If you leave the pigs out of the equation, I highly recommend you take a look at the Gammo urban. You can find good deals on them sometimes. They are a budget gun that doesn't need tinkering and shoot good right out of the box. Have a smaller air tube and are more hand pump friendly. Hand pumping is more technique than muscle. Stiff arms, use your bodyweight and bend at the knees. I have back problems but it doesn't bother me to pump. $50 Amazon pump and a $125 Hawke mill-dot dot scope. You'll be in the game and having fun for around $500.
I've looked at the Urban since it came out. In fact I was going to ask about it. The performance to price ratio is extremely attractive, for sure! If I limit my requirements a bit - i.e., leave the pigs to my powder burners - it should do everything I want quite nicely.
As for the rest, I think at 400-ish pounds (dammit) I have the weight advantage over a hand pump. Trust me, its something I've put plenty of consideration into. One of my goals here is to help strengthen my back to help with the arthritis in my spine. For sure dealing with a pump will help take some of the excess weight off, which in itself will help with the back. I fully realize that I may be fooling myself here, and that's one reason why I'm limiting my budget.
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