PP>> Michael,  One of the things that these programs don't take into account
PP>> is the actual physical damage (skirt belling) that happens to pellets
PP>> shot from short pulse or higher powered Airguns.  The percentage of
PP>> retained energy can go down from 95.5% to even lower than 92% for the
PP>> same pellet.  This means that a pellet can leave the muzzle much faster
PP>> but arrive down range much slower.  In other words...You can spent a lot
PP>> of time making your Airgun shoot worse.
PP>> 
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PP>>  Keep Shooting!
PP>>                                                 Bruce
PP>> 
PP>This reminds me of the article and pictures in Air Gun World  about two
PP>years ago that had some close-up stop action shots of pellets leaving the
PP>muzzle of a gun at high enough velocity that the belling was very obvious.
PP>So it does happen.
As I tag a long, (lurking in the background) with this conversation, 
what is a good rifle, (.177 preferably) to hunt squirrels and rabbits 
out to fifty yards. I don't to wound them. I want to get clean kills.
Melvin
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