Best .30 cal pellet for expansion

[davelarson]

Hi guys, At 4 am I checked for skunks in the back yard and saw another big one in a stand off with a large coyote! Really amazed me how bold the skunk was, totally held his ground and the coyote backed off. Anyway I just ordered the 600 mm .30 barrel for my Crown and I’m looking for the best pellet to use for skunk, raccoon and coyote. The poly mags don’t fit in the magazine, has anyone ever used them with the tips pulled out? I’ve lost my cats to the coyotes, and I want to anchor the skunks with heart shots so I get less spray and they don’t get under the shop. The .30 cal should get the job done, any advice would be appreciated. Thanks 

 

[jfrench64]

Not many choices out there in 30 

2 jsb's

Hatsan vortec

Poly mag 

And a H&N 

Any of of them should get the job done with a good hit . 

 

[Bullfrog]

Like jfrench said, there’s not many choices out there. 

Here’s a video I posted a while back that tests various larger bore pellets and some bullets in clay at 50 yards. I have a spread of .30 pellets in the video. 

https://youtu.be/UUQNAE4X15E

For raw expansion, the Polymags win hands down. 

 

[golfer70]

Can the tips of the Poly-Mags be clipped off or hit with a belt sander to make them a little shorter?

 

[jfrench64]

I heard one guy used nail Clippers . 

But your not going to get but one good shot at a yote anyway ? 

 

[Cranky1]

Will a single shot loader fit the polymags?

 

[Joe Shooter]

You can pull the poly tip completely out, making a wicked hollow-point. The issue is deforming the pellet in the process.

 

[Bullfrog]

I’ve never had to clip them because they fit in my Flex mags. But originally they did not fit and WAR issued new mags when Polymags came out. 

 

[Bullfrog]

Some Barracuda Hunter Extremes in .30 would be nice. True Barracudas would also be nice. Meaning upscaled versions of the .22 and .25 Barracudas. Not the JSB clones the current .30 Barracudas are. 

 

[davelarson]

Thanks guys, I’ll try pulling the tips out for the Hollowpoint effect. I did it with the .25 poly mags and the tips come out easy, I gripped the tip with nail clippers and pulled. They were very accurate at 20 yards too and that’s all I need. I’ll post about the first .30 skunk kill as soon as it happens. Thanks again for the pellet information. Dave 

 

[Airgun-hobbyist]

Send JSB a message that we are impatiently awaiting the arrival of the JSB Hades in .30 caliber! Those will anchor a skunk and coyote for sure.

 

[stoti]

For the poly mags, use a little cheap lighter/torch. Line up a hundred of them and make one pass with the torch. They’ll all melt exactly the same. You just need to figure out the speed that you move the torch. Works brilliantly!!!

stoti

 

[Bigragu]

Never owned An FX till recently so I never followed much FX chat. Does anyone know if a polymag will fit in a Wildcat mag? Just got one in a 30 cal. 

From 177 on up to 25 in my break barrels and PCP guns all I ever shoot are the crow magnum hollow points and the Barracuda Hunter extremes. I’ve questioned in the past if H&N or anyone else would come out with a hollow point style in a 30 cal.

What would be sweet is to come out with a Barracuda Hunter extremes close to the grain weights of the typical 44.75 grain JSB or Vortex pellets.