H & N Match Pellets

[Nickman]

I recently purchased 8 boxes of match pellets from a dealer who had bought an estate. The boxes are tin with a swinging lid and rectangular shaped. They are marked 200 MATCH DIABOLO-KUGELN 4,5mm. They have H & N marked on them and a Made In Western Germany sticker. There is also German writing on the bottom. They also have a red oval sticker saying "DAISY MATCH PELLETS 200 .177 CAL. They are packed in 4 layers of foam with 50 pellets per layer.

Can anyone verify they are good match pellets by todays standards or maybe just plinkers. Can anyone estimate the value. I have the 4 boxes that appear to be unopened and 4 more that have been opened but are complete. There is also the original box that 12 of the tin boxes came in.

Thanks.

Nickman

[cqbarms]

They are import pellets OEM'd for Daisy.
H&N made great match pellets then and now. They were the real deal "match packs" so that each was uniform.

They are worth maybe what you paid for them depending on what you paid for them. As far as collectors, they were mass produced and imported by the hundreds of thousands at a time.
maybe everyone shot theirs, maybe they have a value to someone who has to have the tins...hard to say.

I recently purchased 8 boxes of match pellets from a dealer who had bought an estate. The boxes are tin with a swinging lid and rectangular shaped. They are marked 200 MATCH DIABOLO-KUGELN 4,5mm. They have H & N marked on them and a Made In Western Germany sticker. There is also German writing on the bottom. They also have a red oval sticker saying "DAISY MATCH PELLETS 200 .177 CAL. They are packed in 4 layers of foam with 50 pellets per layer.

Can anyone verify they are good match pellets by todays standards or maybe just plinkers. Can anyone estimate the value. I have the 4 boxes that appear to be unopened and 4 more that have been opened but are complete. There is also the original box that 12 of the tin boxes came in.

Thanks.

Nickman

[Tony C.]

Those pellets you have are good quality, and can be use for pratice or match, however they are not the best quality by todays standard.
Now we can choose pellets with different weight, size and grades, H & N made pellets for various dealers in the 70s and early 80s, I had some like yours in flat tin box, 200 to a box, white and red in color, label as Eley match pellets. I haven't seen any like yours and like the other poster said they are imported by the millons, it may be intrested to collector of Daisy memorabilia.

Tony

[ancientairgunner]

If they are not "corroded" with white speckly stuff, they should shoot just fine, like any other match grade pellet. Of course, just like any other ammo, your best results will come with the best matched rifle.