In .22 caliber, the best available, totally lead-free pellets I've found for hunting and/or pest control have turned out to be the domed Predator GTO and Crosman Red Flight pellets, in 11.75 and 16.7 grains respecitively (I also like the .177 versions, but generally don't use the caliber for pest control). The Predator rounds are my very favorites for general purpose plinking and target shooting, but the heavier Crosman Red Flight rounds are my go-to choice for pest control. Incredibly, both are highly accurate out of all of my variable pump and CO2 air rifles using open sights, my preferred shooting arrangement for airguns. I have tried some of the brass covered, domed H&N (and other such) pellets as well, but prefer the totally lead free pellets for the HIGHLY unlikely chance I actually might miss the critter at which I am shooting altogether. 
I too think manufacturers may be ignoring a potentially huge market segment by not producing more and different types and weights of lead free and/or covered lead pellets; we can only hope one or more of them comes to a similar conclusion for those of us wanting to cut down on the use of lead pellets. We will see... Thanks for the post.
I too think manufacturers may be ignoring a potentially huge market segment by not producing more and different types and weights of lead free and/or covered lead pellets; we can only hope one or more of them comes to a similar conclusion for those of us wanting to cut down on the use of lead pellets. We will see... Thanks for the post. Last edited:
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