If you had it to do over...

I would not change a thing. But if I had known where technology would go,hummmm????

Airguns are like electronics in that there will always be the latest and greatest every year (except by Benjamin). New guns and goodies are always coming out so if you are waiting for the "new" stuff you will always be waiting and/or upgrading.

II hadn't really looked at them at purchase time, but I'm already thinking that an Edgun R5 Matador would have been worth the extra money. I will try to be content with the FX Wildcat.

I would just buy a Thomas FT, BUT, I wouldn't sell the guns I now have to buy one. 

I don't regret getting into this! It's a challenge and NOT easy to figure out. I love that!

I would never have bought the Sumatra .22 carbine. I didn't think shot count mattered, But I like to plink so it did.
Having shot competition trap and sporting clay's I knew to just jump to the top of what I could afford.
Welcome the (used) Daystate AW.25
This is a fantastic gun! I think it's designed for a 25 grain pellet. It will shoot heavier ammo slowly,
Lighter ammo it don't care for at all.
So it will to come up for sale.
I want to be able to shoot a range of ammo and better accuracy.

The only thing I would change would be to not get caught up with over modifying cheap rifles. One rifle in particular, I spent....well....just say too much, only to make it slightly better. After adding up all the $ and custom parts, and parts I never really used...I could have bought an Impact instead! If you going to modify make sure you get the rifle for ultra cheap and keep a budget and make sure your mods justify the $ spent.

Lots of good advice. Funny still learning about airguns but it can get really expensive and fast. If i was content with just one gun then id settle for the impact and be done with it. Other than that all the money I have wasted testing and playing with guns would probably not do. 

I wouldn’t have bought the half a dozen or so pistols that are sitting unused in a cabinet. I would have bought a lot less low end to afford more high end guns. But all in all it’s been a learning experience, I’ve had to buy it to try it and finally learned what I like and what I don’t like.

I would have traded less and bought less in the way of rifles and invested in a good compressor, airetex or bauer. 

I would have bought a Dodge Ram 2500 and some cheap ass break barrel! But here I am LOL.

I entered into PCP's with a pair of Marauders, and the 10/22 mentality. Souped up valves, Helium, barrels, stocks and various mods. Cheaper and more efficient path, a used Sumatra. For accuracy and air efficiency Crickets were the answer. You learn as you go.

Well, I’m thinking way back to 2007 and I was trying to purchase my first “quality” Springer, a Beeman R9. I wanted .177 cal but when I called the dealer, they only had .22 cal in stock. Me being the impatient person that I am went with the .22 cal because I was excited and did t want to wait any longer than I had. I wish that I had waited for the .177 way back then because after I had finally bought a .177 cal HW95 (same action as the R9) I fell in love. Ha ha! Really, what a difference that action is in .177 vs .22. The .177 was exactly what I was expecting and wanted. The thing is, it’s only been in the past 3 years that I bought the .177 cal rifle that I originally wanted. In the time between that first purchase and today, I have collected 6 HW springers and now I have 4 pcps (and some others in there). I THINK that IF I had the .177 in the beginning of my airgun journey, I may have been satisfied with the one gun and saved a lot of time, effort and money by not looking for something else to satisfy???

Just a thought anyway. I have enjoyed all of the airguns that I have worked for over the years. The hard part is that I don’t get rid of anything so I have a couple cabinets full of them and I only really “need” one. If I had to have only one, it would be the HW95.177. However, I find myself shooting more pcp these days. I am a springer guy at heart though. I won’t give them up.

With two exceptions, I wouldn't change anything.
​1. I would not have purchased quite as much .22 long rifle ammunition as I did during the ammunition drought. No worries, it'll get shot, but probably could have better spent the $100 on pellets instead.
​2. I would not have purchased any pistol. I purchased the 1701P, which to its credit is a great gun, but I just don't shoot pistol. Thought I would, but turns out I really like long guns.

​The Marauder l purchased is a great educational gun. I now understand much better the relationships between all the adjustments, pellet weight and accuracy. Many consider it entry level PCP, but it's a great hunting gun. Tough, accurate to 50 or 75 yards, and has enough power to make the kill. Inexpensive enough you don't mind scratching the synthetic stock, unlike a FX or Daystate, or something else on the high end.

​After a couple years of shooting the Marauder, yes, I will be moving up in the world, but the Marauder was the gun I learned on and I'll always love the gun. Probably never get rid of it either. Good stuff that.

I'd like to think I would have skipped a couple rifles I thought I had to have. Nothing wrong with them and if I hadn't tried them, I would always wonder. 

I would have borrowed $50K and done it right from the start.  (why don't these emoticons work right any more).

Thurmond

I wouldn't have spent so much money & time trying to make less expensive rifles shoot like the expensive ones.
After buying the Crown it became obvious to me that it's the sort of gun I should have bought a long time ago.

I wouldn’t change a thing. Got a new hobby, met some really nice people, learned a lot about tuning, modifying and shooting. And have some great guns that I love to shoot. My wife even wants to go shoot with me now. That’s a win!

"PerkyVal"I wouldn't have spent so much money & time trying to make less expensive rifles shoot like the expensive ones.
After buying the Crown it became obvious to me that it's the sort of gun I should have bought a long time ago.

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I feel the same way. Spent a lot of money with tuners and after market parts. Love my Daystates.

"PerkyVal"I wouldn't have spent so much money & time trying to make less expensive rifles shoot like the expensive ones.
After buying the Crown it became obvious to me that it's the sort of gun I should have bought a long time ago.

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Trying to take that advice now. As much as I'd like to try a few of the lower end guns like the Gauntlet, Maximus, Storm Rider, and the Huben K1 (OK, not so inexpensive), keeping powder dry for a Crown. Should be able to order it in a few more months. Will jump from a Marauder, which is no slouch, to an absolute top end gun. It'll be a complete shock to the system to have the quality and know that when I miss, it can't be the gun, it's me. No more excuses.

On the plus side of waiting for a gun like the Crown, any new model will have teething pains. By the time I get around to ordering, any design flaws, no matter how minor should be well known and hopefully, FX will have fixed so I don't have to put up with it. Painful to wait, but does have an advantage and I still have my Marauder to tune and shoot any way I please. Win Win here.