Crosman had 25% off site wide and free shipping for Black Friday. I had a budget of $750 for one good pistol. After doing a bit of research and getting advice from the good folks at Gateway to Airguns, I bought two Crosman 1701P's. One for my fiancé too! Cost $308 ea with free shipping
They claim .25" groups at 10 meters. I like accurate toys.
I had a Sig Romeo 5 already and bought another one on Amazon for less than $120 plus 4 tins of pellets for $6 ea. Free shipping with Prime
Total cost of $760 for two guns, red dot and 2000 pellets. It is nice to buy American too!
Once I get them I will report back. I hope to set up a range in the basement to play on for the winter.
BTW, I like to share my experience with PCP's here instead of the air gun forums. I am new to the air gun game and cannot help much on those forums...but they have been a great resource. (Just like this is a great site for new reloaders and casters.) On this forum, I hope my journey will be valuable for people who have not got into air guns and are thinking about it. With the ongoing supply issue and cost for .22's, primers, and powder, folks who enjoy trigger time and did not stock up are in a bad place right now. Air guns can never replace "real" guns but they allow us to keep shooting inexpensively.