Best to buy new when you can't find a nice used one. I have 7 TX200's at present and only 1 was bought new. I've picked these up over the last 15 years and I always try them out first. I can tell if a TX is a shooter in a short range session. I did buy 1 that shot pretty awful, but I had seen it shoot very well in the past. The barrel nut had worked loose in the 15 years since it was new and it now shoots very well. My first TX was bought new and it was not up to par. I think it was a return that was sold again by the dealer.