Good choice WillieB. You will find the included scope and trigger will need some improvements. Don't let the rough trigger discourage you. To make it smooth a very inexpensive modification will tune up the trigger which involves replacing one of the springs. I found the RWS Superdome 14.3gr. pellets work quite well in my gun. I replaced the scope with a Tasco 3X9 AR.. With that combination I can easily hit a squirrel at 70'.
I don’t plan on using the scope as I’m a fan of iron sights. I shot it a few times today at some old diet cola cans and the trigger didn’t bother me too much but it could be better. I will definitely look into spring mods. The iron sights definitely need set. Gonna take it to the range soon and shoot at regulation targets to see just where this thing is hitting. However, the GOOD news.... when it does hit what I’m aiming at, it definitely hits hard. Full soda cans are probably the best reactionary target ever. I don’t think this thing will have any issues with small varmits once I get it sighted in proper.
Don't let the elitist bother you, I think they actually feel dirty every time someone mentions an air gun that wasn't made in Germany or the UK, or that didn't cost seven hundred bucks, their favorite saying is "bla, bla, bla, and I threw it in the trash".
I have a few cheap (aka affordable) air rifles, and they all share a common failing, the bundled scopes are junk, and the lawyer triggers are horrible, but, you can either put a good scope on it or shoot it with the open factory adjustable sights.
So far two of my more expensive air rifles came through with excellent triggers, but my Ruger Impact Max and Crossman Vantage both came with terrible triggers, one of our great members here took pity on me and instructed me on how to turn a sow's ear into a silky smooth trigger without being a heart stopping project, today it's shooting with a two pound trigger, and giving me 3/4" groups at 35 yds.
My Crossman Vantage was also a pain in the finger, that one also was easily fixed by removing a small pin, a wire spring, and the trigger adjustment screw and adding a 1/8"x 5/32" plastic washer in the trigger, brought it down from seven pounds to 1.5 pounds, and closed up my groups considerably, cost, 30 minutes of my time and a piece of the barrel of a junk ball point pen.
So, all you need to do is change the sear spring in your Impact Max and it'll be shooting with the big dogs, and probably be looking better than many of them while doing it.
Congrats, and welcome to air gunning.