It isn't fear , it's respect for wasting powder .
Unless yours has a longer than normal barrel a good percentage of your charge isn't gonna burn completely . I've shot 3 pellet loads and actually watched a burning pellet chunk follow the bullet out of the muzzle . When you consider the markup on pellets it just isn't worth it . If long range shots are unavoidable in your situation then I'd reccomend that your change to a Savage smokeless ML .