Hey samort457: Like your post. Since I don't own a pellet gun, yet I did favor you guys who do have them, simply because of the quiet report they emit so as not to attract attention from fretting neighbors. I searched, and experimented with different .22 cal ammo. Longs, CB's , Shorts... They were quiet in that respect, but I found them difficult to be accurate on a consistent basis. Finally, on a whim I bought a box of expensive Sub-Subsonic ammo. Quiet, and very accurate, but, wow, it was expensive. Then, I found Winchester Sub-Sonic Long Rifle Hollow Points. Man, they performed excellent in comparison to the others. Knock down power on Coyotes within 50 yards (head shot only) is superb, and so quiet it makes you think the gun never fired except that the predator dropped dead in its tracks.