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I used these and other pellets in a .22 cal Benjamin Trail NP XL Air Rifle air rifle at 10 meters after the gun was broken in with a couple hundred shots. I compared accuracy (and to a lesser degree penetration) of the following pellets:Skenco Heavy Long-Range .22 Cal, 16.7 Grains, Pointed, Lead-Free, 90ctJSB Match Diabolo Exact Jumbo Heavy .22 Cal, 18.13 Grains, Domed, 250ctRWS Meisterkugeln Standard .22 Cal, 14.0 Grains, Wadcutter, 250ctCrosman .22-Cal Hollow Point Hunting Pellets.The RWS Wadcutters were the most accurate pellet in the group. Their flat-heads had a great ability to cut perfect circles in paper targets as they were intended. Some people have stated these would not be good hunting pellets although I certainly would not want to be a rabbit on the other end of the barrel. At 10m I was able to hit a quarter (or sometimes a ChuckeCheese token) in 8/10 shots. Interestingly, these and all the pellets would make indentations in the coins and basically melt/deform into the coin.The JSB Match Diablo Exact Jumbo Heavy domed pellets were very accurate. At 10m I was able to hit a quarter in 6/10 shots. These pellets penetrated slightly deeper into wood than the RWS Wadcutters and Crosman HP's.The Crosman HP's were nearly as accurate as the JSB's, having hit 5/10 shots. These are good pellets for the money if you are concerned about cost.The Skenco's were by far the least accurate (least consistent). In 10 shots I could not hit a quarter and they mapped an approximately 6 inch center-to-center. These did exhibit the deepest penetration. For instance, they penetrated approximately 100% deeper in the 2x6 douglas fir boards used as backing for my targets. Based on their characteristics, I suggest these pellets only be used as a novelty item. Perhaps the only good use of these pellets would be to kill a larger animal from point-blank range where accuracy is not necessary. Another oddity of these pellets is that they do not fit snugly into the bore. The front of the pellet is an extremely hard alloy and the back 2/3 is red plastic. At the skirt-end of the pellet the plastic is flat and slightly larger than the rest of the bullet (similar to the rim of a .22Cal.LR rim fire cartridge but even thinner). I have described this oddity because typical loading techniques with a break barrel pellet rifle can result in the pellet falling out when you raise the barrel back into position following placement of the pellet into the bore. I unfortunately dry-fired the gun 3 times before realizing what was occurring. Fortunately I have not seen or felt any differences in the gun following this mishap.