People base their views on hearsay, rumour and experience of air rifles from years in the past.

The problem is quality is constantly improving on the Chinese imports.

The same cannot be said of the competition, European marques are losing quality, even the mighty HW is having more Friday afternoon jobs than is physically possible looking at a calendar. But the Chinese keep upping their game.

Those old enough can remember laughing at the Japanese motorcycles when they first came into the country, no way could they be seen as a threat to the likes of AJS, BSA, Norton, Ariel, Triumph, Velocette, how many survive now? Only Norton (just restarted), Triumph (restarted a couple of decades ago) and Ariel (just restarted), oh and Brough (just restarted in France).

None survived, all killed by the flood of Japanese bikes that were cheaper, faster and better. I can see the same happening in air guns!