This is easy....I will answer your question then tell you why.
https://www.airgundepot.com/rws-34-air-rifle.html
That is what you SHOULD buy...and here is why......it might get long.
PCP, hand pumps suck, nothing more needs to be said. You will hate it and never shoot it if you have a hand pump and that is it. So if you want to enjoy a pcp and in its most inexpensive form to enjoy you are going to want a 2000lb fill....read that number TWO THOUSAND POUNDS....remember pumping up you bicycle tier when you turned 10....well you don't really....because you are thinking about a hand pump. And here is another news flash....hand pumps need to be rebuilt....oh yea....and a "good" hand pump will set you back your gun budget in itself. Oh yea you can go cheaper.....but with some things they cost what they cost for a reason.....parts and rebuildability (is dat a word) is one of them.
I am in your same ball park age wise 53, but have some medical issues.....to have a scuba shop fill your scuba tank is going to be under $20....it differs around, but it should not be more then that....then you need the tank, a used tank is going to run you about $100 (tanks don't last forever as well) and the valve is another $50....in round numbers. So you can do the math and see what the world of PCP is really going to cost starting from ground zero....oh and have I said you are going to hate the hand pump....and I bet your 10yr old is not going to have enough strength to pump that thing....I was going to say at all, but more then a few times. IT IS HARD WORK.
You want quality, something that is going to last.....Gauntlet is so new it really does not exist on shelves yet....quality....who knows.
The RWS 34, is THE springer that all others are judged by, I doubt you can find anyone that will say anything bad about it.....the thing is just that good.
Now if you go down this rabbit hole and find out wow this is really fun the kiddo and I are having a ball....sure look into PCP.....but not for dipping your toe into this pool.....IMHO it is really bad advice.
Keep researching, read some of the godfathers articles, and look at the 34, that is a gun your daughter will show her kids how to shoot with.....yes it will last that long.
https://www.airgundepot.com/rws-34-air-rifle.html
That is what you SHOULD buy...and here is why......it might get long.
PCP, hand pumps suck, nothing more needs to be said. You will hate it and never shoot it if you have a hand pump and that is it. So if you want to enjoy a pcp and in its most inexpensive form to enjoy you are going to want a 2000lb fill....read that number TWO THOUSAND POUNDS....remember pumping up you bicycle tier when you turned 10....well you don't really....because you are thinking about a hand pump. And here is another news flash....hand pumps need to be rebuilt....oh yea....and a "good" hand pump will set you back your gun budget in itself. Oh yea you can go cheaper.....but with some things they cost what they cost for a reason.....parts and rebuildability (is dat a word) is one of them.
I am in your same ball park age wise 53, but have some medical issues.....to have a scuba shop fill your scuba tank is going to be under $20....it differs around, but it should not be more then that....then you need the tank, a used tank is going to run you about $100 (tanks don't last forever as well) and the valve is another $50....in round numbers. So you can do the math and see what the world of PCP is really going to cost starting from ground zero....oh and have I said you are going to hate the hand pump....and I bet your 10yr old is not going to have enough strength to pump that thing....I was going to say at all, but more then a few times. IT IS HARD WORK.
You want quality, something that is going to last.....Gauntlet is so new it really does not exist on shelves yet....quality....who knows.
The RWS 34, is THE springer that all others are judged by, I doubt you can find anyone that will say anything bad about it.....the thing is just that good.
Now if you go down this rabbit hole and find out wow this is really fun the kiddo and I are having a ball....sure look into PCP.....but not for dipping your toe into this pool.....IMHO it is really bad advice.
Keep researching, read some of the godfathers articles, and look at the 34, that is a gun your daughter will show her kids how to shoot with.....yes it will last that long.
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