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I purchased this gun for just shooting in my back yard. I also wanted to shoot it with my grandson to teach him gun safety and how to shoot. I quickly found out that I loved the pistol. It is fun to shoot and where else can you practice your shooting skills for about a penny a shot.The gun right out of the packing materials was very accurate. I could hit a target 20 yards away as well as repeatedly shoot a Coke can at the same distance. I generally use 5 to 6 pumps for each shot. The manual recommends no more than 10 pumps or you might damage the pressure tube or the seal.Here are some things that I did that were simple and I found helped while shooting the pistol:• After using the pistol for only a short period I noticed the internal pump lever was rubbing the side of the pump channel. I had purchased some Crosman gun oil so I lubricated the pump pins, pump seal and the O-ring seal that touches the back of the pellet. Pumping the pistol was easier and the pellet seemed to shoot with more force. It only takes just a drop or two or oil placed in the right positions.• I had trouble seeing the sights properly. I had a white paint pen that I used to label my rifle magazines and I took it and put white on the rear of the front sight and I drew a 3 sided box around the rear sight aperture. It made a big difference in my ability to see the sight and to shoot better.• I saw that there was a rifle stock available for the pistol from Crosman. I purchased it from a website at a good price and installed it onto the pistol. It made the gun easier to pump and improved my accuracy even more. I am 6’ 2” with long arms and I had absolutely no problems with the stock length.I love that fact that I can go outside and shoot without buying CO2 cartridges. I also like the low cost of the pellets versus any type of ammunition. I like the fact that there are several accessories available to upgrade the pistol.I’ll probably hold off on more accessories for a while as I would rather spend my money on my more expensive pistols and rifles. I do like shooting this Crosman pellet gun and I am practicing my shooting skills and monitoring my breathing, trigger pull, pistol grip and shooting with both eyes open. It is easy to get into bad habits and practice makes perfect.I'll post a couple of photos with the new stock and of the modifications I made to the gun sights so you can see the mods that I have done. This is a great pellet gun and I like it!I have posted photos of the front and rear sights with them colored in with a white paint pen. It makes the pistol much easier to shoot. As you can see, the highlighted sights are much easier to see and they allow you to quickly sight in on the target and they help to give you greater accuracy and faster target acquisition. I have found that using the rifle stock and the sights with white paint on them that my shooting accuracy has improved and the patterns are getting tighter. I found the riflestock helped me to hold the gun more steady and take my time in shooting which resulted in hitting the bullseye more often.What is nice with this gun is that you can make some upgrades without spending a lot of money. There are a lot of low cost upgrades for this pistol than can make it more reliable and more accurate.I have seen many optional upgrades like a better barrel that provides longer life and can serve as a mounting platform for other upgrades. You can add a rail to the better barrel to use as an mounting platform for nice shooting accessories to further improve your shooting accuracy.Once you get the rail you can add in a red dot sight. They also make and sell lower cost lasers that can be fun to shoot with on this pistol. It makes it nice that you can upgrade this pistol with a lot of features that don’t cost a lot but make the gun unique to fit your style of shooting.It is a good training pistol for a young adult or an adult to use to hone their shooting skills. This gun has become a hit at my home as many of my grandsons want to shoot it outside when they come over.I have enjoyed this purchase a lot more than I expected too. So have my grandsons as they love to shoot the pistol. Just remember that this is not a toy and to have people learn the rules of the proper way to handle a pistol.This is worth every penny I have spent on it and I enjoy the time we spend shooting it. This is a good hobby to shoot this low cost gun and with low cost pellets. It is fun to shoot as a practice pistol or as a pistol to control small varmints. I never thought we would have so much fun shooting this air pistol.This is really a fun item to purchase if you are a fan of shooting. I just love shooting a tin can across the yard for the fun of it. It’s an inexpensive way to have fun in your own back yard just plunking away at targets.The quality of this pistol is good and it works well. It is fun to shoot for an hour for a few pennies a shot.If you love to shoot a pistol then this is the best entertainment you can buy.

For those who understand what a air-pistol is suppose to look and function like.accurate and powerful. Well made and will remain reliable for years if well maintained.

NICE AIR PISTOL: GREAT ACCURACY AND POWER ON JUST 5 PUMPS (CROSSMAN HOLLOW POINT AND POINTED PELLETS). BUILD QUALITY SEEMS GOOD, DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM WITH "SLOPPY PUMP HANDLE" LEVER AND JUST MOVE HAND FORWARD SLIGHTLY TO AVOID "PINCHING" DURING PUMPS. IRON SIGHTS ARE PLASTIC (AS IS THE BREACH) AND WINDAGE ADJUSTMENT ONE MUST LOOSEN A SCREW AND MOVE SIGHT OVER BY HAND (IE A TRIAL AND ERROR PROCEDURE). HOWEVER (A BIG HOWEVER) - THE ONLINE PICTURE IS OF A USA MANUFACTURED GUN, THE GUN RECIEVED WAS MADE IN CHINA WITH PAINTED (NOT ETECHED) MARKINGS AND DROPPED THE "AMERICAN" FROM PRODUCT NAME. SO, I SPOKE WITH CROSMAN AND INDEED TRUE THEY HAVE MOVED ALL GUN MANUFACTURING (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PCP MODELS) TO CHINA. THERE ARE STILL AN INVENTORY AT VARIOUS ONLINE RELTAILERS THAT HAVE THE USA ONE, BUT IN REALITY THE SAME GUN. AGAIN DO NOT FIND FAULT WITH THIS PISTOL AND HAVE NOT DECIDED WHETHER TO SEND IT BACK AND GET A USA VERSION JUST FOR PRINCIPLE SAKE AND PURCHASE A USA MARKED ONE ELSEWHERE. I MEAN, HOW HARD IS IT TO LABEL THE PRODUCT CORRENTLY ON AMAZON.

This is exactly what I wanted in a pellet gun. It is sturdy, seems well made, is very easy to use and accurate. I had a similar one when I was young that was made of wood and metal and really this one is more pleasant to use. The pump and handle are plastic but it is dense and doesn't feel flimsy at all.I bought this to scare away a huge cat that comes into my yard and attacks my cats. I don't want to puncture the skin but I do want to send a message (old West style!) That's why this variable pump pistol was the perfect option. I just took it out of the box for my initial test and it works wonderfully. I hit a beer can every time at about 12 yards. The sights were right on. I wanted to see how many pumps would be the right velocity to sting but not do any real damage. 3 pumps went all the way through the can. (too much for my purposes). 2 pumps seemed just about right if you're not too close. (it punctured the can but didn't go all the way through the other side). 1 pump was enough to knock the can over from 12 yard but didn't enter the can. It was slow enough that you could see the pellet bounce off.This is a good gun. Price seems very reasonable. I'm sure it will last for years and years. It's Justice time!