Gamo 10X hollow point pellets.

Ive heard good things about these pellets, so I thought I’d give them a try…

I’m testing the .177 versions, which have a nice size hollow point cup and weigh in at 7.56gr.
They are very well priced at $17 for 500, compaired to JSB exacts at $28 for 500 🤔, and JSB hades at $35 for 500😳

So far I have tested them at 10m in my AA S510 on the “low power” setting (about 4.5fpe), and they produced a one hole group. Should be good for close range bird control up to pigeon size.
I have yet to test them at 20m or 30m on the “high power” (12ish fpe) setting to see if they can hold a group.

I appreciate a pellet that penetrates deep enough to get through the vitals, but also “expands”, dumps energy and dosent leave the target and over penetrate. In my opinion, if it exits, it’s wasted air and wasted energy.

I tested these hollow point pellets on a rabbit carcass at 10m, with just over 12fpe (at the muzzel), broad side chest shot going for vitals.
The shot was a touch far back, just behind the diaphram, a good reminder for me of just how far forward a rabbits vitals are, tucked in up behind the front leg!
The pellet penetrated through the skin, mussel and broke a rib going in, it made a real mess of the liver, exited breaking another rib on the far side, through the mussel and stopped under the skin.
In my opinion that’s almost perfect performance.
I tested a JSB exact 8.44gr on another rabbit carcass, same gun, same distance, same power level, all I did was change the rabbit and change the pellet, and the exact exited the carcass, and was still carrying a bit of energy as it left!

The recovered hp pellet had expanded, from 4.5mm to 5mm, and the base of the cup inside hollow point seems to have blown out and the cup of the hollow point is now a hollow “tube”! U can see right through the whole pellet now, it’s a lead tube 😂.

So far I’m impresssed with them. The last test will be to see if they are accurate at 30m. If they are I might try them on some live rabbits. If they are accurate enough for head shots at 30 they will probably still over penetrate, like exacts do, but they might be able to slightly expand and dump more energy then an exact, which will make them, in my opinion, a more effective kiiling pellet 👍🏻

I’ll update when I have space to test at distance.



Pellet on left is unfired, 4.5mm head. Pellet on right was recovered from under far side skin of rabbit at 10m. Expanded to 5mm head. 12fpe.