I've always favored scopes because of my eyes and definitely need them now. Like was said above, I've gone the pcp route but still have two springers that shoot extremely well, a Beeman and a Gamo. I tried a Benjamin Trail NP XL a few months ago that I couldn't get to stay on paper at 40 yards with a bunch of different pellets and slugs so I sent it back. Reading reviews afterwards showed that they were about a 50/50 satisfaction rate. I even removed the baffle like another member suggested in case it was causing pellet strikes but it made no difference along with 2 different scopes. I was really wanting to love a nitro piston.
