The house next door we own but is scheduled to be torn down. My Bell target sits on a stool next to the outside wall 20 yards from my portable shooting bench. I was was shooting my .25 Marauder with JSB 25.39 grain pellets at 863 fps at the bell. A spider decided to walk up the wall of the house next to to the target. My Marauder is sighted in at 20 yards so I decided to shoot the spider knowing the 25 grain pellet would go through the siding of the house. The pellet went through the spider, 7/16" siding, inside wall insulation, 1/2" sheetrock on the inside of the closet, across 24" of closet and through one side of a hollow core closet door.
In this case, I was not concerned with any wall penetration since the house is empty and is going to be torn down. However I was impressed with the complete penetration of the wall by the .25 at the 20 yard distance.
I tell this just to show others to be careful and if they think their pellet rifle won't penetrate an outside wall of a house and maybe do damage to something or someone on the other side, think again. know the background behind your target and don't think for a minute that you can't accidentally miss your target and hit something you would be sorry for, like another person on the other side of the wall.
Be safe.
In this case, I was not concerned with any wall penetration since the house is empty and is going to be torn down. However I was impressed with the complete penetration of the wall by the .25 at the 20 yard distance.
I tell this just to show others to be careful and if they think their pellet rifle won't penetrate an outside wall of a house and maybe do damage to something or someone on the other side, think again. know the background behind your target and don't think for a minute that you can't accidentally miss your target and hit something you would be sorry for, like another person on the other side of the wall.
Be safe.
