oh, one more thing. the reason i was considering an airgun is because i only have that much. if i had more, i would get a .22 lr. i've nothing against airguns but you can't argue with how much more power a .22lr has over an airgun, at least for the same price. btw, this one seems very well built, very solid, good rifling, wood stock. the only thing is that for the first two shots it sounded like a .22 as in a super sonic crack and after that it was very quiet. is that normal?