06-30-2017, 02:55 AM
Sorry you are having such a hard time with your Crosman. That gun is a heavy magnum level. Don't know if you ran across Kenny Kormandy's review of this gun, but ere it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Y24YS6fEw
Kenny is a good no be reviewer, and he will tell it like it is. He has recently had a terrible time with Gamo air rifles. One review, he had to return the first two he got due to problems. He has, like me, recently been diagnosed with cancer. His is esophogeal, while mine is prostate.
I believe your rifle was made in the USA and was a fairly early model. Some of the early ones actually broke the welds for the mounted Weaver rail, and the scope and mount would fly off.
I have not tried shoving a pellet down any of my barrels. You could join at Gateway to Airguns forum, and do a search there. I don't think it's normal to have the tolerance open up towards the muzzle. Rather some owners have found that the tolerance, at least sometimes, tightens up near the muzzle. I wonder if the Crosman folks might ship you a new barrel, despite being off warranty. I'd contact them about that.
Is yours a .22 or a .177? Kenny always chrony's his test guns, and sometimes that reveals a problem. A damaged piston seal is all too common, when the maker damages it on installation.
I am no expert on brake barrels. You must have made a spring compressor to work on that magnum springer?
If your trigger is terrible, like most Crosman break barrle models, there are two easy fixes. One is to replace the factiry trigger adjusting screw with a longer m3 x 10mm screw. Search forn that on Youtube, and you should find Kenny's video on that one, and one or more on a bearing installation for the trigger.
For these problems on magnum level break barrels, I lean towards one with a more moderate velocity. I already a scope destroying Crosman Phantom in .177, and a more recent Crosman F4, which is a nitro piston model in .177. When I grab an air rifle to target shoot (or to try to bag a rat at night), I reach for one of my multi pumps.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Y24YS6fEw
Kenny is a good no be reviewer, and he will tell it like it is. He has recently had a terrible time with Gamo air rifles. One review, he had to return the first two he got due to problems. He has, like me, recently been diagnosed with cancer. His is esophogeal, while mine is prostate.
I believe your rifle was made in the USA and was a fairly early model. Some of the early ones actually broke the welds for the mounted Weaver rail, and the scope and mount would fly off.
I have not tried shoving a pellet down any of my barrels. You could join at Gateway to Airguns forum, and do a search there. I don't think it's normal to have the tolerance open up towards the muzzle. Rather some owners have found that the tolerance, at least sometimes, tightens up near the muzzle. I wonder if the Crosman folks might ship you a new barrel, despite being off warranty. I'd contact them about that.
Is yours a .22 or a .177? Kenny always chrony's his test guns, and sometimes that reveals a problem. A damaged piston seal is all too common, when the maker damages it on installation.
I am no expert on brake barrels. You must have made a spring compressor to work on that magnum springer?
If your trigger is terrible, like most Crosman break barrle models, there are two easy fixes. One is to replace the factiry trigger adjusting screw with a longer m3 x 10mm screw. Search forn that on Youtube, and you should find Kenny's video on that one, and one or more on a bearing installation for the trigger.
For these problems on magnum level break barrels, I lean towards one with a more moderate velocity. I already a scope destroying Crosman Phantom in .177, and a more recent Crosman F4, which is a nitro piston model in .177. When I grab an air rifle to target shoot (or to try to bag a rat at night), I reach for one of my multi pumps.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Jon in Keaau/HPP