Quote Originally Posted by Andy_J View Post
For me, the spirit of airgun pistol shooting is firmly encompassed with the HW45's and BSA Magnums. Lovely to shoot and feel great to master the recoil. I'll be looking for a HW45 in .177 very soon.
That's what I'll be using , as for mastering the recoil no comment

Quote Originally Posted by harvey_s
Insufficient rest between hand-cranking and shooting might be a major factor here
All that pumping, its gotta make ya a bit wobbly!
But if you get someone else to do the pumping for you - where's the sense of satisfaction in that?
I think it's very satisfying when the pumping is done by someone else. But I do know what you mean about pumping air-pistols yourself