Anyone ever have luck with .22 Baracuda Hunter Extremes?

[GA_LeadHead]

I bought a ton of these when they were on sale sometime last year and out of all my .22's, I've yet to find one that 'likes' the .22 H&N Baracuda Hunter Extremes. I was curious if anyone out there has a rifle that likes them. If so, what speeds are you shooting them?
Thanks.

 

[igolfat8]

LOL, I’ve never had much luck with any H&N lead.

 

[Revoman]

My Crown liked the HN Baracuda Match in .22 cal just fine.
mike

 

[airgunmike56]

I have never had any luck with H&N pellets ,
Mike

 

[Larcat]

None of my three guns have ever shot any H&N even vaguely acceptably. Even my BRK shoots the Daystate Kaisers like crap. Was kinda bummer out --- they look amazing, super clean and visually uniform.

 

[Blejda]

My Fx Streamline liked them at 35 yards it was one raged hole for 5 shoots.I didn't shoot them at further distances.
I must try them in my new Dreamline.

 

[Sqwirl57]

LOL, I’ve never had much luck with any H&N lead.

Thats odd. I have quite a few guns and every single one seems to like the Field Target Trophy pellets in at least one head size. My .22 Weihrauchs also prefer them over anything else on the market which is great because they are borderline Crosman Premier prices.

I've never tried the .22 Hunter Extremes but I have a couple Dianas that love the .177 version.

 

[bdzjlz]

I have shot thousands of H&N rounds in various guns, with great results using the FTT and Baracuda series.

The Hunter Extemes in all of my tests are a devastating hunting pellet (the great news) but beyond 30 yards or so have NEVER demonstrated enough accuracy for my tastes (the bad news).

They exhibit very good penetration and mushrooming characteristics but don’t group well, and I have tested them in several rifles, all in .22.

 

[nervoustrig]

They grouped nicely from my DAR but that barrel shoots a lot of pellets well.

Bottom row, middle group. Just 25 yards. I don't remember if I tried them at 50.

 

[Spartan]

I've never had a setup that favored H&N pellets, and I've tried many of their pellets (and in many guns) including the Barracuda Hunter Extremes. Even tried a whole series of the FTT pellets they offer in varying head sizes. That was a fairly expensive and time consuming trial only to realize they all shot fairly poorly.

I stopped trying to make them work, to be honest. The few tins of H&N I still have left just sit on the shelf at this point.

They obviously seem to work for some setups. Just not one I have ever owned.

 

[Joedirt199]

Well my taipan vet standard loves H&N Baracuda 15s so send me all your unused 15s to dispose of properly.

 

[muddydogz]

I've never tried the hunter xtremes but i have great luck with the ftt and baracudas out of my benjis. Out of the tighter choked d34s they didn't fare to well. I have a chopped d36 that loves them. I suspect the open choke for whatever reason seems to work better.

 

[HamburgerTime]

I use these in my umarex origin 22 and very happy with them. They are more accurate than I am at the max 25-30yrd distances I shoot it in my back yard, I mainly use them on squirrels with better results than cphp,

 

[beerthief]

ALL my barrels like H&N FTT or FT match heavy

 

[Bigragu]

My 25 cal wildcat MK2 loves them, and I’ve got those going 1010 FPS

 

[EDventure]

Hellcat aka Wildcat MKII BT 22 cal. @ 900 FPS

 

[850renxrs]

They are great out of my .22 maverick 500mm at 890-905fps up to 50yds.
The only pellets that I shoot further than that are .30 hades and atomics. They are moa at 100yds out of my .30 maverick sniper all day any where from 900-945fps.

 

[LONESTAR .25]

Works fine In my BSA. 65 Yards

 

[darylm]

Hunters and Hunter Extremes have both shot well out of ALL my pcps.

 

[Rich_B]

It mainly comes down to if you want to tune your gun to that pellet or just throw it in and see if it shoots good at your current tune. I think most do this and then if it doesn’t shoot well, they move on. Different rules apply of course to springers. I’ve had good luck with them in the one .25 pcp I tried them in, but never tried the .22 version.