Shoots very well straight out of the box. Maintanence is minimal (drip a drop of $3 oil every 150-250 pellets). Has an aesthetically pleasing, minimalist look to it; no frills, patterns, or lady-stuff here. Gave me consistent groupings within 1" at 25 meters with the stock sights and no rifle stand. Where you point, she hits.
Not difficult at all to pump (I shot +500 pellets at 10 pumps in a day and didn't break a sweat). Most of the rifle is an assortment of metals. Everything that counts is steel or aluminum. Only the stock and the non-essentials are plastic.
The only minor annoyance I have is that the bolt is plastic. Thick plastic, I should say, butt I've already had her bend on me a bit. You just need to hand it at the base and not on the dongle they provide. It's a bit more taxing on the old thumb, butt you'll get used to it within the first 5 minutes of shooting.
Has a good amount of power. It will pierce most targets. Exit path is another story... 40 meters and 10 pumps is enough to smash a 2 liter or thin piece of wood, butt don't count on your shots to exit cleanly. I found about 80% of my pellets at the bottom of the aforementioned 2 liter. It produces a solid +600 fps with pellets. It's plenty to kill birds humanly within 25 meters, and I suppose it could handle very small game or rodents within about the same range. You want pellets that are between 7.5-8g.
Great plinker; you absolutely cannot beat it for the money.
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A good knock around rifle
I have the Remington Air Master version of this rifle. I can find nothing really wrong with it. Throw away whatever scope that comes with it and get some decent glass. Center Points and UTG will work fine. 3-9X will do all you want. Make sure it will focus down to 10 yds. and has an adjustable objective (AO) lens.I have shot two consecutive 10-shot groups with RWS R10 match pellets. This was at 10 meters and using 7 pumps. 2-7X Barska scope. Stay away from grocery/hardware/discount store pellets. Buy only the best match grades. BTW, Amazon does not know how to package delicate lead pellets.The only modification that I’ve made is to add a Delrin barrel bushing at the muzzle. Basically, it stabilizes the soda-straw barrel inside the tubular shroud. It is a snug fit in the shroud, but a slightly loose fit around the bbl. This looseness will make sure that the bbl. is never cramped. I’ve seen these for sale cheap on the internet.Crosman is moving quickly towards making the receivers out of plastic. So if you are on the wire about buying or not, you shouldn’t wait too long. You may want to inquire to the seller if it has a metal or plastic receiver. January 30, 2017
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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2017
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Out of all my Crosman and Benjamin guns, for some reason or another, I can say that this one is the most accurate and the most all around a joy and fun to shoot. Ammo is cheap, pumps easy, and like I said, this thing is accurate. I attached a 3-9x40 Centerpoint scope to mine and attached is a picture of some of my groupings with it at 30 yards and all of them being a decent average of what this gun can do, for $60, you just can't beat it. Being a modern ($60) replica of the 766 (another great rifle) it can't have the same wood and great fit and finish as that gun, but I wasn't let down by the finish at all, and I don't think you would be either. The plastic stock and forearm are nice and grainy to provide a good grip, and the receiver, bolt handle, trigger, and barrel shroud are all nicely made and metal. The only other pieces are the sights, which aren't the best, and are usable in regularly plinking, but if you're doing any serious shooting, you're probably going to want a scope anyway. The only downside I can find with this gun after 2 months of owning it and using it regularly is that it isn't nearly as accurate with BB's (which is to be expected) but they do work quite well in it for BB's, and again, you're probably going to be using pellets with it for serious shooting anyway. It's a great gun, and I'd recommend it to anyone for a cheap (though it doesn't feel cheap), accurate, and all around fun pest control and paper punching gun.
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