What's your favorite .25 pellet/slug

[davecbnz]

What is your favorite .25 cal projectile for hunting.
30.8gn baracudas go ok in my fx dreamline at a max of 890fps.
Any slugs or pellets that would be better suited? Mostly shooting bunnies

 

[oldmojo]

I prefer Apolo 33gr slugs out of my Aea .25 challlenger bullpup

 

[gendoc]

H&N baracuda 30.86gr and 26gr Hybrids out of my crown mk2 compact
and Huben Peanuts out of my K1.

 

[PumaCarl]

JSB 33.95gr MKII, favorite piece of lead so far.

 

[PeteAir]

37g Zans hit with authority. Here’s an example shot around 930fps.

 

[Revoman]

The FX or AA branded 25.4gr domed pellets work well in both a Crown and M2 using 700mm barrels.
A close second pellet for hunting expansion are the H&N 27.47gr Baracuda Hunters.
Both are accurate.

mike

 

[rdtricks]

My Impact MK2 and Wildcat MK3 seem to prefer the AEA domed 29.5 gr. Of course it could be that both rifles are tuned to shoot these and other pellets in that weight range. As of late I have found the JTS and AEA pellets to outperform all others. Yes, I will continue to experiment and test anything that strikes my fancy but messing with something that works and works well ins't something I do carelessly. The new Rifle brand pellets & slugs look interesting and Apolo pellets let me down.

 

[Corvid_hunter]

I shoot the 33gr JSBs around 900fps with my Ghost. Accuracy seems to be good. 5 shots at 50 yards.

 

[oneshot61]

Varmint knockers 33 grain, shot from 920 to just over 1000 fps, very accurate out of a green mountain barrel.

 

[3Crows]

JSB .25 caliber Exact Heavy. Accurate, hit hard, kill stuff dead.

 

[cgun]

I'm gonna go with 46 grain .250 H&N heavy slugs driven to about 925. They hit very hard and stack on top of each other at 50 yards.

 

[Ratzy]

Depends on the gun.

My Max 1 seems rather indifferent to what you shoot pellets or slugs

My FX Royale really likes JTS Dead Center 25.39GR

In general

Pellets
H&N Baracuda 30.86GR
JTS 25.39GR

Slugs
H&N Heavy 43gr

 

[G.Moua]

What is your favorite .25 cal projectile for hunting.
30.8gn baracudas go ok in my fx dreamline at a max of 890fps.
Any slugs or pellets that would be better suited? Mostly shooting bunnies

I shoot nsa 29.5 at 1030 and 38.5 at 887 average. Both slugs do crazy damage

 

[JimD]

I really like (or my guns really like) AEA 22 caliber pellets. But I have not tried their 25 caliber pellets yet. I ordered some 177 AEA pellets today. 25s will probably be next.

My lower power 25 is sighted in for 25.4 grain FX or JSB pellets and shoots them pretty accurately. My other two 25s shoot 34 grain FX or JSB pellets pretty well. I killed a raccoon with one of the 34 grain but the only 25 caliber I've used on squirrels is the little 20 grain H&N FTT. It took 18 cleanly when I had my P35-22 tuned down to 32 fpe. It isn't very accurate in any of my 25s as they are tuned currently.

 

[HogKiller]

I really like (or my guns really like) AEA 22 caliber pellets. But I have not tried their 25 caliber pellets yet. I ordered some 177 AEA pellets today. 25s will probably be next.

My lower power 25 is sighted in for 25.4 grain FX or JSB pellets and shoots them pretty accurately. My other two 25s shoot 34 grain FX or JSB pellets pretty well. I killed a raccoon with one of the 34 grain but the only 25 caliber I've used on squirrels is the little 20 grain H&N FTT. It took 18 cleanly when I had my P35-22 tuned down to 32 fpe. It isn't very accurate in any of my 25s as they are tuned currently.

Both the AEA .25 Slugs 30.2gr and Pellets 33.9gr work great in both my Maverick VP and Raptor. The Raptor will shoot the AEA heavier slugs 49.2 but, no need and it sounds like it's really stressing the gun more than I like and sucks air like crazy.