I am no huge fan of Crosman pellets as some of you may remember from previous comments. I've been working on the regulator of a Stoeger Bullshark in 22 recently and grabbed an almost full tin I had to use to see if the "fixed" regulator is working. Today is the second day now where the most recent fix seems to be working (3rd try but first with complete O-ring replacement). But when doing the tests the accuracy of the Crosmans seemed to be pretty good so today I gave them a try on the 30 yard challenge target. I guess I'll attach that here too, I just posted it to that thread. 194 12X is a good score for me but I've shot several 198s and 197s this year with different guns and pellets so it is not close to my best. But it is a really good target and the first for this new-to-me gun. An odd thing about it is there were not hardly any 9s. 10s, Xs, and 8s. Some of the 8s were undoubtedly me but I think some may have been the Crosmans. But still this sort of result in great for 2 cent a shot pellets. Any of these shots would have been instant death for a head shot squirrel. I had them flying about 935 fps average from the Bullshark which is high, at least for me, but I tried lower velocity with them and this seemed to be better.
Giving Crosman Domed Pellets their due
- Thread starter JimD
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I pretty much do all my pesting at under 30 yards and mostly use Crosman 22 pellets. They've worked wonderfully.
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I have several spring-piston rifles that love them. For plinking they are great. And pesting at 30 yards or so, for the price why not.
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you mentioned the high speed , that just reminded of a saying my friend used to say " the faster you go the less time to get into trouble" that was about cars but maybe for Crossman's too ?
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I still had to keep an eye on my 2 wind flags despite the wind being only 3mph according to the weather service. But adjustments were inside the 9 ring - so small.
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Awesome shooting with the “Crazy Crosmans” Jimmy !
I believe we only have 3 rifles that have shot 190+ with .22 Crosman Premier pellets at the 30-Yard Challenge during the two years I’ve been the coordinator. Your Bullshark is now the 4th.
I recall an FX Maverick, I think TommyB had a rifle that did it … and my Weihrauch HW110 has done it with both CPHP and CPUD - best results were with the Ultra Domes.
Were you using the Hollow Points or the Ultra Domes?
The Crosman .177s (10.5g domes);have shot much better / higher scores than the .22s. I even shot 197, 198, 196 back-to-back-to-back with a Umarex Gauntlet and the .177 10.5s a couple years ago - of course with a Sightron 36x that cost more than double the rifle cost, lol.
The issue with the Crosman .22s is “crazy” flyers. You can visually inspect the pellets, even weigh them…. and still get flyers that just break your heart on a good card.
-Ed
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Ed,
The tin I have is the domed not the "hollow points". I got some decent targets with one tin of the 10.5s in my P35-177 but then subsequent tins were terrible. That's one of the reasons I soured on Crosmans. I had the tin of 14.3 Crosman domed in the coffee table my Prod is in. It doesn't shoot them quite as well as the copper plated H&N FTTs but well enough. But it doesn't matter if they are the hollow points or the domed. They shoot to the same POI and they take squirrels exactly the same. The hollow point does nothing at Prod velocity, in other words. I also worry about being able to buy more Crosmans that shoot like the old tin I am using.
I tried 18 grain Baracudas this morning and shot a 188. Wind was a little worse and I wasn't consistently judging it right but I don't think the gun likes them as well. Next will be JSB 18s. Today they were shooting great, mostly. 25.4s were poor, 15.9 were OK, and 13.4s shot really well. But I only have a few of the light ones. They were going over 950 fps. I will probably get a tin. I've never had a gun shoot light pellets fast and well like this. I wish I could shoot at 50 yards at home, it would be interesting to see if the accuracy holds up.
Jim
The tin I have is the domed not the "hollow points". I got some decent targets with one tin of the 10.5s in my P35-177 but then subsequent tins were terrible. That's one of the reasons I soured on Crosmans. I had the tin of 14.3 Crosman domed in the coffee table my Prod is in. It doesn't shoot them quite as well as the copper plated H&N FTTs but well enough. But it doesn't matter if they are the hollow points or the domed. They shoot to the same POI and they take squirrels exactly the same. The hollow point does nothing at Prod velocity, in other words. I also worry about being able to buy more Crosmans that shoot like the old tin I am using.
I tried 18 grain Baracudas this morning and shot a 188. Wind was a little worse and I wasn't consistently judging it right but I don't think the gun likes them as well. Next will be JSB 18s. Today they were shooting great, mostly. 25.4s were poor, 15.9 were OK, and 13.4s shot really well. But I only have a few of the light ones. They were going over 950 fps. I will probably get a tin. I've never had a gun shoot light pellets fast and well like this. I wish I could shoot at 50 yards at home, it would be interesting to see if the accuracy holds up.
Jim
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