I got the same .177 for Christmas and I am still trying to find a pellet (I hope thats the problem) the ones that I tried so far did not impress me. However I am thinking learning to shoot a springer maybe part of the problem too as I am new to the air gun shooting. I have been on a fifty year hiatus with my Sheridan Silver Streak still in the closet but have been shooting and hunting on a regular basis just with louder rifles.So I am curious what pellet did yours like best of the ones you tried? Mine is doing about 1.5" groups at 25 yards and I was told they should do much better than that.