Gamo PBA Raptor Pellets .177 Cal- Increases Velocity 25%!

Use them in my Gamo Hunter Super Sport. The are very fast and accurate. I have no problem getting nice groups with them. On my gun at 30yrds they shoot about 4-5 inches higher than lead, so sight accordingly.

Super accurate and repeatable. Don't waste your money on a different pellet.

Very attractive. Real gold plating (performed acid test). Really nice groupings at 30 yards with Gamo Varmint Hunter XP. Excellent penetration.

Just my observations. I did notice a slight increase in noise. I was able to sight in my scope pretty well, so they shoot decently straight. The cut of the pellets was crappy, flakes on the seams in about 1 in 5 pellets. I also noted that some were overly tight in the breach, some were nice and tight and some were pretty loose in the breach. Maybe it's a bad batch. I paid 14 USD for 100 of them. Probably about 10 percent of the shots were strays to 4-5 inches off target. I like the idea. Maybe there is a better brand. I'd like to see some select gold coated pellets in the 8-10 grain range.

Speed and POP!!! Sound good with my ruger magnum.

These pellets significantly increase the velocity of the guns. They maintain their accuracy through the high speeds.

Super product and they accomplish what they are saying as to the increased speed and accuracy. Highly recommend.

not a bad round, light and fast like its supposed to be.

the fps increase was good i would recommend rws hypermax pellets if you want maximum benefits. gamo raptors are fun to have and cool cuz of the gold. ive killed many squirrels with these and wish more came for the same price.

I love these pellets. Makes your gun shoot alot faster then with lead pellets and the noise level is up there with a .22 rifle. I don't recommend shooting these around populated areas. They will draw attention due to the noise increase and can cause some serious damage due to power increase over lead pellets. I would also sight your gun in using these if you plan on shooting them alot. As with all pellets they each have thier own characteristics and shooting patterns. they work great in my Stoeger x-50.

tight groups with these pellets

accurate, does the job ammo. Using a Gamo Whisper DX with the 3-9x40 scope, can get headshots of English House Sparrows at 25yrds. Excellent for Sparrow & Starling control if you have Purple Martin Houses.

Work well with RWS gun.

I shot through my 6x6 metal shed and the pellet had enough to stick in my wood fence. Not as accurate as I was hoping but that is probably me any way.

As some folks have said there are some quality issues with these pellets as some are larger then others. Maybe I got a bad batch but it was bad enough to jam my gun every so often. Even with that I like them as they are fast and go right through the rats I hunt.

Honestly, i have to say that i'm alittle disapointed. It is a good-looking pellet and all but it isn't very good. They ARE fast and on the occasion that they don't miss they hit pretty hard. But there lies a problem. They are less accurate than BB's. I was zeroing in my brand-spanking new Gamo Big Cat when I noticed that my shots were going every direction but the target. It wasn't my breathing or my stance because I was sitting in a chair with the gun on 2 towels on a table. Your better off using Crossman Field points. Enough said.

There great they shoot accurately and thats what i want

Of all the various pellets I tried, I like these the most. Lead free, gold plated, and fly straight and hard. To date these have been responsible for ending the lives of the most groundhogs I shot in the last 2 years with my Ruger Airhawk. The skirts are nice and even, no thin spots, the balance is good, penetration is wonderful and wound channels are nice and deep, impact is nice and hard. If you have a pest problem such as groundhogs, use these and he won't be happy with you.

These pellets has a lot of velocity. shot a can and it went right thourgh it!!!!!!

the pba raptor is a gold plated pellet(the plating is only one-tenth of a human hair thick) that has high velocity, but little to no expansion, i went in the woods today with my old crosman strom xt, and found a small group of english sparrows in the cedar trees, i loaded one in, aimed, turn off the safety and pow!! i missed, tried hittinn the dumb sparrows (which didnt know where i was so they didnt fly away) about ten times and missed or just scraped the birds, my scope was callibrated with 7.9 gr crosman premiers, and i recalled that raptors POI is an inch or 2 to the left at 20yds in my gun on my traget, and that was the same distance of the shot i was presented, so i aimed with the 1st mildot left from the center of the crossair, aimed, turn off safety, and pow!! got him(or her), the result was a clean, instant chest shot, with little blood!

