15 FPE at the muzzle

[OldSpook]

Fifteen foot pounds at the muzzle sure does flatten out these .25 CAL H&N FTTs at 40 yards. These are a couple of bounce outs that came from my back stop. They are H&Ns from my BSA lightning GRT in 25 caliber. I was impressed. They are still carrying some thump (12.5 FPE) at 40 yards. Put one in the boiler room of a squirrel and he's done right there. They don't shoot through usually. Just SMACK here is your 12 foot pounds right here, Mr. Squirrel.

 

[nervoustrig]

The FTTs in the smaller calibers have usually produced pretty respectable groups for me from a variety of rifles so I’m happy to see you getting suitable hunting / pest control accuracy from the .25 cal pills. I was a little skeptical of them on account of being so lightweight...they're the lightest lead pellet in .25 cal from a mainstream manufacturer. Regardless I figured they'd be a nice match for a quiet, downtuned rifle for pest control in a modest suburban setting so I went ahead and ordered some.

That was about 3 years ago and I still have not found a barrel that will group them well enough to squeeze the trigger on a living thing at 30 yards. I may have simply gotten a bad batch but I can't identify anything glaringly wrong with them...they aren’t undersized or oversized, mold quality looks good, etc.

Or maybe they’re somehow a better match for a piston power plant? I’ve only used them in PCPs.

 

[Yama]

funny enough ive just done some 40m testing this morning .22 sub 12ft/lb though....still surprised with the expansion as id assume it would only be 6-7 at 40m & would have thought that they would just plink off..

 

[nervoustrig]

Against a hard surface, lead pellets will pancake out pretty nicely at surprisingly low velocity. Put one of them in a squirrel and recover it and you may be able to chamber it again and shoot it.

 

[Yama]

i totally agree, that being said i didn't expect the Crosman's to deform being a much harder pellet than say the JSB's coming out of a low power platform

 

[JimD]

I shoot 25 caliber FTTs at about 870 fps from my P35. I've killed 18 squirrels with it so far. I've only recovered pellets from 3 but they were not expanded visibly. I shoot copper plated FTTs from my Prod at about 750 fps. I've recovered more of those and they weren't expanded either. But they killed nicely. For a lighter weight pellet in a given caliber I think they are an excellent choice.