There seems a bit of Thread slip to "if you could only have one". Its favourite among many for a good few of us. Doesn't mean its the best or the one to take to a desert island unless the island has a cocktail bar.
Good looks help, and one that is just fun to shoot. Doesn't have to be a competition winner or best hunting combo. Just the one you love a little bit more than all the others. Nat shoot or can't hit a barn door with it, but you love it.
I put the FWB Sport because they shoot so well standing unsupported. They are "good lookers" too. Accurate with it once you find how to get the best out of them. They sound good too, like an air rifle should with something happening.
Now I can quite understand why SRV1 loves the BSA Mercury S, now there is a rifle fast in the hand rife, fast to reload, with fantastic open sights. Superstars are very good rifles too.
Barryg's Diana Magnum is sure an elegant looking rifle. Annoyingly I rather fancy one now if I could have it in walnut.
Rockdrill sees the beauty in HFT/FT styled rifles and that TX looks fab. Too big a girl for me!
HW80s get a big vote, but they do come in soo many configurations. Too me just over weight for a 12ft/lbs rifle. Annoyingly the HW95 doesn't improve as the lack of weight makes it fidgety. Someone must love a HW77, though to me all the sidelevers and underlevers take too long to load and so get in the way of shooting.
The AA ProSport has the looks but its heavy and its underlever is not perfection.
Then there are a host of great vintage rifles that are either fugly or look so dated. My Park 91 was on my short list. I do love gasram Theobens.
PCP? Thought there would be more as favourites. Or the boys just being a bit slow to show their hands?
Fun this.