These pellets are awesome the other day i saw a buzzard and put one in its neck. it flew off but 3 seconds later all i heard was a huge thud it was out

Every kill shot I have made was with these pellets in a ruger airhawk rifle. Although I hear plenty of whining here about them I take them on every serious hunt. I took out 4 groundhogs and a nasty muskrat last year. Every one was killed with gamo raptors from long range and no scope. Once you get used to them you will like them and trust them. I also use these for competition shoots with other family with my baikal mp-61. It performs well every time.

although these pellets increase your accuracy because they are so light they fly all over the place. they aren't accurate. they don't have stopping power like something like a hollow point. and they're to expensive for regular purchase. if they were cheaper and a little more accurate gamo is definitely on to something though because lead has been proven to fill up in the barrel and tends to deform which can jam your gun.

these things rip, i put one in my Gamo Big Cat 1200 and it tore through a pretty thick peice of plywood. BUY THESE!

sound cool not very accurate no inertia to keep them going(lead is faster at 65 yds) cant use for hunting due to noise and in accuracy a bad thing, your not supposed to use on targets due to overpenetration, but how are you supposed to sight these in for hunting (bore sighting doesnt work for these)

These pellets give a nice KA-POW in the Gamo Big Cat. But just a POW in the crosman storm xt. Great velocity, bad accuracy and groups in the Bic Cat

Ok, so the raptors are fast. One thing to remember is that lighter pellets have no inertia to keep them up to speed. At 30 yards, crosman premiers penetrate a bar of soap...completely. These did not. At closer ranges, though, they zip through stuff like lightning. Really, though, for the majority of airgun hunting, stick to a good, consistent, LEAD pellet. These are fun and fast, but have no real use beyond close range hunting. Yeah...I've seen the videos of boars being dropped by this pellet out of a .22 caliber air rifle. However, for long range, physics doesn't lie.

These are truely fast and powerful pellets but really need some work on it's accuracy and produceing more consitant groupings.

i only could hit 50 yards if that on the electic poles as far as having fun. both items have punch, but i am two inches off my target . I save my these for special acations. i hit crossmans . the pigiens make a 1/2 one sixty feather fly every where . could see the bird expression and drop.

Firstly, before you shoot them-compensate your sights for the weight-(while sighting; sooting at many layers of wet card board to reuse theis precieuse ammo!) Basicly~ 14k gold... ... these pellets are what god uses as pellets. if u use a wet phone book as a backing you might be able to conserve ammo by reusing it. Bang for the buck - best joice in my opinion. Oh!- if you like these try out the hypervalocity savot pellets (pellets with plastic sleves that act as tephlon tiped bullets)

I bought a Crosman storm (1000fps) and decided to try some new pellets. I was using regular crosman pointed pellets which have been the best pellets ive used. first day i got these pellets i went to sight my gun in. the pellets had awesome penetration and speed but i couldnt hit the target. i worked with it for several hours and couldnt get it any better. next day shot crosman pointed pellets and it only took about 10 minutes to sight it in.

I do like Gamo but these pellets can't expand making them bad for hunting...also they are inconsistent in the size of there skirts. Some will barely squeeze in the barrel and the others will almost fall thru... another pointer is that are inaccurate because of the vary in the skirt size... they would be great if they would make all the pellets the same size!!!!!!

be aware that these pellets look nothing like that picture...all pointed it is dome shaped 100%. you wont beileve this at 20 yards i shot and killed instantly a 238lb boar. no joke...these are some bad ass pellets...gamo has a real product in these. and for the accuracy...if your trying to shoot sparrows at 80 yards probally not gonna happen and you shouldnt shoot small animals with theses trust me...they explode and you have to clea ur backyard...well if you looking for pinppoint accuraccy these arent for you. but if your looking for decent accuracy with a punch they are the smalles thing i would reccomend shooting with this pellet even though it is unnecicery is a large squirrel. and these pellets are good for pest control. and only use in gun at least 650 -680 fps.

cheap chinese spring guns become competent varmiters with these fast pellets

After several shoots i make 4 inches group average, with the magnum i make 1/2 to 1 inch group, pescision versus velocity

This pellets seems to be the only gun delivers awesome power and at only about 5 grains the speed is the best

Super, great rounds. made my air rifles sound like a .22 long rifle going off... power woo!!! at 20 yards. went throw 3/4 inches of M grade ply. wood and still made a hole in the wall, watch were you fire these rounds is all i got to say.

