Budget Air rifle

[svendogg]

SMK SYNSG (or the 208 if you prefer wood stock) is a solid gun. Mine was my first gun and is very accurate. Did sell it at one point and got lucky in that I got to buy it back through pure luck. Won't be parting with it again. As mentioned the xs 19 can be made nice. Hatsan 55s or 60s are well built with excellent triggers. My local gunshop raves about the Remington express. Been recently reading very good reviews on some of the cometa range.

There's tons of choice for not a huge amount of money, is there a club near you that you could go and try some for size and maybe have a go?

[TonyL]

Welcome to the forum, Ernie.

Some excellent suggestions above, proving you can bag yourself a capable little rifle without spending too much money.

As John, Blackrider, advises, now try to get to handle and try as many of these as possible to see which one suits you best as regards weight, handling, balance etc.

[4end]

Welcome to the forum, Ernie.

Some excellent suggestions above, proving you can bag yourself a capable little rifle without spending too much money.

As John, Blackrider, advises, now try to get to handle and try as many of these as possible to see which one suits you best as regards weight, handling, balance etc.

Most of the guns recommended are in the lower end of the price bracket and originate from China. With that in mind, a quick look at the Chinese airgun forum will show reviews all of the models available and provide info as to how they perform and how they can be improved.

[Hsing-ee]

Again and again the Remington Express comes up as a good low-price air-rifle. I quite fancy one myself to enjoy exercising the diamond files and aluminium oxide paper on it.

However, I would recommed you purchase a secondhand fettled Weihrauch HW99S off one of the members of the BBS as you will then not have to upgrade it, and can start shooting with the best of beginners advantages, a decent trigger. They usually come with open sights and can be adapted to most air-rifle shooting purposes.

Here's one for example

https://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread...93-Hw-99-s-177

[TonyL]

I certainly wouldn't argue with the above.

[Neil54]

The OP hasn't stated what their budget is.
I would have thought that £250 would be over budget considering the models they are looking at.
Also we all like to buy new.
XS208 is a clone of the Diana 34 with a T05 trigger. More expensive than the Express.

[TonyL]

A quality, German made Diana AM03 at £180 new, if still available?

[Ernfranhoo]

Thanks for the welcome and advice all.
Food for thought, will probably go with the sabre.
Cheers

[Paulhatt1994]

A secondhand bsa lightning will be within your budget, highly recommend them as a small, lightweight reliable springer and also well made