.22 Sniper Magnums & Smooth X barrel?

I have tried the H&N Sniper Magnum .22 with Vulcan Mk4. Excellent performance. The Vulcan barrel liked them much better than the 18 grain JSB 5.52 and 5.53 mm. I was absolutely amazed as I expected them to be a highly inaccurate pellet; I bought the first tin out of curiosity and then rushed back to the store to buy several more.

There is a rumour saying that H&N bought the die of the Defiant pellets which used to be a huge ht in the airgunning world several decades ago. I don't know if it is true or not, but I think the Sniper Magnums are a very good projectile.

Can you please post a link to the FX version of these? I haven't seen them anywhere on the web and there's nothing on the FX website about them... Thanks.

That's two groups, both are 11 shots at 40 yards. I'd say one flyer in each group, shots were taken leaning on my car, the night breeze was just beginning to pick up. The gun was Vulcan Mk4. It is a small coin, sorry, I don't have any American coins for a comparison that would be clearer to you. There is one more important thing to add: all 22 shots were taken with the Airgun Technology factory moderator on. As it turned out later, both moderators offered by AGT for the Mk4 deteriorate accuracy to a great extent. I'm sorry I sold the the gun before I could make some more tests without the moderator on. Velocity was about 895-900 fps.

I'm sure the results would be much better shooting from a decent shooting table and a gun rest. These pellets are relatively easily accessible in my country but I have only .25 rifles right now. Otherwise I would have tested further with these pellets. With the Vulcan barrel they outperformed the 18 grain JSB significantly - the last target I shot with the JSB the same evening under the very same conditions.