Does anyone know what the difference between H&N baracuda 21.14 grain match grade .22 pellet and long rang hunting 21.14 grain baracuda pellet
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Marketing jargon.
Unless you're referring to a alloy version of same weight.
Take note of the reviews real averages of head size & weight.
They're excellent pellets for long range plinking fun, or serious target shooting from most mid to high power airguns.
https://hardairmagazine.com/reviews/hn-baracuda-match-21-14-grain-22-caliber-pellet-test-review/
Unless you're referring to a alloy version of same weight.
Take note of the reviews real averages of head size & weight.
They're excellent pellets for long range plinking fun, or serious target shooting from most mid to high power airguns.
https://hardairmagazine.com/reviews/hn-baracuda-match-21-14-grain-22-caliber-pellet-test-review/
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I would think that "match grade" would imply better sorting/more consistency but who knows these days. I've had generally good luck with H&N pellets.
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EXCELLENT tour of the H&N factory. Makes me wanna work there, other than the whole lead-poisoning potential. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7glB-J0rA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q7glB-J0rA
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▪The "regular" Baracudas have nominal 5.50mm head sizes.
▪The Baracuda Match have tighter quality control.
And come in three different head sizes: 5.51, 5.52, and 5.53mm.
You can of course do long range hunting with either of them — H&N usually gets high grades in Hard Air Magazine pellet tests for keeping tight tolerances for their pellets (unlike some others....). The Baracudas have a high BC (0.033 to 0.039, depending on the test, MV, and range).
They are hard, and when I had a hard skull crack job to do, this was the pellet that performed admirably again and again (well, for me at least, and the pests aren't around anymore to ask them about it).
Matthias
▪The Baracuda Match have tighter quality control.
And come in three different head sizes: 5.51, 5.52, and 5.53mm.
You can of course do long range hunting with either of them — H&N usually gets high grades in Hard Air Magazine pellet tests for keeping tight tolerances for their pellets (unlike some others....). The Baracudas have a high BC (0.033 to 0.039, depending on the test, MV, and range).
They are hard, and when I had a hard skull crack job to do, this was the pellet that performed admirably again and again (well, for me at least, and the pests aren't around anymore to ask them about it).
Matthias
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I'm a big fan of the Barracuda Match 21gr. A nice pellet weight right in between the JSB 18gr and 25gr. They shoot more accurate than the JSB in some guns. They were very accurate in my Bantam Sniper XR, just okay in the Evol .22 Mini.
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