Have they fallen away already? I have a d34 that really likes the mediums but they've seemed to vanish.
H&N sniper pellets?
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None of the Sniper line are made anymore. H&N has a member here on AGN who posted awhile back that an employee had installed the dies wrong, some damage had been done and although they tried fixing them and could make pellets, those pellets weren't up to H&N's standards so rather than make sub-standard versions, they discontinued all three lines: Light, Medium and Magnum.
You could try a WTB ad and see if there's anyone willing to part with some but no longer being made, the better option is to start testing pellets and hopefully find one that shoots well for you.
You could try a WTB ad and see if there's anyone willing to part with some but no longer being made, the better option is to start testing pellets and hopefully find one that shoots well for you.
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Thanks for the information Steve, I guess I'll shoot up what I have and then move on from there. It shoots others well but really shined with the med. snipers.
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I'm in the same boat you are. I have 2 .177's that shoot them and crazy well but once my stash is gone, I'll switch to the RWS Match Heavy pellets they also shoot well.
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This is not the same exactly, but the Rifle pellet line. Goes with the name Thunder. These are made in Brazil, and can be found on Amazon, and E-bay. Don't know if this helps or if even relevant but maybe a close substitute.
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I guess I'm in that same boat, too. My Benjamin Trail NP XL .22 loves the Magnums, now I've only 271 more to enjoy, then off to find another. WM
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I bought a few cans of them when they first came out, they do outstanding in my 1322, discovery, and gen2 fortitude. Totally sucks that they discontinued them so quickly.
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Nation,
I'm probably the original poster of this thread, as I worked with H&N to test their pellets in the Sniper line, particularly the .177 Lights and Mediums. The first batch of them were phenomenal, and the year that they first came out, I took the second highest score with them at the Pyramyd Air Cup using my Marauder. After that, as was mentioned above, the dies were damaged, and subsequent attempts at creating new ones were unsuccessful. Because they couldn't find the consistency and quality of the original Snipers, they chose to discontinue them, rather than put out an inferior product.
Some of the later batches were almost not shootable, the heads had damage,and blemishes on them that hindered accuracy. The original lots of them that shot well, shot groups about the size of a pencil at 30 yards. The later batches of them, wouldn't shoot groups inside an inch at the same distance.
The best substitute so far, has been either the JSB or Air Arms 10.3 Field Heavies. Much the same shape, and wind bucking properties of the original Sniper Mediums.
Tom Holland
Field Target Tech
Fieldtargettech.com
I'm probably the original poster of this thread, as I worked with H&N to test their pellets in the Sniper line, particularly the .177 Lights and Mediums. The first batch of them were phenomenal, and the year that they first came out, I took the second highest score with them at the Pyramyd Air Cup using my Marauder. After that, as was mentioned above, the dies were damaged, and subsequent attempts at creating new ones were unsuccessful. Because they couldn't find the consistency and quality of the original Snipers, they chose to discontinue them, rather than put out an inferior product.
Some of the later batches were almost not shootable, the heads had damage,and blemishes on them that hindered accuracy. The original lots of them that shot well, shot groups about the size of a pencil at 30 yards. The later batches of them, wouldn't shoot groups inside an inch at the same distance.
The best substitute so far, has been either the JSB or Air Arms 10.3 Field Heavies. Much the same shape, and wind bucking properties of the original Sniper Mediums.
Tom Holland
Field Target Tech
Fieldtargettech.com
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