I've finally cracked and bought a GBB pistol for haptic larks. In best tight Scotchman style, it's the cheapest one that I could find, the Army Armament R17-A not-a-Glock, blessed as sort-of-OK-ish by Jebus Himself:
The giggle is that I've done what we all know not to do, and ordered it from... bbguns4less.
Because why? Because cheapness. (Β£60 + 2 x Β£21 WE mags) - the 7% discount code you get from leaving it in your basket for 24 hours + free postage = <Β£95 delivered.
My rule of thumb is that anything under 3 figures is disposable, and PayPal means that if it turns up pre-licked by Sweaty Dom or explodes during the first garage plinking session, then a dispute goes in, and back it goes.
Famous last words: how badly can they mess up a simple order?