Need advice

I'm personally not a fan of the Benjamin break barrels, though there are many on this site who love them. If you can stretch just a bit my vote would be the RWS 34-it's a proven quality gun with lots of parts available if you decide to modify later on. Here's a good price from Amazon-all the online airgun stores pretty much will offer the RWS 34.
https://www.amazon.com/Diana-RWS-Breakbarrel-Rifle-Trigger/dp/B002E6RD6C?th=1&psc=1
If you decide on a Benjamin, use the banner ad at the top of the page here and you can get 25% off.

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34, 22 cal for pests. The small difference will be " Money well spent".

Airguns of Arizona has two very good deals on the Walther Terrus and Parrus in .177
http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/spring-piston/walther-terrus-wood/

http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/spring-piston/walther-parrus-wood/

Pyramyd has the Diana 240 with two free metal targets
https://www.pyramydair.com/s/m/Diana_240_Classic_Air_Rifle/4163

I'd go with any Benjamin NP2 ... easy to cock, plenty of power and their barrels are fairly decent. With the NP2 instead of spring you can leave it cocked all day which will often trump accuracy if you need to shoot "right now."

"DanJefferies"I'd go with any Benjamin NP2 ... easy to cock, plenty of power and their barrels are fairly decent. With the NP2 instead of spring you can leave it cocked all day which will often trump accuracy if you need to shoot "right now."

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No offense Dan, but leaving a springer cocked for a few hours on a hunt won't damage the mainspring and cause a significant loss of velocity. There have been numerous experiments on this subject and the consensus is 'don't worry about it!'

Hi All
If your going to use open sights get a rifle with a durable steele front and rear sight.
the Crossman sights are cheap plastic ,broke the front sight first time out !!!
Fortunately I use a scope so it didn't matter.