Many thanks everyone for the insights and honesty.

Great to know that not looking is not a good plan – hadn’t thought about the pellet back to front implications! And so now I can take a ‘top loading tray’ off the list of essential requirements.

It’s good to have whittled down the short-list a bit (or is that increased it a bit) 😊

Will still check as many as I can for best fit / feel is critical, as I have read here on many occasions and not rush into anything.

The new short list to try out is:

Morini CM162 (not the early battery one).
Walther LP400
Pardini K10
FWB P44
Steyr LP1p.

Off to move house, find a new club and hopefully a great coach.

Happy and excited.

Cheers,
Keith

PS. Thanks also for the K12 recommendation – def out of my price range.