I wouldn't worry too much about how that air rifle shoots. Practicing with it, as long as you are abiding by good habits such as breath control, sight alignment, and trigger manipulation, will make a difference when you shoot your firearms.
I have had both a bb and pellet pump rifle, the bb rifle couldn't get accurate no matter what, but it could hit a soda can sized target out to probably 15 yards.
The pellet rifle was a little better and much more fun to shoot. Back when I lived at a place that had a very large yard, I had set up hanging targets to shoot at off the deck, about 20-25 yards out. I used a plastic water bottle, filled it to the top, first with airsoft bbs (airsoft sucks! haha), then cornmeal to fill out the empty spaces, followed by some water so the cornmeal would be thick. Wrapped the bottle with a few layers of duct tape and strung it from a tree. It was heavy enough to not sway with the wind, but hits from the pellet would be easy to notice as it would swing just a bit.
Then I noticed the squirrel population in the neighborhood was getting out of control. If the squirrels were within 10 yards, it was effective. Past that, and all the pellet would do is bounce off their fur. But I could still get hits on them, well past 25 yards, not quite 50 though.
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