If it flies, goes bang best does both I like it. I do a lot of things just to know that I can. Brew beer, make wine, bake bread, smoke meat, grow vegetables, make BP, make lube, cast bullets, repair guns, cast brass, zinc and aluminum. I love the Crossman CO2 pellet guns. I wanted to prove I could shoot sub-MOA groups with cast bullets, spent a bunch of money and effort but once I did, I moved on to other things. I built a 30 Cal. CO2 Pellet gun using a Paint Ball gun as the basis. It is rusting right now. It worked, cool. Done, next thing. I bought a 9mm PCP repeater, cool, sort of. I got a compressor because the pumping was a pain. I rarely shoot it even with the compressor. I don't hunt so it does not really have a use but except maybe in an emergency or a time when ammo is illegal. I enjoy shooting when I have a goal or to teach or entertain someone else. I don't really enjoy casting or reloading and I can afford to buy all the ammo I would want to shoot. I mostly reload to be prepared for whatever or to feed guns that you can't buy ammo for, or for things like shoot sub-MOA groups with cast or sub-0.25 MOA with jacketed bullets. I bought a 6mm PPC benchrest rifle because I wanted to know if the reason I was not shooting many sub-MOA groups was my skills, my ammo or my guns. Turns out it was mostly the guns but I did learn a few things that help me shoot my other guns better.
I think air rifles, PCP, CO2, pumps, springers etc. have their place and they are the best for some things.
One of the most fun guns I shoot is also the cheapest. It is a Marksman springer pistol that will shoot small darts. Cool indoor target practice and just plain fun with friends. I wore the first one out and now have a second one. I don't know why everyone does not have one of these, they are less than or were less than $20.
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Tim