Airgunners, when they reach a certain age, will know what I mean. You get to a point in your life when all of a sudden you have a nostalgic urge. It keeps you awake. It occupies your every thought. You simply have to have one.
Having been consuming a modern diet of PCPs, we suddenly recall our youth and that trusty old springer we never missed with. The thought plants a seed, and before long we’re thumbing through the classifieds looking for something with which to recapture those far off days.
Of course, spring-powered rifles deserve a place in the airgun pantheon in their own right, and a paunch and a bald spot is not a prerequisite for ownership. You might simply want a springer.
As with any stage of our lives, when it comes to pulling the financial trigger, budget is usually the determining factor. At the top of the fiscal scale, Air Arms underlevers and several rifles from Weihrauch dominate. At the other end, there are some great budget springers, but there’s plenty of tat as well. Regardless of your purchasing motive, if your budget simply won’t stretch,
