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!

Best pellets ive used, takes down small game easily. Also friendly for the environment. 😁

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.

Decent quality and weight.

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.

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.

Update: I have raised my rating from 1 to3 stars as I was eventually able to get some decent groups and that is one of the most important aspects. That said, I won't likely use these again since they don't fit in my Gamo Swarm Magnum 10X cartridge and the container lid doesn't stay on so I would have to store them elsewhere. Original Review: These pellets are solid no for me. After reading reviews, I was excited to try this out. Unfortunately for me, my excitement was short-lived and started going down hill from the moment they landed on my door step. My 1st problem was that they arrived out of their packaging and pellets all over the place. No biggy, I'll pick them up and put them back in the container... Well, the lid doesn't stay on. It doesn't screw on, press on, nothing. It just gently sits on top. If wind could get under it, it would pop off, but who is shooting in crazy windy days anyways. Still, it was frustrating and means I would have to place in another container or tape the lid shut to be able to travel with these. If this was the worst of it, I would be willing to live with this, but that wasn't the case... My 2nd problem was that they do not fit in the 10X cartridge for my Gamo Swarm Magnum. While that is not necessarily a fault of the pellet, this is the first pellet I have not been able to use in it. This is my daily driver so this almost instantly nullifies my ability to use these. By now, I'm getting frustrated with the experience of these pellets, but if they shoot okay then I will give them a pass for the most part. Unfortunately, after running through countless rounds, I could NOT get these to group like most of the previous pellets I have tried through this rifle. Right behind these I shot some Gamo Rockets for the first time ever and had no problems getting groups, keeping the container closed, nor fitting them in the 10X cartridge, and they cost less money! For the reasons mentioned, I canNOT recommend these pellets. Save your money and try another pellet.

With crossman 1733 (I think number might be 77, can't recall off the top of my head) on 10 pumps can penetrate half inch plexiglass within 10 feet, I was shocked by the fact it penetrated and took a chunk out of the backside, every other lead or alloy pellet has 100% flattened on impact, these would work great as farming rounds so long as you aren't aiming at thin walls or you may leave a hole. The steel/alloy part is separate from the red casing meaning you may accidently pull them apart if for whatever reason you pull on them, or you may notice upon looking at your target the red typically falls off before the head penetrates through, overall impressed I must say.

Es una locura…

The best armor piercing pellet for 20 yards or under ever! These are either made by Skenco or Crosman "borrowed", the design. There is but 4 differences I can see from the Skenco's from the Crosman's. However not one of these 4 changes does a thing to change performance from the Skenco sold labelled version. 1. The metal tip is a different metal. Does this change ballistics, accuracy, penetration, flight stability, killing power etc? Not one bit. They are equal in every single way. 2. The colour of the metal is silver not brass in colour. Does this effect a darned thing? No. Of course not. When has colour ever effected ballistics? So once again, a non topic or issue. 3. The Skenco's are 18 grain, while the Crosman version is 16.7 grain. What does this do? It makes the Crosman sold version penetrate more steel, and travel a bit faster. I shot both types yesterday into a Coleman stove green propane tank. The Crosman's did a better cookie cutter and dented less when going through the propane tank side. It more heavily dented the second side of the tank. Both nearly go right through with the airgun I was testing them with shooting in the 750-800 FPS range. 4. Is the most significant looking difference between the two rounds, but once again, it seems to do little to change any other factor but looks. The Skenco pellets have a small, shallow hollow base cavity like most lead pellets have. However the Crosman version is flush and flat. I sense a tiny bit of more accuracy with the Skenco hollow based pellets, but only very slightly. So it comes down to price and quantity for the price. Buy with that in mind when you shop for the pellets you see Crosman and Skenco seem to have in common. Save the money when you can and buy based on price and quantity offered for that price. Performance of both is negligible from one another. Cost should be your one deciding factor in these. Happy plinking.

Does not fit in rifle rotary magazines. These Crossman powershots are significantly longer than average 22 cal pellets. That’s ok can I feed them in one at a time as required. Photo shows comparison side by side with 22 cal JSB Hades, H&N hornet, Gamo Blue Bomber. FYI

I shot a strip of Engineered Hardwood Flooring, 1/2" thick, with Aluminum Oxide hard coating at 40 feet using a Red Penetrator. it went clean through the hardwood plank, and well into the backstop, I then fired a regular round nose crossman pellet from the same rifle at the same distance and it made a mark in the hard coating on the plank and a slight dent but did not even come close to penetrating!