Any non-break barrel spring piston rifles out there that won't break the bank?

[Bullit]

Could be just the lighting on the photo.  The newer ones have a matte looking type plating, rather than chromed.
I can see the breech, and it's gotta GRTIII rather than the new insert.

[RedFeather]

Do you mean the trigger instead of the breech?  It looks like a standard issue, being black.  I agree, the lighting seems to have a blue cast to it in all of the photos.  The early guns had the shiney breech and it's supposed to be a bit fussier to load IIRC.  The second gun would likely be my choice, since it does have a gold trigger fer sure.  Only thing about the CFX is they is a (%^() to load with .177 wadcutters.  Why I had a couple of .22's. 

[Cathartes]

I meant the breech... the first gun (from the Yellow) looks like someone took a sharpie to the breech, but maybe I'm just looking at it weird. I'm referring to this picture:

[Bullit]

LOL...yeah, it does look like a Sharpie to me now too..
If it's a positive to be taken.  It probably hasn't been removed.   The serial number looks like maybe an '05, as both of mine had the same (ie: 04 or 05 etc.) front and back of the serial number.  Perhaps just a coincidence? Dunno.
Mike

[PrImE DiReCtIvE]

Sounds like I may as well save up for an AA TX200 or RWS.

[Bryan Heimann]

...or an HW97k... the black synthetic is a sweet, sweet looking gun and priced way below the wood stock guns...

[z28rod]

How about a fully tuned XS46U from Mike Melick ??