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The red dot will also be cheaper if you desire. I have red dots on three air pistols, a single stroke, a springer and a multi pump. They are my indoor plinkers that get brought out about this time of year. We were at 4C with a brisk wet wind today. The back porch was not a hospitable environment.

At any rate, the lower priced compact red dots seem to hold up well and keep their zero. No need for the high end sights as long as you get one with the reticule pattern you desire. I have a couple that offer cross hairs, dots, chevrons or concentric circles and they only cost me around $50 US.

I like the dot and the chevrons but the concentric circles gives me dazzle shock and I lock on the dazzle and not the target!

The recoil lash does not affect them as it does a scope, where the cross hairs are usually the first to give way, as well as the tiny springs that offer force against the adjustment wheels.

I have a 6-24x50 on the HW30, which I know is overkill. It also deceives me on group size, since it makes a 6mm group look like it is covering a football pitch. I have to remind myself that they are all touching each other so the group is actually not filling the scope as appears.

I have another 6-24 on my Gauntlet, since it is more of a bench gun, heavy as it is. That is another "one hole" rifle in .22. I have a 3-9 on my Stormrider .22 and that is what I put on the Benjamin also. I use them primarily as hunting rifles. I am rural here with a lot of territory I can hunt around the house.

I find the PCP rifles almost as loud as my .22 rimfire, which is why I bought the Benjamin. Pumping the thing is louder than shooting it. I need to play around with some adhesive cushioning on the pump arm.