You will probably find a slightly higher muzzle energy with a heavier pellet, the 601's are generally used with RWS R10 for 10m target shooting, try it with them you might see 5.8-6 FtLb. JSB Exact (if you aren't paper punching) are the same weight approximately, again they may well nudge 6 FtLb but the gun was never designed to exceed the German "F" class of sub 7.5 Joule so you really can't expect that much more than you are already getting!