. i agree. this is the first thing i ask when one asks for newer airgun when here picking up their dad's old benjamin i have rebuilt. ....and i was going to mention 20-25 ftlbs , but somehow relented. that's the one thing i didnt like about the .22 walther rotek - it's a little shy on power, which translates more into trajectory with me than actual killing force. when i eat wild meats from airgunning, it's dove and cottontail - both really good and easy to clean and cook. if the need arose, probaly skunk and feral cat would be the largest pesting, although i do enjoy grackle population control too much. a .25 cal (or .22) would need 820-850 fps ideally. i wish there were a way to set the regulator a bit higher on the rotek - but actually my old .22 disco shoots the 16 grainers at 780-790 fps and the 13.5 gr jsb's at 835-850 . that damn disco is a very good gun. it began as a .177 bulk co2 rifle. ive sold it and bought it back 3 times now - tank, pump, and the extra-curricular bs that pcp's have to have.. it just seems the cool thing to do nowdays - get a fancy pcp ! i will likely never spend over 1K on an airgun, not even a whiscombe unless i had a way to resell it. but pcp's have taken over in the eight or ten years ive been outta the loop. i live near air force, but never really really liked those guns - all my friends love 'em....hmm....maybe a cometa lynx, huh ? (air force intl). come to think of it, i never see those listed for resale used. - but i like the idea of a regulated bottle gun.....i'm just barely to the 3000 (3600 maybe) psi desire , probably never really want a 300 bar gun.... it's funny how my simple disco just needs 2000 psi for 25 good shots, albeit single shots. it's very quiet with tko and weighs under 7lbs scoped. i just cant imagine mass of death accrued by these nicer pcp airguns - Lord know i have left an eternal wake of dead poop behind me with that dang entry-level pcp. it's like cheating ! i still like european break barrels the best, and springs over struts. - rane on.
