Hunting Pellet for PROD

Crossman Hollowpoint for ratting & squirrels and H&N when hunting. 

H&N Crow Magnum Hollowpoint .22 Caliber / 18.21 gr.

H&N Hunter Extreme Hollowpoint .22 Cal./18.52 gr.

Mine loves .22 hades. Local squirrels do not. 

Your PROD will most likely not achieve a high enough muzzle velocity to expand any hollow point. You will spend more money on H&N and you most likely will achieve no better results than with the CPHP;s

The following article addresses this. I know your PROD will achieve a little more fps than the pistol mentioned but it will still not achieve enough FPE to expand a hollow point. Remember the P in PROD is Pistol. Good luck with your quest. If you find one that expands with the PROD, please post your results.

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=138508.0

I’ve been using JSB RS 13gr….expansion is not much on rats @ 670fps.

expansion effectivness is a myth at pellet velocities .. all you need is accuracy and penetration, the 75 or so kills my prod has racked up with premeir domes says so ...

Mine shoots both Polymag shorts well but I pretty much keep my P-rod sighted in with H&N FTT's 14.66 so I don't have any actual hunting experience with the Polymags.

Much to my surprise the regular Polymags fit in the magazine and group well but I only tried that once and didn't see enough of a difference to justify the longer version.

Mine did not do well with Crow Magnums. 

I consider wadcutters to be a hunting pellet at close range and my P-rod has shot a variety well. I believe Meisterkuegelins (spelling?) were the best.

FWIW, At 700fps a 17gr .22 Metalmag will go through a squirrel’s head at 30yds with the tip still intact.
Dizzums is spot on IMO. Shot placement and penetration are key. 

I to believe shot placement is more important than pellet expansion. 
With that said. The JSB Hades on average do more damage than basic domed pellets. I shoot them out of my P-rod at approximately 630 fps Now I am using a Marmot Militia barrel. So your accuracy may differ. Most of my experience is shoot rats and lots of mice. At distances of 4 to 30 yards. 
30 yard (lucky ) head shot on a mouse. At night . Using JSB hades in my P-rod 

My P-rod loves the regular Polymag pellets. Haven't tried the polymag short yet. I also use JSB 14.3 gr.

If you want to see how .22 hollow points perform on actual game or in simulated game (ballistic gel, preferrably not clay or play-dough or water, which result in great and unrealistic expansion...):

Here's a thread with photos and the expansion measurements of 50 expansion tests.

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/%f0%9f%94%b4hollow-point-pellets-testing-how-much-they-expand-and-how-far-they-penetrate/?view=all#post-916780



At the beginning of that thread you'll find some links to a complete series of threads about terminal ballistics -- the science of killing better....  

Included there is a list of hollow point pellets in .22, and their specs: weight, hollow point expansion potential, BC, likely maximum ranges at with they will still expand.



Happy killing, Mark!

Matthias