I've uploaded a short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riOUh7_57xU of my FX Wildcat .25 mk1's pellet probe. Looks like it has been bent. Does this matter? effect performance?
I'd say it probably is. Thats a flow through bolt probe. Now its effectively splitting the airs path to the base of the pellet. I'd remove the probe and use the appropriate size tapered punch and try to straighten it out.