I need advice on which springer to buy. I want to spend around $500 or a bit less.
It will be for 10yd (mostly, some shooting out to 25 yds) bullseye target shooting from offhand, sitting and prone. It will not be shot from a bench. Balance is important.
I like blued steel and wood, so I want a wood sporter style stock, no plastic stocks, thumbholes or other such non-traditional features. I like nice wood but am also happy with less expensive wood like beechwood.
It will be used only for targets, not pest control or hunting so velocity is not an issue.
It will be shot only with iron sights so:
1) it needs decent sights, and a rail for installing an aftermarket peep sight if I do not like the stock sights, so it will also need a front sight that can be used with a peep, such as a Williams peep.
(2) it needs a stock that works well for iron shooting and not one designed for scope use,
(3) it needs a stock suitable for position shooting, rather than a bench, but I do not want a target type stock that has adjustments.
A good trigger is very important.
Of course, accuracy (at least at short range) is paramount.
I have identified 3 candidates:
Beeman R9,
Weilhrauch (and I understand that the HW95 is the same rifle as the Beeman R9, so one of the other Weilhrauchs if suitable, and
Cometa Fenix 400.
1. Which of these would you have an opinion on?
2. Any other candidates out there I have not identified?
Thanks for any help you can give.
It will be for 10yd (mostly, some shooting out to 25 yds) bullseye target shooting from offhand, sitting and prone. It will not be shot from a bench. Balance is important.
I like blued steel and wood, so I want a wood sporter style stock, no plastic stocks, thumbholes or other such non-traditional features. I like nice wood but am also happy with less expensive wood like beechwood.
It will be used only for targets, not pest control or hunting so velocity is not an issue.
It will be shot only with iron sights so:
1) it needs decent sights, and a rail for installing an aftermarket peep sight if I do not like the stock sights, so it will also need a front sight that can be used with a peep, such as a Williams peep.
(2) it needs a stock that works well for iron shooting and not one designed for scope use,
(3) it needs a stock suitable for position shooting, rather than a bench, but I do not want a target type stock that has adjustments.
A good trigger is very important.
Of course, accuracy (at least at short range) is paramount.
I have identified 3 candidates:
Beeman R9,
Weilhrauch (and I understand that the HW95 is the same rifle as the Beeman R9, so one of the other Weilhrauchs if suitable, and
Cometa Fenix 400.
1. Which of these would you have an opinion on?
2. Any other candidates out there I have not identified?
Thanks for any help you can give.