There is wood:

(Custom Air SL breech, AGR SSG and hybrid tube, Tim Hill valve and some other stuff, .25 caliber, runs around 56 to 60 fpe on a Bell curve)
And then there is nice wood:

Prefer synthetic and stainless wherever possible for weight and durability.
The Zelos is China. The M-Rod is still USA made, simpler to work on, uses off the shelf O-rings, parts easy to get even post Gamo and the two Umarex rifles I have had leaked badly and were very poorly built and quite rough, maybe the Zelos is better. I would not start out with a China gun due to QC being poor. But the Notos and Zelos do look like a nice rifle on my screen anyways. In person, hmmmm.

(Custom Air SL breech, AGR SSG and hybrid tube, Tim Hill valve and some other stuff, .25 caliber, runs around 56 to 60 fpe on a Bell curve)
And then there is nice wood:

Prefer synthetic and stainless wherever possible for weight and durability.
The Zelos is China. The M-Rod is still USA made, simpler to work on, uses off the shelf O-rings, parts easy to get even post Gamo and the two Umarex rifles I have had leaked badly and were very poorly built and quite rough, maybe the Zelos is better. I would not start out with a China gun due to QC being poor. But the Notos and Zelos do look like a nice rifle on my screen anyways. In person, hmmmm.
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