I thought i was having fun with my old .22 but this .17 is a blast. I have had it for two years now and have taken oodles crows a dozen coyotes piles of squirrels. I put a 4 to 16 power weaver on my 77/17 ruger. once you learn were it shoots and you have range finder sniping crows out of fields is a blast my longest crow kill 237 yds, had to hold a bit high but it sure did ventilate him.