get a secondhand hw or something.....i got my lad one of them gamo hornets for xmas from kleens,,,turned out to be dog ruff ! my hw97kt was being tuned by welsh willy,,so i left the hornet with him to have a look at....it had only had half a tin put through it,,yet when he striped it down the main spring had a dog leg in it ! .... fair play to him he put a new spring in it..sleaved it,,and tuned it up as best he could,,it does shoot a hell of a lot better now.... but wished id got my lad something different to start with........hes a happy 11 year old now tho !