"I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THE ABSOLUTE TOSH WRITTEN ABOUT SCOPES (AND OTHER EQUIPMENT) WRITTEN ON THIS AND OTHER FORUMS."
Sorry, can't hear you!
Like most things in life, you get what you pay for. You can pay £30 for a cheap Chinese springer, and if all you want to do is hit a tin can at 15 yards, then fine. With scopes, £30 will get you something, but you won't be able to hit anything at target ranges. Once again, if that floats your boat, then fine. If you hunt, you need to be able to dispatch quarry humanely, so you need some fairly good kit. I advise new members at our club to go for an S400, (new, or second hand,) or an HW 95 if they want a springer, with a Hawke Varmint 2 scope. This will cost £400 to £500, but you can win regional HFT comp with them..
I've lost count of the number of times people have turned up with cheap equipment, really keen and enthusiastic, seen what other people use, and realise they've made a mistake, and wasted their money.
I have a collection of over 20 rifles, and a few pistols. Only 2 were bought new, and they were S400s, hardly top of the range Daystates, Steyrs, or Rippers. All of them are scoped, and only 3 scopes were bought new.
Gus