Just got myself a set of 4.5mm ball pellets from H&N brand from a local air rifle store here in Calicut, Kerala. The copper coated lead pellets, präzisions rundkugeln .177 are pretty shiny stuff I must say!
I have tried it on my Weihrauch HW 77K and shoots fine! Actually I was planning to go for the normal .177 pellets but then came across this and thought I'd give it a try. It cost me Rs.600/- for 500nos pack. I have shot a couple of them at a distance of 14 yards and they hit the target centre well. H&N website says the round pellet is ideal for indoor shooting and the pellet has an ideal range of 5-15 yards. Both the normal as well as the round pellets do get disfigured quite well. I tried shooting them at an old telephone directory
. So to say in a crude way, the normal pellet penetrated upto around 70pages while the round pellet went in more to about 140pages. I know this ain't the best way to qualify a pellet, but I just wanted to know the penetration levels, comparatively using my air rifle. As of now I have not much idea about any drawbacks of either types of these pellets but I personally liked the H&N ones.My Weihrauch HW 77k (1989)
H&N round pellets 500 nos.
My normal .177 pellets 100 nos.
Not quite fond of these!
Before Shooting...Glossy and Matte!
After Shooting...Both are reduced to half I guess!
Also, so the round ones are for short ranges I understand, and when you mean long range of 25-40 yards, is it the range that my rifle can handle or generally the range of diabolo shaped pellets shot from most rifles? As in, I am not quite familiar with my rifle's range...