PLENTY OF SCOPE

With so many products on the market, choosing the right one can be something of a minefield, especially as the ability to try before you buy is often limited. Making the wrong choice is always frustrating and often costly.

Budget is the factor that usually sets our parameters, especially with scopes. I don't know about you, but I'm loath to buy a scope that costs more than the rifle it's going on. And yet I don't want to limit the potential of the rifle by going too cheap.

At a time when the price of just about everything is going up, we set ourselves a real-world challenge for our first Field Test review – to find a telescopic sight that would complement a budget rifle. BSA's Meteor Evo springer has the power and accuracy to comfortably take on airgun quarry.