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By patgreen123 on 11th May 2007

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Value for money	9/10
Overall value	10/10
patgreen123's recommendation

Good Points

Accurate
hard hitting

Bad Points

A little more expensive than other brands but still pretty cheap

General Comments

After I found out that a light pellet (Gamo PBA) while flat shooting, didn't hit hard enough out of a lower powered gun to knock down a squirrels, I decided to try the Gamo Rocket pellets. With their heavy weight (9.5 grains), they don't shoot nearly as flat so you will have to re-sight your gun, but they hit like a freight train. If you shoot the bottom of a soda can with a normal weight pellet or a light pellet like the PBAs, they just go through with little energy transfer. With the Gamo Rockets, they throw the can back 2 or 3 feet. I'm using a Remington airmaster 77 as it is the most accurate gun in my arsenal. With Crosman premier lights, it's favorite pellet, It groups within an inch at 50 yards. The Gamo rockets, are not quite as accurate, about an inch at 40 yards, is still quite good. I intend to use them on squirrels and I usually get within 30 yards so this isn't a problem. In the Remington, my guess is that they are shooting in the mid 600fps range due to their heavier weight. Haven't used them on squirrels but on a crow, another tough critter, it dropped it without a twitch at 30 yards. They seem to transfer all of their energy very well. I believe they cause more shock than even a Beeman Kodiac pellet. I will post some updates as soon as possible. Out of a mid to high powered gun I believe they are great and I would definitely recommend them to anyone who has a critter problem.

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1. patgreen123 on 14th May 2007

   Just an update. These pellets also seem to penetrate very well also. They give good initial penetration then expand and fragment, transfering all of their kinetic energy to the target. With the hardened steel bb in the front, they even reliably penetrate the shell of snapping turtles in the pond at my farm. The turtles eat all the fish so I got to control them somehow. Out of the Remington Airmaster 77 they reliably penetrate the tough outer shell before smashing through their insides, mushrooming perfectly. These turtles are about a foot across. When you shoot them they duck into their shells. They may appear to be just stunned but when you walk up to them and see a perfect pellet sized hole in their sell things start to look encouraging. Then when you turn the turtle shell upside down, lots of blood and insides come pouring out of the hole. Dead as ever. If you open them up and find the pellet they are mushroomed perfectly, minus the bb, resting against the opposite shell wall. I'd like to see what these beasts would be like out of a powerful gun like the Gamo hunter 1250 (now the hunter extreme). Gamo should really make these things in .22 or .25 cal as they would be in my opinion, the best pellets on the market without spending $12 for a 200 count tin.

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