MoggyM
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Yes I still have a box of these from 45yrs ago. Forgot how they shot. I could bang a few off.
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Prometheus???
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Lee71
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Paragon Z1 and Z2 iirc, Green jackets on them.
Harold
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I am sure I got the black ones knocking arond somewhere
1260engineer
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Those are the later type . ie the open cup skirt. the earlier ones had a full cup sealed skirt . Those shot from a FAC rifle they had a habit of blowing the head out of the skirt . leaving the plastic bit in the barrel .
Just saying
Ballzup
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About 3 months ago I introduced my mate to the local gun club; he had one or two perms at local farms but hadn't done the targets for years. Whilst he was sorting through all his years of kit he came across a pack of these and gave them to me to try out (funny that, I thought he was a friend of mine). Anyway, down the range at 25m using my HW100. The first one was just on the target to the right so I did the 'holdsideways' and aimed just on the target to the left. It went further left and hit the holder. Similar shots followed and after 7 or 8 I took out the sharp piece of wood I normally use for sticking into my eyes if I'm caught in the same room as an episode of Coronation St and pinged the pellets back out into a nearby bin - along with the pack. That's my experience of Prometheus (other then the 'Alien' prequel a few years ago).
Neil54
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I had a box of those.
Go through anything at 3yds. At 25 yds I could see the pellet being blown off course by the wind.
Go through anything at 3yds. At 25 yds I could see the pellet being blown off course by the wind.
Slayer fan
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Ahh the N.A.T.O bullet I've still got a a box and half of these my self
Ballisticboy
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The Prometheus, an almost perfect example of projectiles designed by someone whose enthusiasm and self-confidence greatly outweighed their knowledge of projectile ballistics.
Hugh Earl of Pax was involved with them.
The original ones had a polished Steel Head - clear plastic skirt in .22 then the .177 had black plastic skirt.
Zinc heads came later when Hugh Earl of Pax airguns got involved.
www.airgunmagazine.co.uk
There was Titan Black ones also.
The original ones had a polished Steel Head - clear plastic skirt in .22 then the .177 had black plastic skirt.
Zinc heads came later when Hugh Earl of Pax airguns got involved.
H&N Sport Acquires British Pellet Brand Prometheus - Airgun Magazine
English pellet manufacturer Pax Guns has built up a huge reputation and amassed many awards for its long line of high-tech airgun pellets, which include both non-lead and lead designs. No surprise, then, that an ammo maker of equally renowned status should want to acquire it...
www.airgunmagazine.co.uk
There was Titan Black ones also.
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Drake267
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the logun-ator
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..... Boomerang pellets like? Lol.
Gilly
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you didn't need an FAC rifle for that to happen!! I removed a fair few polymer skirts from the breech of my springer as a kidThose are the later type . ie the open cup skirt. the earlier ones had a full cup sealed skirt . Those shot from a FAC rifle they had a habit of blowing the head out of the skirt . leaving the plastic bit in the barrel .
Just saying
"double" projectiles leaving the barrel was also fairly common!charlie264
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We all rushed out to buy them in the 80's, slightly better penetration on thick tin cans, remember those. But really poor accuracy so it was a one off purchase and they were the same price for a 100 as a tin of 500 pellets.
I've got 4 unopened tins of these. And yes they were awful.
1260engineer
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Silencer full of plasticyou didn't need an FAC rifle for that to happen!! I removed a fair few polymer skirts from the breech of my springer as a kid
if you shot them at wood the plastic bit came back at you .
1260engineer
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I ShhhhhIT you not folks.. I actually hit a target with a Prometheus once Yes really really
Yes really really
Used some in a HW80. Hit the target ( steel drum which it ripped a hole in ) but it was 6 inches from the dot I was aiming at
. 30 yards from my shooting point.
A friend used them in his FWB 124 or 127 on rabbits . Seemed to work for him.
Theoben made a rifle for them. It UC on the barrel .
From another forum.
The Prometheus is a Scirocco Classic with unchoked barrel purposely made for use with Prometheus Paragon pellets. I've heard the rifling in the barrel is different but can't confirm this. The twist certainly looks different looking through the barrel.
. 30 yards from my shooting point.
A friend used them in his FWB 124 or 127 on rabbits . Seemed to work for him.
Theoben made a rifle for them. It UC on the barrel .
From another forum.
The Prometheus is a Scirocco Classic with unchoked barrel purposely made for use with Prometheus Paragon pellets. I've heard the rifling in the barrel is different but can't confirm this. The twist certainly looks different looking through the barrel.
the logun-ator
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....liesI ShhhhhIT you not folks.. I actually hit a target with a Prometheus once
youll be telling me the earth is round, theres no santa Daystate is good value for money next
Dan giliballs
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from memory when firing these, the safest place for any onlookers to stand was directly in front of the rifle that was spitting them out
OldStock
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....lies
youll be telling me the earth is round, theres no santa Daystate is good value for money next
He didn't say it was the target he was going for.