Hi bud i own both spring and pcp rifles ,pcp yes you need bottles to fill it up but with a pcp you have no recoil so its easer to shoot and hit your target and i use mine in all kinds of weather ,springers no bottle requierd just pick up your rifle and go but you need to remember that all spring rifles recoil when fired but practice makes perfect and once you have marsterd a spring rifle you will love it have a look at the hw range ie,hw77,hw77,hw97,hw80 or the tx200,tx200 hc all good springers or pcp,s aa,s410 aa s400 aa s510 or( hw100 top of its class) and so on the more you want to spend th