Chris,

Thanks for the insight. I have a SSP target air rifle as well as the springers, so I'm familiar with the advantages of not having all that moving mass... although, I have an old Feinwerkbau FWB-300S "recoilless" target springer that comes close to the shooting experience of the SSP... but neither comes close to the power of your PCP rifles.

I personally find shooting the springers accurately an interesting challenge- but I have to admit, the SSP is easier, requires less concentration, you can relax more. But then, most of my air rifle shooting is at 10m with "iron" sights.

The most powerful air rifle I have is a lowly RWS/Cometa 94 in .22 (nominally 825 fps, not bad for an inexpensive springer) which is actually a pretty sweet rifle, handles well, smooth cocking, nice manners, but in need of a trigger job I'll get around to, someday... maybe this winter.

Do I understand you filled them from scratch with a hand pump? I know some people who use them to top off, but I was given to understand that filling one from scratch that way was quite a task. One also hears about condensation problems. If those aren't really problems, I might be more tempted... <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />