Quote Originally Posted by TonyL View Post
I appreciate entirely where you're coming from, Mike.

If he's a nice chap you could ask him to whip the stocks off them and have a look at the cocking arm / underside of the cylinder to assess how much, if any, scoring has occurred. You never know, you might get one with no marking, as it seems they don't all do it. Maybe then choose the one that you most fancy / has the least scoring. If wear is evident, it may also prove to be a good bargaining point.

They're dead easy to strip and you'll have loads of fun and derive great satisfaction doing it.
Cheers Tone. I will definitely have a closer inspection if I get one of the used ones. He's a real nice guy at the shop so hopefully wouldn't have a problem whipping the stocks off. I may end up hanging on until Jacks a little older and buy him a new one. Its hard to tell when he'll be ready to have a crack at it. He's six at the moment and is a crack shot with the little air soft gun i've got but i'm thinking more towards the 8 year mark to get him on the big boys shooters.