Guys and Gals,
As you have gussed I am not the expert by any stretch of the imagination. I have just finished my second box of 100 50/50 Pyrodex pellets so that is 100 shots. I have read a lot of stuff on this thread that sounds like guess work with respect to pellets, at least with respect to my 200 pellets used. I never feel them break up when seating, in fact they set in place with a nice little thunk so you know they are seated without much pressure. they stay in good condition in the box they come in and seem to be pretty rugged. In the winter I dropped one in in the snow and used it anyway. It fired just fine. These are formy scoped inlines for hunting. I am getting a traditional Pennsylvania by Traditions today and will go loose powder super classic type stuff.