Another new member

welcome mate,i am 70 years old and changed over to using airguns for small game hunting pest shooting and target shooting 20 years ago,and havnt regretted the change,still own firearms just dont anymore use them much as dont need to,mercs is right bout pretty much everything,getting into top quality airguns of any type can be expensive,but the running costs once set up are not expensive,tho top quality pellets are since covid getting expensive now,i run a mix of spring gas ram co2 and pcp guns all my pistols are pcps which i build myself,as mercs said its virtually impossible to buy good pcp pistols or any co2 pistols todayand prices have gone crazy particually for pistols due to all types of air pistols essentually being banned inports under our new totally bs gun laws,i tend to think prices are being pushed up by demand from collectors and just plain greedy speculaters out to make a quick buck,if you have firearms lic there are often good buys at cheap prices on this forum and evan on trademe,because the demand for pcp rifles is limited today due to the lic requirement to own them,i guess it will depend on how accurate your expectations are for a target rifle or pistol as to what you are prepared to spend,top quality spring or gas ram rifles are exremely accurate as are most pcps,the really good ones are more accurate than firearms pcps are proberly easier to get the most consistant top accurracy from simplily because they are easier to master,have no recoil and excellent triggers,my advice is you go to a local airgun club see what they shoot and try a selection of different guns out find out if you like airgun shooting and the type of guns that suit you.