Eric is a lovely chap.
i think the Tau is brill. Shot a 46 on a 5 pellet card and 87 on a 10 pellet card yesterday (AT 10m), , so pretty happy with it but YES it is noisy.
Which was why I thought an HW40 might be fun for the back garden! Any excuse, just might have to wait a while longer in this current climate.
Linnet