I live in town right next to a busy street with a heavily used sidewalk right on the other side of my wooden fence. I have purposely waited until someone is walking right on the other side of the fence to shoot my FX Royal 500. No one even notices the shot. Kina sounds like a nail gun maybe. I...
Checking the air flow out of a "broken" Crosman pellet pistol. It had enough air in it to do this. I got it from my brother in law who hadn't shot it in years. Always check using a dowel to see if there is a pellet in the chamber.
Zoom changes on a sfp scope do not change the point of impact. If you dial a sfp scope it isn't any different than dialing a ffp scope. The crosshair isn't effected, only the other parts of the reticle like mildots or other lines. Correct me if I'm wrong.
GTO pellets shoot great out of my FX Royals in 25 and 22. It's like shooting sub sonic rimfire ammo speed wise. I find I have more fly offs using the GTO pellets probably because of the lack of momentum of the lead pellets.
Inside a barn shooting my FX Royals around 470fps I try to get a metal beam as a back stop. I don't do headshots but aim at the center mass to keep the pass throughs down.