Try the H&N Barracuda extreme hunter pellets, the ones with the Phillips head tip. Those things in both my 22 PRod and my 25 synthetic Marauder do really well as far as accuracy, and put to the ground dead on the critters. I just shared a pic to another member of a squirrel from last year, shot thru the jaw right below the eye. His head looked like he had the mumps, as the sides of his jaw area were bulged outward. Those same pellets shoot very well in my barrel cocking rifles, also. Here’s a group of 11 shots on my 25 cal Marauder that I recently re sighted in as I turned up the power. I’ve been having a raccoon problem lately, so I needed more umph to the shot. The first 8 were stacking one on top of another. I guess I got too excited with the last three.
I generally sight in at 35 to 40 yards, as this is my kill distance on the average for my Marauder rifle and PRod.
Just so happens Midway has a pretty good sized sale going on right now on all their H&N pellets. Great time to stock up.
Thanks Bigragu, looks like pretty good shooting you got going there and like your detailed record-keeping too. I will have to try some of those Barracuda's. My new Hatsan chinese hand pump just took a dump so it looks like I am out of the shooting business for awhile until I sort that out. Tried replacing o-rings but that did not help. Maybe that's what I get for cheaping out on a hand pump.
I started keeping records cause nothing beats looking back at field notes to see where you left off at a month ago when you tweaked on your gun, or if your guns ready to go at a moments notice, all sighted in and what not. Plus, I hate to admit, at 56 years of age I tend to forget things more easily, then I’ll end up having a conversation with myself asking if I did this or that a month ago, lol.
i hate to rain on your sunshine, sir, but if the hand pumping isn’t feeling too joyful right now, brand new to PCP guns, it won’t ever be. I did the same thing, foolishly, cause my back is beyond trashed. I let my ego get the best of me when I placed my order for this marauder(my very first lunge into the pcp hole) and bought the Hill MK4 pump along with it. I said to myself, I’m 6’3” 235 lbs, that pumping will be a breeze! Well, BS on that! I used that pump two times, and realized pumping takes the fun out of an awesome hobby such as this, so I invested in a tank, that I bought from a local Airhog distributor that caters to the paintball world. Didn’t even know I had a paintball/Airgun shop 45 minutes from me in the next small town. So, I was getting the tank filled there, till a year later I invested in a compressor.
Take this advice from me, and I’m sure others will agree- a brand new tank cost me $700 with the fill station and stands. A lot of $$ for sure. Knowing what I know now, if I had to start over, and all I’m going to fill up is my air rifle, invest in one of those 12volt DC/120 volt AC compressors like the Hatsan Spark. You can tap into your cars battery while out in the field to run that thing, or plug it in at home with the separate 120 volt attachment hatsan sells. Field supply.com currently has the best price on this Spark compressor. Or, for even more money, but it all comes in one unit, get the Nomad 2 portable compressor. Same thing, attach to car battery or plug in at home, but the Nomad costs more cause it’s all built into one and has a carry case. Personally, I’d get the Spark. If I’m out in the field, it’s going to be smaller, lighter, just to plug into my cars battery. When I get home, I’ll use the 120 volt attachment to plug into the wall.
Anyway, something to think about. Better do some honey doos for the wife, so she’s good about another investment, lol
