900 thereabouts is good .. havent tried to push them faster, trust me you pop a fluffy tail with one of those dont matter where you hit it, its not gonna be a good day for him lol .. slower, no, i dont like messing around trying to deal with trajectories i dont know and wind meh ..seems like it doesnt phase them, i was shooting the other day with probably 10mph crosswind at 70ish out to the fence and it may have been pushing over 1/4" or something ... nothing i noticed anyway .. they certainly werent getting out of sorts .. thise big old pellets just lazer right in where you aim .. its the death angel for anything out there begging for it thats for sure lol ...