*chuckle*.. Your Hate has made you strong JoeWayneRhea. Perhaps I have been very lucky, the first "serious" air rifle I owned was a RWS 48 back in the 1980s. I put so much money into it, it seemed a waste not to master it. For it's time period, it was considered a rather brutal recoil-heavy air rifle. Thousands of pellets were pushed through it, and good technique was re-enforced. Absolute consistency was rewarded by consistent grouping, but vary one small element, and groups would scatter like doves sighting a hawk. It was easy go through hundreds of pellets in a day, no tanks to fill, no pumps (internal or external) to fuss with, just cock and shoot. It does remain frustrating how an innocent scope must periodically be sacrificed to the springer God, as a metal and tears sacrifice. However, I find pumping my PCP rifles an unwanted break from shooting as well. A lot of springer guys are operating on a constrained budget; they don't have 500 for a PCP, 300 for a tank, and a refill fee for their tank every weekend. They can purchase a basic springer for 250 bucks and have a lot of fun. And probably another factor is the pride in mastering something which is not easy. As a disclaimer, I shoot CO2, pumpers, springers and PCP. If time is limited, the springer gets grabbed first for a few fun shots. It always gives me a smile when everything comes together with a springer; PCP rifles seem to almost shoot themselves, and takes some joy out of shooting. All this said, if putting food on the table was life or death, a PCP would be put to task.
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