A few years ago I got interested in an air rifle for back yard pinking. I saw an ad for a "1,000 fps" air rifle at Big 5.
I went by and looked and for $100+ tx bucks I got a Beeman "Sportsman RS101 Series" and a Beeman 4X scope with rings! It has neat-o Fiber optic Irons too.
It doesn't do 1,000 fps with the pellets I bought but an honest 850 fps with, I think, good accuracy. It is heavier than my Krag carbine and the trigger is way worse but if I concentrate I can hit with it. I never really looked had hard at it, just shot it and liked it, but reading these posts about cheap air guns made me take another look. I had thought it was a no-name Chinese brand but realized it was a Beeman today! Now it is probably made in China but, hey what isn't these days?
After my cancer surgery last June I've lost a lot of strength and need to work out some to build back up. So I'll dig up my air rifle gallery target trap and do some off hand shooting with it. I've got a bunch of pellets left., I bought a pellet sample pack with five or six 200 cans of pellets so I don't need ot shoot primers or cast boolets or powder to build up my strength. Or drive 34 miles RT to the range.
Now that the weather has warmed up I can shoot off the patio and watch the sun rise again while "working out"!
Cranking that springer will be good for my weak left arm.