Exploding Russian pellets

Do the 177 pellets exceed the sound barrier in an average breakbarrel, for instance a ruger airhawk?

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I'll let you know in a week or so, I just ordered the red .177s and I have a ruger airhawk too.

are these available in .22cal? I dont see the russian or tracker in .22 just .177

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well I tried em today, the explosion is so loud i cant tell if it breaks the sound barrier but im pretty sure it does, it doesnt show the weight but if i had to guess its only about 4-5grains and sounded louder then a 22lr imo when i hit a 2x4. alot louder then expected and not even close to backyard friendly haha, ill save em for new years and 4th of july tho

I have the "Red" labeled version. They worked GREAT! They explode when they impact almost any surface. I could shoot them at a a tree trunk across the street, and about 25 feet above ground level and they would detonate. They sound and flash like one of those "Lady Finger" firecrackers or a small pistol primer.

At 25 yards I had no problem keeping them on an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper. Shooting at the tree trunk (24" wide) about 35 yards across the street I'd hit it (or at least I'd hear the detonation) 2 out of 3 times.

The only concern I had was shooting them from my springer rifle. I think they provided enough resistance to keep the piston from slamming (at least no ill effects.) However, I would load 2 or more at a time in magnum springers. A .177 CO2 or PCP would be ideal.

Can someone please tell me we're or what site to get these Rushin exploding pellets

I thought I'd update this post. I had put these pellets on my "watchlist" on E-bay and had received a discount from them. A couple days ago, I received another offer of at least 15% off, so I took a look at it since this is a pretty good discount. These are actually being shipped from Kharkiv Ukraine. I thought that since I received the offer, that may be a request for funds to help defend themselves, so I went ahead and accepted the offer. They say that they have shipped, and that the last tracking notice was from Kiev. This is promising...

Feedup said:

Can someone please tell me we're or what site to get these Rushin exploding pellets

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Ukrainian exploding pellets, off e-bay.

For me, a search for "kvintor pellets" did it.

maybe the ukranians should get some no pun intended

Geared4fun said:

Has anyone out there tried out this Russian exploding pellets? There are are 2 types the red colored ones are called BLIK pellets and the zombie green colored ones are called phantom pellets, they are supposed to make a flash and a big bang I just ordered some off eBay but it will take like a month to arrive and I'm curious if anyone here has any experience with them i only found a few videos about them and it's all in different languages, I'm mostly wondering how loud are they, and what is the difference between the two types?

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Please use extreme caution when using these. We've had enough fires already.

douger said:

maybe the ukranians should get some no pun intended

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I put in an order last night. Shipment is coming from Poland.

delooper said:

I put in an order last night.

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Thanks, Delooper! I was secretly hoping that others may step in here too. Even if it only makes a small difference. I think that I will order some of the 22cal as well.

Cheers!

Jonathan

I just ordered six more boxes of pellets. We have been getting a good bit of rain here in Colorado, so I thought that it was a good time to play with these with my son.

Calbarry said:

Please use extreme caution when using these.

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We'll be really careful and keep a fire extinguisher around...same as when we use the Firebirds.

With wildfires so prevalent these days, and having lived inside the national forest in the high desert, I think this is a very bad idea.

Regards,

Roachcreek

I just received my first of two orders of these pellets. It was great, these were listed as "Fishing Accessories (Weight Set)" on the customs form

Anyway, for anyone interested, I shot a quick video of how these perform. Here is the link.




Basically I shot a normal pellet first so you could see how the target rings normally, and then I shot it with the Tracker-Raptor. This is using a 0.177cal 2240 modified PCP shooting at about 17FPE or 850FPSish.

I was pretty surprised and quite pleased at the report. I also got one to report off of an empty aluminum can, so you don't need the AR500 used in the video.

I haven't gone out past 25 yards yet, so I am not sure of the ultimate accuracy, but it didn't suffer greatly at 25 yards.

I've got a couple sleeves of FireBirds that I picked up at RMAC. Shall I?????

Jonathan

I have some of the red ones in .177 and .22 cal. Tried them I n my basement range to see what they do and they were extremely loud! They are a ton of fun at dusk in the backyard range. I only shoot them out of my older less powerful pump and my crossman 2240 usually at around 35yrds. They aren’t really practical but they sure neat and a lot of fun!

I'll have the rest in a day or so. The lighter ones I should be able to use in my SIG M17 pistol, which has a 20 round mag.

These are definitely a "Blast"

SO a explosive wrapped in lead ? better make sure you have shooting glasses on

beerthief said:

better make sure you have shooting glasses on

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That's a good point. Treat them like BB's. When shooting the heavier pellets at longer range with a rifle, it's not that big of a deal, but I will be shooting targets at about 25 feet when I get the lighter ones using CO2. We'll make sure that we have glasses on for the short-rangers

The second shipment is at the post office right now, so I will have them tomorrow. I can't wait to blow through a whole 20-shot mag of these.

I doubt that there will be any appreciable difference in the size of the hole (in a can, for example) versus a regular pellet, but I will check it out and see if the explosion causes some premature expansion to make a bigger hole...or something... I also plan to shoot a full can to see if it impedes the explosion.

We've been getting at lease a little bit of rain here daily, so I am feeling good about doing some testing with these. More to come...

To bring these two posts together, I just posted a test of five different Ukrainian exploding pellets at the thread here. I hope that you enjoy!

I tried them out last night. The .22 pellets are a little underbore, i.e. they can slide right through my 1322 barrel. So when I use them I have to keep the barrel pointed up, to avoid losing the pellet before I fire.

I suppose this is a good thing as if there was much contact you'd likely get a lot of barrel fouling.

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I tried them out last night. The .22 pellets are a little underbore, i.e. they can slide right through my 1322 barrel. So when I use them I have to keep the barrel pointed up, to avoid losing the pellet before I fire.

I suppose this is a good thing as if there was much contact you'd likely get a lot of barrel fouling.

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I have only used mine in mags, so I guess the spring is keeping tension on them enough to keep them into place. This is an interesting observation. I'll put a caliper on them.

So, as we have proven in the bent skirt posts that this issue will be fixed once the high pressure comes in, the skirt will get a good seal to the barrel on the way out. So, how was your resulting accuracy compared to other 15.89gr pellets? I was lucky to hit 4" at 50 Yards.