i am a pretty good shot so that sounds good to me, and your right it does sound a bit twangy, ive just baught a wehirach silencer for it as i had one before and i think thy are very quiet, and i zoroed it in at 20 yards as that is the length of my garden, and if i put out bait i can allways get rats or magpies which i like to shoot as often as possible,, the silencer is 180mm it does look a bit long but it is very quiet, and can anything be done to stop the twang,, cheers chaz,,,john. oh and what ftlb does yours shoot at.