i have a nickle and walnut cricket that i have beat the tar out of coonhunting for years that still shoots great. i bought my little brother a cheap synthetic cricket at walmart for 99 bucks for his b-day and it gets him through. that being said the thing i hate about all of the 20 or so crickets ive shot is the side to side play of the trigger. the henry single shot bolt gun has the same problem. the rifle i would buy is the marlin single shot bolt gun my friend has one and it is a much better fit and finish and alot better trigger for not much more