo. Taking an average of say … 25 yards & no wind to speak of , I tested both however, my results were inconclusive. Im probbly testing on the wrong targets. Here is what I did: @ 25 yards I set up a metal basin. Pretty sturdy, a little thicker than a coffee can. Five shots on the right with the Jumbo 18.13g & five shots on the left with Hades 15.89g. I knew all of the pellets would go through & make an entry hole, it was the result of the exit hole that I thought would help me see the benefit of either. As I guessed the entry holes were impressive. The exit hole were non-existant. I can say the entry holes from the Jumbo, inspecting from behind seemed just a hair more aggressive but the exits were nothing more than divits that were almost identical. Still the Jumbo seemed to be a hair heavier. Next the only thing I could think of was to shoot some coconuts that were laying around the yard, same results. Entry but no extit ( bad choice of target). Lastly, the only fruit I could get ahold of quickly was a large apple. I thought I could at least get a good view of the exit. As you may have guessed both pellets just passed through. I’m not suggesting that the 18g doesn’t make a more impressive thump on entry. It certainly hits with more authority than the 15g. I’m trying to find which makes more damage. I plan on continuing this experiment. In between time I’d like to hear from anyone that can tell me definitively can the Atomic like head of the lighter Hades do more damage than the Jumbo heavier pellet.
Any feedback is appreciated.

Hello there! First time posting and first airgun build. My old man gave me his old Umarex Gauntlet that he had about every Hajimoto part installed in. Now I'm over here spending stupid money on a build that I know he is just going to SMH at. Lol The gauntlet didn't have anything else for me to mess with so I have started a .25 Notos build. The whole reason I started this was because I came across a cheap FX barrel liner that USPS still hasn't managed to deliver to me while the rest of the gun has been modded and ready to go.

I am looking for any advice they may help me push the rifle as far as I can. I have the c88 500mm .25 conversion kit along with his 4mm valve body. I have ported the transfer port to just under 5mm. Not sure how people are getting the full 5mm without kissing the threads of the hole you have to drill through. I drilled and tapped an additional hole to use another set screw on top of the receiver to help lock in barrel. Stock poppet valve. CRC plenum that comes with an 8mm transfer port. Modified pic rail. I would like to turn up the regulator pressure and was wondering how far you can safely go from the stock 1900psi. I want to make sure the gun shoots as good as I am expecting before I decide on increasing the air tank with an extension or bottle. Same goes for the buck rail kit. I just want to make sure this thing is going to shoot before investing anymore into it. I love how the gun looks so far and it has been a fun learning experience. The Notos is a way simpler gun to work on compared to the Gauntlet IMO.

I have 1360 ZAN 45 grain hollow point .25 cal slugs for sale.

$120 shipped