Much like Bert I tried these through my new Whisper at 3/4" plywood at ~10yds. I fired a lead, a steel sabot type and Raptor pellets at the board. The lead penetrated about 1/4", the sabot about 1/2" and the Raptor... well, it went through! Multiple firings netted the same results. p.s. do not use in low power

these are the rowal jewels of airgun hunting. They hit hard, hit accurate and make a beautiful sharp report down range. However they pretty much make gamo's noise reduction technology on the whisper a moot point but do an excellent job and I believe would be well capable of taking down a larger animal such as a boar. I got 4 muskrat and an annoying turtle with these things.

I just zero'd in my new Gamo Whisper and put it and the PBA pellets to the test. I taped a penny to a box of stuff, mostly clothes my ex-girlfriend left behind to use as a backstop. I measured it off 30 feet from the penny to the muzzle of the gun lined it up and took the shot. I hit the penny dead center as I later found out when I located the penny. Through the sights the penny simply disappeared. I found the pieces of the penny and the spent PBA pellet in the box of clothes which is amazing enough but it gets better! at 1200 feet per second the pellet not only hit the penny dead center but shattered the penny which followed it through the box, through the clothes in the box and deposited the penny and the pellet in a rather badly shattered plastic fish tank near the center of the mess. The penny was through but the pellet suffered just some missing gold on the point. there was no detectable deformation after all that penetration! I saved the pellet and penny for the doubters. My opinion is these have excellent penetration for game hunting, are almost illegally deadly and would easily take down a 200-250 pound boar when aimed correctly but i wouold not use these shots for smaller game such as muskrat as I believe they would pass right through the animal. I'd perfer a shot that mushrooms out and does more internal damage when hunting pests even if i need to sacrafice 200 feet per second. Large game, this is a total dream shot to use. i give it 5 stars and 2 thumbs up for larger game.

Therse pellets are not as pointed as they look in the picture. More of a dome shape. When shot from a crosman nightstalker at a metal target the top half seperates from the skirt. Appears to be shooting faster than lead pelets. In plywood they Go in about 1/6'' than all other lead pellets that i tried. They are expensive, but are still my favorits pellet.

the raptor pellets are really good, the are accurate and shoot fast, they really good for hunting,BUT I REALLY THINK GAMO SHOULD MAKE A .22 VERSION OF THE RAPTOR PELLET

these pellets are ok but ive found better they dont have the knockdown power like most pellets but they not bad (good for pistols)

THE BEST I HAVE EVER USED. POWER AND PREFFORMED AS ADVERTISED WORTH THE COST.

I have only shot the pba raptor pellets., have not shot any lead pellets yet to compare. they are fast i will probable use the PBA only thanks Peggy

i fired it into 3/4" pine at about 25 yards. went in about 1/4" and amazingly held its shape.. should be great on rabbits and squirrels

my first 3 shoots with these i put in a .33 inch group, and the second pellet went through the hole of the first. I just my a Gamo Big Cat 1200 for Christmas and the gun puts crosman pointed pellets in the same group. I wouldn't have tried this ammo because I thought it wouldn't work, and it is expensive, but it was worth it because it just happens to shoot well. Plus they also go faster, I hear sonic booms shooting PBA, but nothing else. Just try a pack

This is a fast shooting pellet weighing only 5 g The trade off for the speed is accuracy.... Still gets four stars.

Hot stuff!!

Work great, not as accurate most pellets, but they haul some butt!

hey if any1 has a crosman quest 1000 or a crosman phantom 1000 and they've used this pellet tell me what you think of it because I am trying to decide what gun to buy and what ammo to buy.

