Watched some vids about Air rifle to educate myself.Spend more and go pcp!This is 5 shots at 27 yards,resting over the corner of my truck bed,aiming at the lower mark beside the knife blade. The 5 are in the upper mark. You won't do this with a springer! Benjamin Marauder .25View attachment 136265
In one vid, 3 guys tested dozens, virtually "everything," from kid's $100 air guns to $900 adult air guns.
At the end, they all chose their favorite, with 2 different Gamos & the Umarex GAUNTLET chosen.
In that same vid I also noticed the Air Arms TX200 underbarrel, b/c it was so ACCURATE, and with no tanks or pumps, but it did load only 1 round at a time.
All 3 of the guys loved it, but not prefer it b/c of the laborious & only 1 round reloading of the underbarrel.
The AIR VENTURI AVENGER PCP rose to the top in another vid when it went side by side with the Umarex Gauntlet.
They both shot the same at 50 yds, but the Air Venturi could be adjusted/tweaked more (which would not matter to me).
If I only used an air rifle rarely, then using a pump wouldn't be that big of a deal, it takes 160 pumps to go from 0 - 3000 psi) & half that if the psi isn't that low.
If I became old , I could always use my wife's Social Security to get an air tank.