If this is of any help to you, I have the cheaper clone version of the HW 40 (Beeman 2004E). I am more than happy with it and I find it very accurate at 10 metres which is where I placed my paper targets.It will pass straight through cans easy enough for general plinking and I find it quiet enough not to even think about a silencer.Mine is pellet fussy and likes a quality pellet so I tend to stick to the RWS Hobby.