Recommendations for fun/target pistol

[Snipe!]

yep gamo compacts are very accurate, quite hard to cock though. there cheap to!

[derekm]

For £100, a s/h Gamo Compact, or for less, a new Gamo P45 (basically the Compact, a slightly less sophisticated trigger and without the wood grips, which may be too big for a lad).

The Baikal 53M , a springer, is also robust, well made and accurate, though the accuracy depends very much on the mutt on the butt! If he has patience, a 53 will really teach him to shoot pistol.