A nearly 50 year old Benjamin Model 347 .177 pumped to max of 750 fps and applied to a larg-ish, pesky, maurading 'coon's head from 10 feet, from under the car, in the middle of the night last summer. The photo was taken next morning.
The pellet rifle effectively took a number of raccoons back in the olden days back when it was new and I was young.