RWS Superdome FieldLine 8.3 grain .177 Caliber Airgun Pellets

Very well made pellets as all RWS pellets are, they are clean, uniform, correctly sized and shoot well in a great many guns.Super Domes are a pellet I test in every PCP, break barrel and custom built multi pump that are less then 15 ftlbs in .177 and 20ftlbs in .22, I do not even test them in high power guns due to the design of the pellet and the very low BC for a dome.In lower power guns they can be a VERY accurate 50 yard and less target pellet, they are deff not a long range pellet and 50 yards is about the max they will give tight groups and will open up VERY quickly after 50 yards just due to the very low BC that isn't much higher then a Wad Cutter, running about .0120 in .177 and .0140 in .22, wad cutters run right around .0100 in both .177 and .22, a high BC dome in .177 will run .0250 to .0320 and in .22 from .0280 to .0400 so much higher then super domes.. that effects long range accuracy due more wind drift and much more drop at longer ranges and because the pellet is slowing down so fast they also will reach a point of destabilizing much quicker then high BC domes..That isn't to say this can be among the most accurate 20 yards pellets out there, it can be if the gun likes them. They are very cheap per shot cost and very very high quality, much more so then Crosman premiere in the tin.. the Brown Box Crosmans are quality pellets but in the tin they are not nearly as consistent or we'll made and for slightly more these RWS pellets are much better and higher quality then the Crosmans in the Tin. If you have a high power break barrel this likely will not be a good pellet for you as high power break barrels.. any break barrel for that matter is VERY VERY hard on pellet skirts and RWS doesn't mix Antimony with the lead so it is soft and the skirts are thin and that makes for a pellet that won't do well in high power break barrels due to them deforming the skirt a lot more then a PCP of equal power, it's got to do with the very sudden very intense burst of super heated compressed air, PCP and multi pumps are much gentler on pellet skirts then break barrels even if the PCP is of much higher power it's still gentler on skirts then break barrels. Now if your break barrels is in the 12 to 14ftlb range this may very well be a good pellet for it, and in .22 12 to 16ftlbs more then that and it will very unlikely shoot poorly but you never know, the not testing them in high power guns is just my way as I have tested them in many high power guns years ago and always had poor performance so I don't anymore.. that's not to say the same will happen for you. I have 2 FX Royale 400 walnuts one is a sub 12ftlb and the other 24ftlbs the sub 12 shoots these on average 10,shot groups of .1 to .15 inch center to center at 20 yards it's insanely accurate with these I shoot many 20 yard 10 shot groups with it that are so close to 0.00 center to center that I can't measure it, now that gun shoots JSB 10.34s 10 shot group average .15 to .20 CTC so slightly larger at 20 yards BUT at 75 yards the super domes are now shooting 3 inch 10 shot groups and the JSB 10.34s are still well under 1 inch, at 50 yards the super domes will group .40 to .50 inch for 10 shot groups at 50.. so you see they open up VERY quickly after 50.. but inside of 30 yards they are the most accurate pellet in that gun, that's one example.. I have a few guns that are the same with these.. my FX Impact with the .177 barrel on it very very well to (I only shoot the impact with the .177 barrel very rarely, my wife shoots her Impact in .177 771 a lot, here's doesn't like these to much) but not as good as the Royale 400. I have a Air Arms s510 ultimate shorter in .177 that shoots these super good on low power at 11.5ftlbs, it's average 10 shot group at 20 yards is 0.18 inch center to center and never throws a flyer, crank it to 18ftlbs on med power and now it groups 10 at 20 yards at about 1.5 inches and it throws them around with no consistency at all, no like 3 or 4 lower and the rest some where else, no it shotguns them at 18ftlbs, at full power the will go super sonic and then you are talking 5 inch 20 yards groups of ten and one or two of the ten will blow the skirt out. Keep them at no more then 14ftlbs and I almost assure you the will shoot very very good, over 14ftlbs the groups will open up with every foot per second faster you push it.

Overall Rating: 4/5These are good .177 pellets for the price. There were only a few pellets with visual damage and 99% looked to be in good condition. These .177 pellets fit tight in the barrel of my Gamo Whisper CFR, they really had to be thumbed into the barrel. The skirts are thin compared to other brands I have shot (Crossman, Gamo, H&N). I have included a comparison picture of these pellets side by side with 4 other types/brands to show the difference.Accuracy:I shot 4 different targets from 25 yds with 10 pellets from a Gamo Whisper CFR .177. I was shooting outside and there was some light wind. Was shooting from a table with sandbags to minimize aiming & shooting errors. Each of the targets seemed to have decent grouping, but would have 1-3 of the pellets out of the grouping, some of the targets had sub-groups of 2-3 shots within the main grouping. Without the "flyers" the groupings seemed to be about the size of a quarter, some a little bit larger. Pictures of each target with a quarter for reference are in this review. At 25 yds, outdoors, and using a springer I was for the most part happy with the accuracy.Since it was outside and somewhat windy it is difficult to determine if the flyers were from the wind, or other shooting factors. Or if it was entirely due to the pellets. Without the flyers I would give these pellets a 5/5. For $12 for 500 I am satisfied with the quality of the product.This coming week I plan on testing these out when I go squirrel hunting, I will try to update this review with more information after trying them hunting.

I just ordered two more tins of these. I've tried many types of pellets in my Diana 34 and have settled on these as my favorite pellets. Typical shooting for me is tin can and plastic bottle targets at 30 to 50 yards, and these perform consistently for me. They also group quite well when shooting from a rest. When I sighted in my 4x scope recently I was able to get a half inch group at 30 yards and a one inch group at 50 yards. I know the gun and pellet are capable of better than that, but that's about as steady as I can get, even shooting from a sandbag. They are hard-hitting from the Model 34, too. I've always known that they would penetrate a tin can, but recently discovered that they will shoot through two at once (four metal can walls total). They will punch completely through the tough plastic of a 16 ounce Coke bottle filled with water (both sides). I do get a very occasional flyer, but spring gun shooting is an art, not a science, so I'm assuming the fault lies with me doing something inconsistent and not realizing it. When the weather warms up and calms down I'm going to try these at 75 and 100 yards and expect they will do well. I know from one quick test that they drop about 17 inches at 75 yards, so 100 yards may be "pushing it."

Great quality & good packaging. Worth the $

Excellent quality and precision..