Quote Originally Posted by Dornfelderliebe View Post
The first moment I picked up my Merc S and shouldered it, felt more natural the my life long owned Airsporter. The Mercury has the supreme looks of the Airsporter but none of it's vices if you get the later breech bolt version.
Decent mounts stop any problems with the scope.
Mine's been Welsh Willied and it will have to be prised from my cold dead hand.
Sometimes it's also a physiologic thing, because I loved the looks of my Mercs and especially my Challenger, I enjoy shooting them more and would put more effort into wanting them to succeed and shoot better than any HW, I once owned a nicely tuned HW95 and couldn't shoot it for toffee because I didn't like shooting it at the time, I reverted back to the Challenger and full game bags soon resumed afterwards.