Others are exquisitely detailed to assure a perfect pellet release. Be sure not to damage the crown of any airgun barrel. Spinning is what keeps a pellet from tumbling, and keeps it facing directly forward as it bores through the air. Robert Beeman has pointed out that if a pellet is the slightest bit unbalanced as it spins the centrifugal wobble will lurch the pellet off course the instant it leaves the barrel. This little-appreciated factor is one reason Beeman pays such attention to pellet quality control.
Supersonic bullets are more deflected by wind the slower they go.
Surprisingly, sub-sonic airgun pellets are less deflected by wind the slower they go, but this seeming anomaly is due to the higher weight of the slower pellet, assuming in this comparison that both are shot out of the same airgun. Generally, heavy pellets have a higher ballistic coefficient than lighter ones. The muzzle velocity of the Laser pellet was supersonic, dropping to subsonic 4 yards out of the barrel, the shock of which caused a violent tumbling. An airgun does not exert the same force from shot to shot. Without such high repeatability, even excellent pellets will not be able to do their job.