Nieil has mentioned maybe to some one 7 1/2 pellet to break a target, I have in my hand a 1900.00 target I shot at a winter calcutta, Shell, Federal paper 3 dram 7 1/2, Silver Seitz, 41 thou. , 27 yd. calcutta handicap, 50 target winter calcutta, 7 above, 49 straight , last target, right hand, focus on leading edge , fire as I go through, much smoke, target keeps going, hits a gravel road , rolls like a donut and stop! I make 2 other shooters happy, me sad, go to the road, pick up the Federal champion 2 target, 11 ingress holes, 11 egress holes, plus skid marks of other pellets! NEVER belive one pellet will break a target!