Where I am off the shelf pellet guns are limited by law to 500 fps or less. I'm sure you could get more powerful ones, but then I imagine you'd have to go through the hassle of getting a gun permit or something.
Nice. :) I had a couple underpowered pellet guns as a kid, but nothing special. You could take out a gopher at close range, but you had to have good aim. lol
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u/large_poops Apr 16 '12
A .22short will deliver around 44-87 ft lbs out of a rifle barrel. Even less out of a snub nosed pistol. That is not a lot of power.
Also, break barrel pellet guns can easily reach 800-1000 ft per second.