I have an hw50 and wondered what pellets people would recommend for short range hunting squirrel mainly. I would guess most HPs aren't going to expand much. It's a 177
Pellet choice for hw50
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You will like the way H&N FTT's and/or JSB Exact 8.44 grain pellets shoot in that rifle. Maybe get a tin of each one in 4.51mm head size and the other in 4.52 head size. One of them will shoot well. Then when you buy your next tins buy one in 4.50 and the other in 4.53. By the time you have shot all four head sizes you'll have a real good ides which pellet and which head size to make a bulk order for the rifle.
That's how I do it anyway but I am pretty lazy these days.
That's how I do it anyway but I am pretty lazy these days.
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Best in all my .177 HWs are the 7.9gr Crosman Premier Lites from the box. My HW50 will also shoot the JSB Express well, but it seems every few tins or so I get a bad one. So I stick to the Crosmans as they have been consistent without a bad lot for several years now. Another plus to the Crosmans is that they are harder than the JSBs, and won't get dinged up rattling around while hunting.
Don't give in to the funny shaped pellets, none of them make any difference with a well placed shot, and they also won't save a bad shot. A good old round domed pellet is all you need. I've killed a wheelbarrow load of squirrels with my HW50S running at 10fpe over the years. It's a great gun for hunting, super easy to shoot accurately and a joy to carry.
Don't give in to the funny shaped pellets, none of them make any difference with a well placed shot, and they also won't save a bad shot. A good old round domed pellet is all you need. I've killed a wheelbarrow load of squirrels with my HW50S running at 10fpe over the years. It's a great gun for hunting, super easy to shoot accurately and a joy to carry.
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If you really want a true hollowpoint, the new Daisy hollowpoints group really well in my almost new HW95 and Basspro sells them for $7 a tin. The most accurate past 30 yards is the JSB Express 7.87 though.
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