.25 H&N Crow Magnum

[HogKiller]

I'm looking for some feedback on the Crow's. I'm running a FX Maverick with a 600 barrel, I've got the JSB Exact King .25's pretty much dialed in but these Crow's seem to be all over the map, even at 25 yard. Do they like higher speeds or am I just wasting air? Can't seem to find a speed they like.

 

[r1lover]

Have you found any other .25 pellets to shoot well in your gun? If not, it could be your barrel is a little over bored.

I had a Beeman Kodiak .25 that shot only JSB Exact Kings with decent accuracy. It sprayed everything else I tried including Kodiaks and FTT's. Only the JSB's could be pushed through the bore and come out the muzzle with any signs of rifling in the lead. Some other pellets practically fell through the bore with only the weight of a cleaning rod behind them. AoA told me the JSB's were a little larger in diameter than other brands.

 

[rdtricks]

There isn't a gun in my stable that really likes the H&N Crows. Oh, out to about 25 yrds my Impact M2 500 mm will make reasonable groups but nothing to write home about or count on for an accurate 'kill shot.' I have found that all of my .25 cal rifles will really shoot the H&N Baracuda Hunters (27.47gr) & Baracuda Hunter Extremes (28.24gr) well. Both are my go-to hunting pellets.

 

[JungleShooter]

HogKiller,

if you look at the Crow Magnums — they are the aerodynamic equivalent of a flying ashtray....

Meaning, high velocities can mess with them much easier than with domed pellets.... (Try them at lower velocities....)

Of course, they also do to your quarry's vitals what a flying ashtray in a bar does to an opponent's face....

Matthias

 

[Jlowe]

Crow Mags were not designed for high speed. They were designed back when springers ruled the airgun world. H&N Baracuda Hunter and Hunter Extreme are much more accurate at high speeds and a much newer design.

 

[Bander124]

So far I’ve only had crowmags shoot wells at 500fps and below best was 400 out of a talon p but my rti prophet can’t shoot them well under 25 yds at speeds under 500fps

 

[Vetmx]

They don’t like to go fast and they seem to like LW barrels from Crosman. If you simply look at them, its obvious that speeding them up is only going to make things worse. They are a close range, low velocity, no pass through smacker pellet.

 

[HogKiller]

Have you found any other .25 pellets to shoot well in your gun? If not, it could be your barrel is a little over bored.

I had a Beeman Kodiak .25 that shot only JSB Exact Kings with decent accuracy. It sprayed everything else I tried including Kodiaks and FTT's. Only the JSB's could be pushed through the bore and come out the muzzle with any signs of rifling in the lead. Some other pellets practically fell through the bore with only the weight of a cleaning rod behind them. AoA told me the JSB's were a little larger in diameter than other brands.

HogKiller,

if you look at the Crow Magnums — they are the aerodynamic equivalent of a flying ashtray....

Meaning, high velocities can mess with them much easier than with domed pellets.... (Try them at lower velocities....)

Of course, they also do to your quarry's vitals what a flying ashtray in a bar does to an opponent's face....

Matthias

Yeah, that's sort of what I figured. The ashtray part, I've tried lower speeds and it's even worse, 900fps and they may hit a squirrel at 25 yards, bumped them up a tad and got a bit better. I thought I'd just throw it out there.

r1lover: nah, my gun is fine, I can do very tidy groups at 50 yards, I sort of figured that flying ashtrays nod to Matthias, are better in a slingshot. I'll just use them for playing around i.e. tuning, or sell them so somebody I don't like.

 

[SteveP-52]

My inexpensive Hatsan break barrels in .25 actually shoot the Crows quite well out to the 30ish yards I have for shooting and they've been deadly on pests, but that was all I wanted them to work for anyway....short range hammer of a pellet.
I want those same break barrels to shoot better, farther, they get fed JSB Kings

 

[Hal4son]

H&N Crow Magnums are my primary pesting pellet out of a Maverick .25 Compact 500mm. I like the sound that big ole flying ash tray makes on impact. I get usable accuracy out of them at different velocities. Shooting 930 fps dialed up to 7. About 600 fps dialed to 4. I mostly shoot it set to 4 for starlings but will dial it up to 7 sometimes for crows although I've shot a lot of them at 4. I'm running 137 on the second reg and the dual (slug) port in the barrel.

 

[SimpleGuy]

Try polymags