I forgot one important point about the 1980's. Because people were trying to hit small targets further and further out, quality of pellets mattered....
And so it should be. My Beeman 1357 Bullpup is a cheap and cheerful Chinese, full powered and solidly built. Like all of them, it needs a few tweaks...
I'm stuck very much in that period. When I restarted shooting again 13 years ago or so I refurbished my old Mercury and 635 Magnum and played around...
I'm going to go through my pellet collection & see what it likes. I picked uit up en route to my perm so only tried what pellets I had with me. In no...