Quote Originally Posted by clarky View Post
I wouldnt hesitate really. HW45. Its true that there are lots of little mods you can do to the 2240, inparticularly chucking out that horrid plastic breech for one of the all metal custom jobbies but you will never escape the ease of use a Springer brings. Absolute nuisance running out of Co2 bulbs.....youll soon get tired of it. Also the promised 5.5ftlbs can turn out to be optimistic at best on cold days. Recent weather sees these things doing barely better than 3.5ftlbs and even less in .177.
You can plink all day long with your 45 at 5ftlbs regardless of weather.
Also with the 2240 ....what they do not tell you is where you are with your shot count when taking aim at the rat that presents. They dont tend to wait until you have a fresh bulb in with 2 shots through it (for the ideal in accuracy/power terms) Remember the tail off of gas after your 40 shots or so. Losing a good 1ftlb to temp or shot count isnt fair on the Rat.
That's fine as long as you can shoot a HW45 accurately and there is also a little more to 2240s that you can do than a few little mods. Is any pistol fair on rats ?