 Pellet shapes, what do you need? Very simple. Flat nose pellets, wide cutter pellets, same thing They're gonna be for target shooting. If you are in need of extra penetration You got a low power gun that you're worried about not penetrating enough on small game animals Go with a pointed pellet. If you're looking for expansion, hollow points are obviously the thing to do Although I'm gonna be honest with it. They don't always expand that well It just depends on what you're shooting, how fast and how big of an animal you're shooting at basically But domed pellets that is the best all-around pellet that you can get So if you're looking for a place to start and you're not sure what shape to go with my recommendation is domed first