Air Pellet Rifle

by American Camper

Product Description

Great air pellet rifle for general target shooting, and hobby shooting; No need to pump up this high power pellet rifle, just pull the trigger; corrosion resistance; Overall rifle length: approximately 40 inches; Pellet speed 420 - 560 FPS; Accurate adjustable sights; Solid wood stock; .177 Caliber NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS - New Jersey State Law prohibits the shipping of this item to the state of New Jersey.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• ASIN: B000OP0DVC
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,437 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars worth every penny, June 16, 2007

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JJ (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Air Pellet Rifle (Misc.)

I paid $20 bucks for this when Cummins came to town several years ago...It is powerful and quite accurate for the price. I grew up with the Crossman Power masters in the 80's and have more fun with this rifle than anything in the past as a kid.. It is heavy and well built..Its not precision made like some of the more expensives air rifles but I have no complaints whatsoever for what I paid..

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real bargain!, June 19, 2007

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T. Norman "Computer Pro" (Lake Of The Ozarks) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Air Pellet Rifle (Misc.)

I was expecting a light weight with marginal workmanship, but was pleasantly surprised to receive a rifle as heavy as an M-1 carbine with solid wood stock and a very nice finish. It has plenty of power and very accurate. For under $20, you can't go wrong, PLUS no pumping!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A "good and bad" air rifle that ended up all bad for me, March 27, 2008

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Cycleguy (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Air Pellet Rifle (Misc.)

THE GOOD NEWS -
1. It's only $20.
2. This air rifle pumps nicely with one lever motion.
3. It fires reasonably near the same spot with each shot.
4. It has decent velocity. I have a number of air guns and like another reviewer, I agree that this one is in the 750-800FPS range.
5. The wood and metal pieces are not as nicely finished as we are accustomed to but they are sturdy and tightly bolted together. Again, hey, for $20...

From these basic observations it sounds as though it should be a decent air rifle. It's not.

THE BAD NEWS -
- 1. I could not get it's sights adjusted correctly. There was a limited range of movement and then after perhaps 30 shots the rear sight got wiggly.
- 2. Since the sights were useless I tried to mount a scope. I took one off of another rifle and then a red dot sight off of an air pistol and neither would stay attached to this air rifle. The groove that is intended to hold a scope was not machined deeply enough to securely fasten the scope... at least on the one I got. I bought another scope at Gander Mountain that I hoped would work but while it was closer... it did not stay on the gun.
- 3. The sense of "kick" on a spring operated air gun is simply the spring and piston that powers the pellet reaching the end of it's travel. On this gun the "kick" is significant to the point that it knocked that second scope that "just about stayed on" off of the gun every time. This "kick" may be what effected the sights as well.
- 4. About the same time the sights were deemed useless the pumping lever that is supposed to stay up underneath the barrel would not stay up where it is supposed to. I tried tightening the clip but the metal was very soft and the lever was fairly heavy and the kick (again) was fairly significant to cause it to just hang down off the bottom of the barrel about 2 inches. Annoying.
- 5. The trigger is downright crude. The trigger on my example was very stiff and I could not get used to feeling where it will fire.

SUMMARY - Because of the price this air rifle is a bargain. Since I cannot hit anything with it and I have a rubber band around the barrel to hold the lever up it just doesn't work well enough to shoot it. This was a waste of money for me.

The Chinese manufacturers and their Americna importers are both very fast learners. I've seen it with hand and power tools, scooters, and dozens of other items. I do not doubt that within a year this same manufacturer will be making a better air rifle than this one is right now.

If you are in the market for an inexpensive but very good air rifle, I recommend the Crosman 760 PumpMaster. They are a well proven design that is low cost, reliable and accurate. They can shoot EITHER standard .177 pellets or standard .177 round BBs. They are well worth the little additional cost over this air rifle. On the down side the 760s are a multi-pump (rather than a single pump) design and they use more plastic than more expensive air rifles but they are highly functional and accurate air rifles for a low price.