If you never, and I mean never, let your barrel touch anything it most likely won't come to life and wander on its own. It may sound like I am joking, but I am not. These airguns are delicate, especially the cheaper ones, and can't take the barrels being touched or used for leaning against the wall, lifted by, or rested on a gun rack, or kept in a soft case. Unless, you do something that seriously sets things solid, which can cause it's own problems too. I have a gen 1 Gauntlet that has only seen me holding it and the inside of a custom fitted gun case and it has never had a poi shift, since it was introduced and about 30k pellets through it. It is the nature of long free floated inexpensive barrel design to shift pretty easily if you are not careful. When you get tired of dealing with that you can always get an Edgun or an AAA. I don't have to baby my Paradigm. With all this said, my Gauntlet is super accurate, and I still like shooting it for that reason. The Avenger I have shot is incredibly accurate too, just don't handle it like a firearm.
