SHOT SHOW 2013 high tech air rifle pellets

[tootall]

Everything else seems to be getting more high-tech, so it should be no surprise that air rifle ammo is going the same way.

H&N has a new pellet called the Hornet that features a tiny brass penetrator housed in a traditional lead body. The brass insert is very sharp.



(the tin on the left is also new, but not high-tech so i didnt make notes on it. Just a heavy pellet, at 16 grains)

Gamo also has a two-part pellet called the Lethal. However their model is has a blunt steel alloy core within a polymer skirt. It is lighter than the standard lead .177 pellet, at 5.56 grains each. Gamo claims it will pierce a steel sheet of 0.06", or 1.5mm
They do not say at what velocity, though.

[ceriksson]

Pretty cool

I remember as a kid, my dad used to work at a hardware store (the good old kind of hardware store with guns and ammo).

We used to have these pellets called Prometheus Pellets. There were a plastic lined bullet with a penetrator. This was back in the early 90s.

I see they still make them:

Hey were a great pellet and took down a few crows.





I haven't fired a pellet gun in years but the plastic lined bullets were very good as they plugged the barrel a bit better allowing more air to stay behind the pellet as it left the barrel.

[RobertMcC]

^^^ you can still get those, I have a bunch in .22

[dastt]

those apparently add 200ish fps, if you shoot them out of the 495ers you technically need a pal to do so

[Doctor.thrax]

nice pellets

[David1974]

I haven't seen the plastic lined pellets since I was in England in the early 80's. I remeber my uncle getting us to find all the plastic jackets so we could use them again. It's amazing to see them again.

[RobertMcC]

Do a number to crows and ammo cans.

[Cfurlong37]

A tin of the Hornets and a tin of the Promethius' would get my pellet gun out of the closet for the first time in a while. those look fun!

[Ardent]

I like those Gamo ones as they're lead free, if I find a source will have to buy them for my boy to shoot in the future.

[GearaDoga]

Huh. APCR rounds for a pellet gun. That's pretty neat, actually.