To be honest you don't have to shell out a fortune to buy a decent springer although quality does come at a price, I gave £40 for an old webley stingray spent a week stripping, polishing and lubing it and it turned out to be probably the sweetest springer I've owned I sold it recently and regretted it ever since, I've also owned and sold 97's, a prosport, 2 lightnings so the webley was in good company, at present all I have is a 95 which is also a nice gun to shoot smooth and accurate