I can't add much to TeleCasters excellent post. Have been a .20 guy since the late 1970s when I bought my first Sheridan Silver Streak. Have bought several more since then and they are a wonderful rifle if you like something light, beautifully balanced, powerful and made during a time of real American quality...these being the guns made before the family sold the business to Benjamin.

Since you are a bow hunter you won't mind the exercise of pumping. The velocity is about what one gets out of a springer without all the weight, length and recoil. This is specially nice when having to carry the gun all day. One can pick them up in the $100-150 range on GunBroker...

Another .20 is the above mentioned R9 springer...another shooin' machine.

The last .20 is a AirForce Condor SS. It will run 35-40 full power shots before it needed to be topped off. To keep it subsonic I run 13 grain pellets just over 1000 fps. It will run pellets well over 1200 fps. I have a .25 barrel setup for it but have not had the time to switch the barrels and try it out yet.

Good luck on your quest...

Bob

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