Really in a dilemma, new or second hand, your thoughts most appreciated.

[PCPShooter]

Oh yeh, and a factory piston fault on an old MK1 97 ....
Will have been unknown to seller, I'd think -

[Shed tuner]

Sounds like secondhand just became an even better option, as PCPShooter has taken all the duffers off the market

[Geoff555]

Hello well most of my stuff has been second hand and may be I have been lucky, I havn't had a problem. 4 new rifles and 2 have been the worst bags of sh1t I have ever seen, 1 was so bad as to be unusable.
So I would say second hand for me.
All the best and good luck.
Cheers.
Geoff.

[barrel]

Great replies guys, thanks very much to all who contributed, will keep my eyes peeled and see if anything on the BBS jumps out.

Kindest regards

Barrel

[lam007]

Go second hand there are some good rifles out there.

[FPoole]

I've only bought used, in the past 18 years. All of them TX200's, because I know they can be made right. I shoot FT and I pick up the odd TX from folks moving on to pcp. I traded a known good TX for a TX that the owner said was off. He simply couldn't get it to group, but I knew it had been a stellar performer for 25 years. The front stock bracket, a nice stainless steel aftermarket item, was simply loose. The main thing I wanted it for was, it's #00322 and I already had #00321. Old FT guns are usually a little on the, less than perfect cosmetically list, but they are almost all fine shooters.