Though slightly higher priced than normal pellets, these are well worth it because they give you further range, higher accuracy at that higher range, and more penetration on closer shots. Great for varmint hunting!

this ammo is the best on the market I had a cheap Chinese import I got at a surplus store and its pretty good but it was heavy and it was cheaply made THE only thing that I ever killed ( actually my friend did ) is a ground hog with the PBA ammo the gun shot like 650 fps standard but with the PBA ammo was able 2 take out a ground hog. this stuff is accurate and powerful

buy primere and read mr m these will only work on certain guns and sure their fast but not all that special when it comes to accuracy its just ok from 1in to 7in radius but you can do better read what mr m suggests hes straight up right

i shot this at my old metal pellet case it went clear through.But there so darn expensise $.08 a pellet. Doesn't smash on impact like lead just keeps going.Also I wish that the quanity was bigger

i got a quest pellet gun and with this pellet its so cool i shot a skunk in the woods and it took me 1 shot

bought some with my varmint hunter. much louder than lead resulting in higher speed. penitrates plywood much deeper. I used pointed lead to site in the gun than switched to these not to waste to many, worth the money

They may go faster, but the consistency of the pellets is not as good as NWS brand

This packs much more punch than other pellets; however, it's not as accurate. Maybe as someone suggested, I just need to adjust my aiming to compensate.

this ammo is the best i have ever shot! i have a gamoi recon and i have got ground hogs from 20 yards away with 1 shot amazing ammo

Had a skunk on my property. My retriever got into it with the stinker... Tried the Gamo ballistics... No go Went to the Gamo Raptors and 1 shot no more skunk...Really cool screeck from this pellet really fast and powerful... Worth the money!

ya theyre loud, but there is no questioning that their faster/ stronger than any other pellet. more expensive but worth the price in my opinion.

fast,accurate and powerful, these pellets rock the casbah

wow amazing totally with the gamo viper and the phantom 100x from crossmen bullets shoot very acurate. i shot a bird frome 50 yards away and hit it these bullets i recumend to anyone who whats to use air rifles to hunt small game........

wow totally amazing with gamo viper

i use these in my daisy bb/pellet gun it shoots about 1000 FPS but sadly it broke so im getting the tech force 38 and im gonna be using these they are GREAT for squirrel hunting

Really accurate.....amazing load!!!

these pellets along with the rocket pellets do not work well in the crosman 1077 rifle clips but do seem to work well in the crosman 357w Co2 pistol due to their lengthy design they will cause jams in the 1077 also note that they fit extremely snug in these 12 shot mags, i found that even using airsource bottles over powerlets that these and the rockets sometimes are so snug in the mags that they wont be fired and become half lodged in the barrel and half in the mag making firing impossible and mag removal difficult....... the upside the seem to work great in everything else (note from Airgun Depot. These pellets were mainly designed for break barrel spring rifles...they don't work well in most magazines but are great for high powered rifles)

the pba ammo is a great product. i use them with my gamo hunter 1250 hurricane rifle and it makes it go up to and even over 1600 FPS!!! the rifle itself goes about 1250fps with standard lead pellets. the best thing about it is GAMO MAKES THEM!!!

Just got them. Had to resight my scope. Lighter than my usual hunting pellet. Used 3/8" oak for backing. Blew holes right threw it. Beeman Silver Arrow punched but not as clean. 1/2" group at 25 meters. Some double holes. Very acurate and quite clean. I'm sure this will take care of my racoon problem.

Wow! I thought the speed of this ammo was just marketing hype, but man does this stuff go! I just got a Gamo Viper and it came with 50 rounds of PBA. I thought cool, probably just shoots like any other ammo except it is gold. Until I shot it, all the other ammo I've been shooting varies depending on the weight. I had sighted in the scope with light weight match ammo, then tried some of the magninum stuff. the magnum rounds shot differently, but all were audibly similar. Then I load a PBA, it is definately different you get a crack from the round breaking the sound bearier, this kind of defeats the purpose of shooting an air rife since I want it to be silent for backyard shooting and it was way off hitting wise. so if you shoot this you will need to re adjust the scope for this rounds trajectory. which I may do if I shoot it more often, so I can't review the accuracy side of it but it is definately truckin! The penitration seems really good too, since it tore a really clean hole through the old door I was shooting at. Great ammo if you can deal with the crack of it, but you will want to shoot something else for quiet shooting.