If you want to hunt animals the size of White Tail Deer or control varmints like Giant Armadillos and Wild Boars, an air pistol with 160 to 203 foot pounds of energy will drop them in their tracks. At a distance of 10 yards, the pellet will go clear through a Douglas fir 2 x 12 and leave a good size exit hole. These air pistols are most accurate with any shape pellet ranging in weight from 180 grains to 275 grains. The “magic” pellet is found by balancing the weight of the pellet to the air pressure that the gun puts out; each air rifle has its own personality.