I just moved to Fort Wayne but I lived out in the country in Ohio and I used pellet and BB guns all the time and you made a remark that they shoot at 485 fps (feet per second) but I just wanted to let you guys know that they are cappible of much more my pellet gun shoots over 800 fps and I have seen pellet guns that shoot over 1500 fps. I can also say that they will definitaly kill an animal I go squirl hunting and I have killed several other animals such as coons rats I put down my neighbors dog for them back in Ohio so they are very capible of killing animals and I believe that they should start making it a little harder to purchase one like a .306 or even a .22 I have seen pellet guns that shoot just as hard as most .22's.
I hope all your animals get better and I hope this info helps.