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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.

I was very skeptical on purchasing this gun. About 5 guys told me it was well worth the money, and was very accurate. So I took a 50 dollar coin and flipped it. I guess I lost but won a gun. So what now? I tried many different pellets through this gun. All of them shot fairly well. Then I found some Straton pellets. If i did my part, I was able to shoot 5 pellets into a half to 3/4 inch at 40 yards. It is THAT accurate with the straton pellets. I tried other pellets, but accuracy was not near as good. At 20 yards I could put 5 pellets in a 2 inch circle. In order to achieve this kind of accuracy, I had to use my porch rail and a pillow on top of it to hold the gun steady. I am totally impressed with this gun. I pump 6 times for 20 yards and 10 times for 40 yards. Pros. . . 1. Very accurate with the correct pellet. fairly accurate with most pellets. What I mean by fairly accurate is a 5 shot group in 1 inch circle at 10 yards/meters. This will satisfy most people. 2. It is easy to pump. Was not to hard to pump for me. 3. I like the weight. . .It is heavy enough to hold steady but light enough to not fatigue your arms. 4. Pellets load in easy. The chamber is exposed, so the pellets are very easy to place in the chamber. You may have to work just a little when you close the bolt. Why? because the head of the pellet will sometimes get caught on the screw that holds the barrel on the gun. I left the head up with the skirt of the pellet. If you try to jam the pellet in the gun with the bolt (which you can), you may damage the pellet. This will make the accuracy of the gun poorer, because the pellet has been damaged. 5. Rear sight is adjustable fairly nice. Though I do not like the windage adjustment, because I think it is a little "funky" and cheap, the elevation adjustment was really nice. 6. Rear sight has both v and peep sight. That was nice. Cons. . . 1. The rear sight is funky. the windage is very poor adjustment. You actually twsit the sight left or right for the windage adjustment. I was not impressed by that. With that said, I had actually very little windage adjustment. It was factory true. 2. Elevation control. Out of the box, I was hitting about 6 inches high at 10 yards. I could not move the sight down far enough to bring my pellets closer to the Bullseye. I ended up taking a pop can and cutting my own sight out of the thin metal and using it for a sight. Then I was able to bring the Point of impact down to about 1 inch above the Bullseye at 10 yards. This satisfied me. 3. Plastic grip seems to be a little loose. NOT much, but just a little . It is not a deal breaker. 4. Trigger is not the best, but what can you expect from a cheap gun? It is a lot better than a lot of other Pellet guns out there on the market. Overall. . . For a gun like this, I am totally impressed. I feel that if I did my part,and I had all my T's crossed and I's dotted, I could possibly MOA with this gun with the right pellet. The Stratons were absolutely amazing through this pistol. 25 yards gave me (at one time) 3 pellets almost in the exact same hole. Other pellets gave me groups that I was very happy with too. Imagine a 3/4 inch CTC (or less) at 10 yards with most pellets I tried. The power is there for you. The accuracy, is there for you. The reliability is there for you. You do your part, it will do its part. For 50 dollars, really, how can one lose? It is Amazing for me and well worth the money. It is hands down, one of the best shooting guns I have ever had for the money. You can spend 3 times the money, but you probably will not get the accuracy this pistol has.

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!

I decided to give the 1322 (.22 caliber) a try and boy am I glad I did! Fit and finish on mine is very good. No issues out of the box. Everything is built and functioning as it should. I did not even have to adjust the sights at all. It is shooting dead on right out of the box. I did not switch it to the peep sight. I may do this eventually, but as it sits now I’m happy. Speaking of the sights. They are big, bulky, and quite terrible, but they work and it is shooting dead on so I can’t complain to much. Pumping the pistol can be quite hard, especially if you are running 10 pumps. I am not a small man and while it’s really not a issue for me to pump the gun I could defiantly see how it could be a issue for some or even most of you plan on shooting more then a hand full of shots. This was expected and known before purchasing so again, not a issue for me. The trigger pull actually is not to bad and for a pellet gun of this price and just in general I’m happy with the trigger pull. The length of the pistol is a bit long and makes for a bit more wobbly hold, but once again, this was known before purchasing and does not affect my opinion of the pistol. If you are looking for a very accurate pellet pistol in the $50 range then I highly suggest giving the 1322 (.22 caliber) or the 1377 (.177 caliber) a try. One more very important thing I almost forgot to mention. If you do not know, this pistol has many aftermarket parts. If you do not like the length of the pistol you can buy the aftermarket stock and turn it into a short barrel pellet rifle which is awesome. You could buy the longer barrel if your really looking for that extra accuracy. There is a steel receiver, trigger kits, upgraded parts to improve performance and FPS. You can shoot it as is or go all out in upgrades and everything in between. This pellet gun really can meet anyone’s wants or needs which I find very cool and a huge factor in my purchase. I could not be happier with my purchase and can’t wait to start customizing my 1322. I will most likely buy another to keep as a plain Jane model and upgrade this one. It’s a great pellet gun. Buy one!

