Air rifle pellet fired at Sydney house

An air rifle pellet has been shot through the window of a home in Sydney's southwest.

Police say a 42-year-old man heard a strange sound outside his home in Mount Pritchard on Tuesday evening.

He went out the front of his property and noticed a small, circular fracture in the glass of one his home's front windows.

A .177 calibre pellet, believed to have been fired from an air rifle, was located nearby.

Police are appealing for anyone who was in the vicinity of Pritchard Street around 6.30pm on Tuesday to contact Crime Stoppers.