If you are new to air guns I would go cheap or if you are already a air gun shooter, Springer or gas piston I would spend the $1000 on good used better stuff. By cheap I mean Beeman QB or Benjamin Maximus. 2000 psi fill pressure to easy hand pump. A used recent hydro SCUBA tank and a Hawke 2-7 scope. When you go over 3000 psi fill pressure hand pumps and SCUBA tanks become almost worthless so a carbon fiber 4500 psi tank and a place to fill it become almost a must. So plan on $400 minimum for a tank. Depending on your idea of a good scope the price could be $100-300 but the Hawke 2-7 for $100 could still be an option for offhand shooting. For bench shooting you will need to spend more. That leaves $500 for a used gun. They are out there to be had if you are patient. I wasn’t sure about a pcp when I started but I wanted to shoot at 9000 ft altitude. I learned CO2 guns only work well in a limited temperature range. Springers and gas piston destroy themselves in thin air. So I bought a pcp on the cheap. I don’t shoot competition. I plink with it and love it. If I ever talk myself back into competitive shooting which I did for over 30 years I will spend the money to get the better gun. And air tank! Spinners spin, cans fly and balloons break just the same with a $200 gun as a $1200 gun.
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