Sorry Muskett I didn’t really define what I was after, other than my mention of the Meteor. An Anschutz 335 can hold its own today with the right pellets and is a blisteringly accurate springer in the right hands. It had a few bits where they saved money but overall it’s a top quality gun.
I love the BSA Buccaneer and I would like it if they brought it back. Only problem is the thumbhole in the thumbhole stock is just slightly too small for my not very large size 7.5 hand … I can’t get my hand through the stock far enough to get a straight-back trigger press. It’s so annoying because it’s the perfect plinker and informal target gun with the peep sight attached. And named after a Royal Navy nuclear bomber. It’s all the great things about the 70s in one plastic package, like a track by The Stranglers.