Crosman Red Flight LF22167 Lead-Free .22-Caliber Ultra Heavy Pointed Pellets (100-Count)

Pretty nice pellets! They are extremely accurate in my multi-pump .22 caliber airguns (Dragonfly Mk1 & Mk2, Crosman 362, 2023, 2289 Drifter and P1322, as well as my Benjamin 392s) and as far as I know, they are the heaviest totally lead free pellets currently available. Even better, since they are unusually 'heavy' for a lead free round at 16.7 grains (IIRC), this weight, coupled with the fine accuracy, makes them particularly well-suited for pests and small game, especially in my Dragonfly Mk2 (with only seven to ten pumps instead of all fifteen). I also like them using my Dragonfly Mk1, Crosman 362 or Anniversary Edition 2023 at full power, since their full power eight pumps are MUCH easier to accomplish than it would be with my Benjamin 392s, not to mention not having to deal with that awful comb. ;-) Heck, with these on board, my Mk2 theoretically produces enough FPE for ethical small critter elimination with only 5 pumps, but a couple-few extra aren't at all difficult (love that butterfly pumping system), so ten pumps usually is the norm for me. When I'm target shooting at 10 yards with any of my .22 variable pump airguns, the Crosman Red Flights are all around great performers in every one of them; every bit as accurate with only three to four pumps of power as they are at full blast. Usually though, I go with Predator GTO pellets for target shooting and plinking, saving my more expensive Red Flights for pest patrol duties. The Predators also are a bit heavier than most other better-quality lead free rounds (such as the H&N 'Green' pellets), so in a pinch, they're useful for small game too, but if I have a choice, they're not my preferred round for the job. Getting back to the point (grin) of the review, it seems to me that the Crosman Red Flight pellets are more costly than the competition; MAYBE not that much more than other, better quality lead free rounds though, so for small game at .22 caliber variable pumper range, the extra cost is worth it to me. That means these .22 caliber Crosman Red Flights absolutely are my go to favorite for the accuracy, penetration and FPE necessary for 'ethical' small game hunting with lead free pellets. Shucks, when it comes right down to cases, if it weren't for the higher cost, I very easily could choose to use these and nothing else for all my lead free, .22 caliber airgun shooting needs. Give 'em a try!

Just recently went down an air gun rabbit hole. Ive tried about 20 - 25 different pellets in a Gamo Swarm Fusion Mach 1 and a Gamo Magnum pro gen3 and these penetrate deeper than any others I have tried by a mile. Sharper more pointed pellets I thought would outperform these didn't compare. Hit hard and penetrate things most others won't go through. Accuracy is as good as any other pellets Ive tried. Not sure what metal these are but it's hard enough that the vast majority of ones I shot didn't deform at all to the point they could be reshot. Highly recommend all around. Outperform ones 5x the price.

Love the fact I can hunt with these and not have to worry about lead contamination

I recently bought my first .22 air rifle and have been buying a few different brands and types of .22 caliber pellets to try out. I have bought high end target pellets down to cheap, bulk, lead pellets. I have to say I am most impressed with these Crosman pellets due to quality, accuracy, as well as performance. These Crosman pellets check all the boxes for me. Obviously they are not ideal or cost efficient to use as a target pellet and I have only used a small amount of them for target practice to see how they shoot in my gun and check performance. The price is quite steep as well as only getting 100 per pack, but for the “specialty pellet” they are I am willing to pay the price for these. I will absolutely be buying a few more packs to keep as backups in case I can’t get them in .22 in the future for whatever reason. All in all a great pellet that I highly encourage anyone to try out for themselves.

Good accuracy and effective against squirrels. The diameter varies slightly, sometimes loose and sometimes tight in the barrel; but usually good.

I purchased several hundred of these pellets for a single reason: I had just purchased an Air Ordinance SMG--a belt-fed fully-automatic HPA or CO2 powered submachinegun--and on my first trip to the dump to shoot it, I wanted to destroy stuff. I wanted to rip and tear and smash junk with that SMG. I'd used these Crosman Penetrators in other airguns before and have found them to be as hard as heck and they penetrate like fiends. In fact, they're so hard a friend fired one out of a severely underpowered airgun and had the penetrator pellet bounce off a log and come back to put a dent in his skull. They do not deform. They will frequently lose the red plastic skirt upon impact, but the pellet itself does not change shape in most instances and in most materials they will penetrate better than almost any other pellet you can use. So, fair warning: do not use these pellets in anything that pushes less than 500 FPS unless you're shooting at a bullet trap or a soft material that will catch and hold the pellet. Especially do not shoot at anything hard from close range, like weathered oak stumps or metal plates, if you have a low-velocity airgun unless you want the pellets to come back to chase you. And always, but always wear good eye protection. Using my SMG to blast a rain of these Crosman Penetrators at roughly 600 FPS and 700 RPM I've chopped two-by-fours in half and blown cinderblocks and bricks to pieces. I've used them on genuine ballistic gel and all I'll say is that, shooting them out of that SMG, they make a mess of a block of ballistic gel very fast. The SMG is sold as a plinker and not as a defense or antipersonnel weapon, but if I showed you a video of what these hard, heavy pellets do to a block of ballistic gel at 12 rounds per second, you would probably do as I do and keep the SMG loaded with them at all times, and keep a bottle of gas close for emergencies of the dangerous kind. I've used the SMG with standard lead pellets; pointed, flat, hollowpoint etc. Some heavier than others. None of them pack the destructive punch of these Crosman Penetrators, not in my experience, and I've blown up a lot of stuff down at the dump with them and had a ball doing it. I always keep several boxes of them on hand--incidentally, the box with the belt clip is the ideal way to tote them in the field and I've kept the empty boxes for reuse--and as I write this the 100-round ammo belt in the drum slung under my SMG is loaded from one end to the other with Crosman Penetrators. Right next to it are a couple of full CO2 bottles. I'm ready for the apocalypse or at least the next possum invasion I have to deal with.

I tested these with a Crosman Drifter .22-Caliber pump pistol/rifle. I'm pretty impressed! Don't know if the velocity is there regarding spec's for the Crosman Drifter, but it "penetrated a hard 2x4 a good 1/2" ! If you know anything about air pistols and pellets, these will do the job hunting anything up to rabbit with a one shot kill. They seem to be pretty accurate. Make sure you sight-in as you would anytime you change bullet weight before hunting. Basically you'll have 20+ ft-lbs energy up to about 50 yards which doesn't sound like much, but put yourself in the rabbits shows and 20+ lbs coming at you at 500 f/s! That's akin to someone 3times your size coming at you at 500 f/s. You wouldn't know what hit you! All this depends on your pistol or rifles capable velocity. The Drifter is on the low end velocity wise at 550f/s at the muzzle, so I=if you're using a rifle at 800-1000 f/s or more, do the math. If 550f/s will punch a hole in a 2x4 a 1/2" deep, I'd hate to be on the receiving end! Think about that for a minute. That's 20+ ft/lbs of energy per square inch out to 50 yards easy. A little pricey at 12.5¢ a shot +/-, but concentrate that energy into the area of a .22 caliber bullet and you've got some serious penetration that'll guarantee dinner on the table... if you can shot strait that is. ;-) Enjoy!

These pellets did not work at all with my bolt action air compressed pellet gun with a rotating magazine. Too late to return.