No question here. My Santa Rosa Beeman HW77. It has nearly 40 years of nicks and scuffs but it will never be for sale. I purchased it directly from Dr. Robert Beeman himself. In the 80's Beeman was based in Santa Rosa which was a few hours from home. I'll never forget seeing REAL airguns for the first time. They were all so beautiful and their craftsmanship was on another level. They had a room next to the showroom that housed his private, museum quality collection. Dr. Beeman spent a couple of hours teaching me about the history of airguns and how all the best guns at the time were being produced on the other side of the Atlantic. I was blessed enough to purchase a left-handed .20 HW77 with a Beeman blue ribbon 2-7 scope that had been returned and was on sale since it was a lefty. The only thing I have ever done to it was to replace a broken cocking arm. I know his reputation has been that he was arrogant and greedy. My experience was with a man that was completely infatuated with airguns and was willing to spend time with a kid just talking about the joys of powderless shooting. When I got back home I was so excited to show my new "gun" to my friends who could not understand why I spent enough on a pellet gun to buy two 10/22s or Marlins. I kept those airgun guides and an old copy of airgun digest he gave me for years, looking at them often as they were the only connection I had to all those majestic guns.
That old spring is tired, but all these years later I'm still excited and still addicted.