The P1322/P1377 is a remarkable air pistol with a very long history. I owned an original 1377 back in 1990, and even then, I was amazed at its accuracy and power for such a compact and inexpensive package. Only recently did I get back into air guns, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that Crosman still sells my favorite air pistol 30 years later. In recent years, Crosman has added a .22 version, and there is now a wide array of modifications available from aftermarket vendors, as well as a community of owners who pool their knowledge on forums. These P13XX models are based on a platform that is shared with the 22XX CO2 models, the 1701P target pistol, and even the Benjamin Marauder PCP pistol, and numerous factory parts available directly from Crosman can be swapped among them (some requiring minor modifications). In particular, there are several barrels of varying length, a very nice grip stock, the two-stage match trigger from the Marauder pistol, and most importantly, a steel breech that replaces the original plastic one and provides a dovetail mount for optics; the breech is the first thing you'll need to replace if you decide to start modifying it, and this pistol is plenty accurate to make use of a magnified optic even with the factory 10" barrel. Longer barrels are available, up to rifle length and including a few choked barrels from Lothar Walther, but the most common choice is the 14.5" Crosman barrel. Be aware that if you install a longer barrel, you will need to replace the plastic barrel band at the muzzle - there are some aftermarket options but the the factory part from the Crosman 2289 Backpacker model is the cheapest and easiest to source. Search for some of these terms and you'll find vendor websites explaining your options in detail. Of course, all those mods add up, and a $60 pistol can quickly turn into a $400 project where you've replaced every single part of the gun except for the pump tube. Still, it's incredible what you can make out of this cheap pistol - it's possible to achieve velocities over 600FPS with the .22, and some have made it past 900FPS with the .177 model. That's getting into break-barrel territory. With a longer barrel, shoulder stock, and scope, the pistol becomes more of a carbine form factor that is much lighter and more handy than a full-size rifle. I cannot say enough good about this air pistol, but beware of a factory defect that I experienced with the first unit that I received, and check if the front sight blade is canted to one side. This indicates that the pivot pin holes were drilled off-center, which can be a problem when you decide to replace the barrel later. If you see this, just immediately return it for another one. I had to do this once, and the replacement was perfectly centered. Many people have reported this so it seems to be fairly common.

I used to shoot a Rugger Mark lV in .22 cal in club target matches. Good gun. But moving several times into areas with few ranges kept me from shooting for many years. Now with the cv19 raging was not a good time to go to target shooting. I used to shoot break barrel air guns as a kid so that was my first choice. However the good ones were 18" long and can get costly, also several reported hard cocking. In reading reviews I kept coming across the Crossman 1377 and 1322 as good accurate guns, and the price was right for a backyard paper target puncher. So I got the 1377 pistol. Very nice , well made, good trigger, quiet, fine as it is out of the box and a good shooter. Its easy to pump. I used three to five pumps, it gets harder after that. . However I found that my eyesight was not good for iron sights anymore so I looked at various optics. I found the open refractive sight, frequently called red dot sight, recommended for pistols. I prefer the green dot as it is more visible so make sure your choice offers green option and power settings In looking around for mounts and sight I came across a combination mounts and Hawkeye sight from Buck- Rail for $30. So I err... pulled the trigger. Very impressive the mounts were nice with two screws in each and the sight was well made with good clear dot. Has red /green combo power setting, and several sight settings, Took a bit of shooting from a rest getting used to the gun, once I got groupings I knew which way to move the sight. It took a few adjustments to dial it in, and than it was up to me. I see no reason for any of the other customizing options for this gun. It works well, is well made, and with the reflex sight it is accurate. Nice to use both eyes instead of being glued to iron sights or scope.

My Crosman 1322 classic arrived only one day late. I'm considering that five star service given USPS of late. The rear sight was canted badly, shot one inch low and 2 inches right at 12 feet. :( The barrel band seems a bit uneven around the compression tube, rear sight elevation screw was loose. Obviously Crosman took steps to keep producion cost low. This isn't the pump up air pistol I owned in the late seventies by a long shot. But it's close. On the upside, power ( as determined by years of experience murdering full cans of beans ) is adequate for squirrel and rabbit out to 45 ft. In a pinch perhaps raccoon out to about 30 feet and pigeons should fall at 60 feet. The gun feels lig24ht but solid in the hand, the owners manual is farily clear and despite the final assembly there are definitely Crosman DNA markers present. As most know, you can spend an infinite amount of money on upgrades. Folding stocks, steel breech, aftermarket barrel band with fiber optic front sight, steel rear sight if you upgrade to the steel breech. Hardwood grips, various wood and composite pump handles, barrels up to 24" seem easy to find, along with piston and vavle upgrades that will push this classic to power levels rivaling the Benjamin 392. This was purchased for practice as powder, lead, primers for black powder revolvers is getting harder to come by and cartridge ammo is still being panic bought. Also might use it for some pest control as the need arises. In stock form the piece is more than adequate. I actually like it, just can't give more than a fair rating considering that rear sight installation. Might confound a new shooter. Speaking of the rear sight, adjustment is harder to accomplish than it needs to be. For both elevation and windage you will have to loosen a screw and eyeball it into a good state. No click adjustments here. Once you think you have it right, time to tighten the screw(s) and try a group. For experienced shooters looking to stay sharp in an ammo shortage, this is a no brainer. Just do it. For new shooters a must buy if you have access to an experienced person or are mechanically inclined. Although much touted as a 'survival gun' in a 'shtf' scenario I would look at it as a camp gun, possible something to have when carrying a powerful rifle for close in small game, and would definitely consider it for running a trapline where legal. Not quite what it was forty years ago, but who amont us is? Trigger is a bit stiffer than I remember on my first one, but still quite manageable and suitable for a trainer. Unexpectedly accurate with the right pellet for a gun of this price.