There's a reason they're cheaper. Against my better judgment I bought a Chinese Crosman NP for the nephews to use when they visited. Terrible trigger made it difficult to hit with and after about 250 rounds the cocking arms bent. I straightened them and they lasted a few more rounds before they bent again. Returned it to Crosman and it was replaced but after a weekend of shooting that one, the gas ram called it quits. Returned again and it was replaced, but that one still sits in the unopened box. Only thing good I can say is that Crosman replaced it, twice. Stay with the English and German springers, IMO you're money ahead in the long run.