Others What has been your experience with non lead pellets!?

[Danman]

Good day all. I recently bought a sampler pack of H&N .22 pellets and it came with some copper coated (heavy) and some tin (light) pellets. The quality as expected is very nice and I will be running them through my pcp only of course. Then I got to thinking maybe I shouldn't wreck a good thing?! Barrel/o-ring may not like them? Anyways have you shot them? They group ok? What gun and speeds? Thanks guys! For the record will be trying in my S510 and Future Ghost.

 

[Woogie_man]

The ones I have ever shot were garbage. Though that could be the barrels or just the ammo itself.

 

[FL22]

I’ve only had a total of six pellet rifles, including the ones that were returned and exchanged, none of them liked the lead free option. But since I’m going to get that S510, I will be watching to see how it works out for you.

 

[JimBianchi]

Only my Notos likes the lead free Trophy Green, 22cal, 9.65 gr.

One hole groups @900FPS so I keep 4 tins around.

 

[FL22]

Only my Notos likes the lead free Trophy Green, 22cal, 9.65 gr.

One hole groups @900FPS so I keep 4 tins around.

The Notos likes just about everything, probably why just about everybody likes it. When my Origin gives up the ghost, I will be getting one.

 

[Danman]

I’ve only had a total of six pellet rifles, including the ones that were returned and exchanged, none of them liked the lead free option. But since I’m going to get that S510, I will be watching to see how it works out for you.

It is because of the accuracy issues I doubt lead free will ever take over lead. Fun fact about the S510 one tank fill will shoot all those pellets on the table on the reg. (55 total) These pellets are mighty shiny and I can't wait to try em! Most of my shooting (90%?) is with JSB pellets, H&Ns are hit and miss for me. The S510 is rated for 950fps and I'm guessing the 12gr tin pellets are gonna be near the speed of sound, should be fun. I will definitely report back. It has been "sleeping" in my gun bag as I've been shooting my TX200 all winter and want to see if the S510 first shot will be low or deviate (poi). Next week will be 2 months without shooting it, and about all I can handle, and no it has not been easy.

 

[Farmplinker2]

Most reports are generally less accurate than lead. Occasionally some will group okay.
Sounds like Europe is going to be restricting lead to target ranges; so there's been more research on non-lead ammo for airguns.

 

[hameditor]

If you look at HAM reviews of the past few years, the GTO alloy pellets often give excellent accuracy at short range. However I anticipate that accuracy would decline fairly fast - if only due to the effect of wind.

 

[jlowe]

GTO’s in my HW95 are excellent. As good or better than lead. H&N Barracuda Green in .22cal are excellent in springers as well.

 

[Danman]

GTO’s in my HW95 are excellent. As good or better than lead. H&N Barracuda Green in .22cal are excellent in springers as well.

I always wondered if they would OK in springers? Maybe sub 12 guns or similar power....Some of the tins say pcp only on them. My 2 springers are in .177 and I'll stick to lead in them for the time being. The copper coated ones remind me of fmj bullets, they are quite hard! Me thinks the skirt will not be expanding in the S510s barrel. Well see how the weather is this weekend

 

[Eckhearth]

Tried / tested some non lead pellets a few years ago. Back then they where really bad. So bad that I didn’t feel the urge to try it again. Hopefully we can still enjoy normal lead pellets for a long time.

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

The only time I've used lead free is when I've been asked to do so, farmers worried about spent pellets getting consumed by farm animals. My results from using them have been poor accuracy, poor knockdown power and very limiting to effective range. At short ranges the GTO's work ok and get the job done, they are by far my least favorite choice for pest control.

 

[exptlAirgunner]

I bought an FX Impact M3/35 cal and an additional 25 cal barrel last year. First thing I noticed was the white cloud exiting my gun whenever I shot it. I think this is what the euphemistically labeled LDC (Lead Dust Collector) does not capture. After going through several tins of pellets, I had to clean my pellet trap, and I found lots of led particles from fragmented pellets. I am a retired chemical engineer who has been around noxious chemicals my whole life, so digging through a device with lead particles/dust makes me nervous. I therefore switched to lead-free pellets. The GTOs were accurate enough at 25 yards, but then I wanted the good ballistic coefficients of slugs. I found the ZAN 25 cal slugs (22 grain) to be tolerable. I have to do more work on them, and see if I need a faster twist rate for better accuracy. I just stumbled across 357 cal copper bullets from a firearms reloading store. Some of the bullets are just as heavy as their lead counterparts, so I will try them soon. Changing barrels is not an issue, and I am hoping in the future FX can be flexible enough to adjust twist rates as need be. I know I can already get a faster 25 cal twist rate compared to what I have now. We'll see about the 35 cal. But definitely no lead for me. I will happily deal with the non-lead shortcomings.

I am shooting the Zan slugs at 1060 feet/second. When they hit a target they flatten out impressively.

 

[Iguana Solutions]

I used some weird pellets with a copper bb inside a lead pellet combo- to get iguanas when I first opened...terrible idea. The pellet sheds the lead jacket and the copper pellet ricochets in any direction. I threw them in the trash the first day.

 

[MountainSportAirguns]

I used some weird pellets with a copper bb inside a lead pellet combo- to get iguanas when I first opened...terrible idea. The pellet sheds the lead jacket and the copper pellet ricochets in any direction. I threw them in the trash the first day.

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[jlowe]

I always wondered if they would OK in springers? Maybe sub 12 guns or similar power....Some of the tins say pcp only on them. My 2 springers are in .177 and I'll stick to lead in them for the time being. The copper coated ones remind me of fmj bullets, they are quite hard! Me thinks the skirt will not be expanding in the S510s barrel. Well see how the weather is this weekend

Steve at AEAC on Youtube did a video testing non-lead pellets in an HW95 and gave me the idea to try them. They have worked in every Weihrauch I have ever tried them in whetther .177cal or 22cal with accurate results.

 

[Iguana Solutions]

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