>>A “good” pellet gun for squirrel hunting<< There are no "good" BB gun for small game(rabbit/squirrel/etc) hunting I highly recommend the RWS Model 34 Panther http://www.pyramydair.com/p/rws-34-panth… At $159 it’s slightly more than your price, but IMO this is the “best value” air rifle in the world. $159 on Gunbroker http://www.gunbroker.com The Beeman 1000 series has some nice rifles, I prefer the SS1000T. Benjamin model 397 or 392. Winchester 1000x by Daisy – The combo, rifle + scope will run you $90 on gunbroker The Crosman Phantom is a fairly nice rifle. I’m not a big fan of Gamo but, the Big Cat is in your price range. Hunting with an airgun #1 – accuracy #2 – enough FPE to make a humane kill Use this site to calculate the FPE of any air rifle you are thinking of buying