Crosman Nitro Venom .22 Cal Air Rifle w/3-9x32 Scope!

My 13 year old son talked me into buying him a .22 air rifle after he watched some YouTube clips. Looked at different guns and settled on the Crossman. Got it out of the box and put the scope on. Wasn't sure about the gun until we went out and zeroed in the scope. Lots of fun shooting this gun. Zeroed it in at 35 yards but it shoots dead on near 100 yards. We are going to love plinking with this gun and shooting varmints.

Very nice Shoots well Not so sure about plastic trigger

Thought the $140 price was too good to pass up last April. The rifle seems to function adequately, with the exception of the factory trigger. The scope supplied with this package is the worst optic I've ever encountered. It functioned okay for about 300 discharges and went belly up. I changed rings to Weavers, tried shimming the scope to get it on paper since the adjustment range was maxed. The scope continued to exhibit erratic adjustment and impact with both windage and elevation. Never would move as supposed to, i.e.: 8 up, 8 left, 8up and 8 clicks down. All screws were double-checked for correct tightness, ruled that out early. Pellets of different types left the target looking like an open choke .410 shotgun pattern after the counted clicks to move the POI. Hits inconsistent and scattered everywhere with 4 brands and 3 basic styles of pellets on the "squared adjustment%u201D test target. Hold and placement of contact with the rifle proved moot. Artillery hold to almost locking with a firm grip from on a sandbag couldn't help the dismal performance of the scope. I couldn't use magnification above 4X on this 3X9 looking glass and that was only useful to 20yds or less. The scope was, is and remains totally out of focus, despite all efforts to adjust the ocular lens. 'Nuf said about the poorest optic I've encountered in over 50 years of shooting air, rim fire and center fire arms. I believe my purchase was a GOOD BUY despite the issue of junk glass. I'm just highly PO'd about the CenterPoint scope's uselessness. It started out a winner, but rapidly suffered system failure due to the scope. This situation left me wishing it had open sights for back-up though. I bought it knowing full well it would be an optic directed air rifle. The rifle seems to have power to spare and will drive wad cutters, Daisy economy pointed pellets, doomed RWS and Crosman Premiere pellets deep into wood/plywood. Only real drawback on the rifle is the ultra-long take up and terribly rough pull through the trigger to release the beast of the gas piston. Correctable with a GRT III trigger replacement for $32. It now just sets collecting dust. I'll put it back in service for the grand kids this spring with a new optic from a more trusted source. If my memory serves me...I'll update with a new review in a few weeks once I feel moved to prepare for the younger ones coming for more frequent visits with Grams and me. I may even miter the stock to a shorter LOP to allow the smaller kids proper mount and hold. Darn rifle is heavier than a lot of large bore center fire rifles and decreasing the OAL is better for its intended purpose of allowing the younger grand kids, both boys and girls to work on eye-hand-brain coordination and correct trigger control/follow through to aid in making the journey to marksmanship more manageable. They all enjoy burning powder%u2026but the times dictate unlimited pellets beats the cost of .22LRs. Never mind their want to turn loose magazines full of 5.56 through a couple of Modern Sporting Rifles on the family range! Buy one if you want to try a gas piston for fewer dollars, but be forewarned, you%u2019ll need a trigger and may need a better or at least more reliable optic for the ultimate satisfaction that this air rifle should provide. Shucks%u2026you might be better off in the long run by spending the additional money required to sweeten the performance on a different model, altogether. 3 Stars since it is a factory-packaged deal. I believe the rifle on it's own is close to a 5.

Looks great and feels good. Although, it's not near as accurate as a $150 air rifle should be. I would recommend getting a .177 cal over the .22 cal any day. The .22 cal version does not have the killing velocity (lead pellets) needed to pass through the squirrels I shoot. This results in an inhumane shot on the animal and a follow up shot is almost always required. I hate that! I'am one shot one kill kinda of hunter.

I am a loyal AGD customer but will admit I bought my nitro venom .22 at a local sporting goods store. I've been pondering this purchase for a while and saw it in the store and bought it spur of the moment. Short and sweet, I took this rifle out of the box, cleaned the barrel and found that it likes gamo rockets. Within 50 shots, I was shooting dime size groups at 25 yards. I feel this is a very under rated rifle that deserves some respect. For the money, I like it better than my trail np, and I payed seventy bucks less. I've stepped into the world of PCP's briefly and found that I missed the challenges of shooting a break barrel accurately. This is a great value for your dollar.

This air rifle is a must have. Hunts like a 22 long rifle out to about 45 yards.

Very Good Packing. Mounted scope and 5 shots later hit the dot 5 times. I still need to take it on a hunt. I am waiting for the snow, will know more then. I bought a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S91WT6/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 better scope, this one was blurry. I also bought a tripod this is a great gun.

I bought the .22 cal. Hitting power is very good, almost frightening actually. Mine coming in at about 16 - 17 FPE, which is totally adequate for squirrels, rabbits, and other small furries. Accuracy quite good, but the gun does seem to zing out a flyer every few shots. Maybe it's me, I don't know. JSB Diabolo pellets seem to give me the best groups. With Crosman Premier, Ultra Mags almost as good. Scope is ok and quite nice for a freebie included with the gun, but would have preferred open sights and let me choose an after market scope. Even so, it's not awful, and will be great for backyard shooting. Just be careful, this is not a red ryder bb gun, this is an adult pellet rifle. Weaver Picatinny rail is a fantastic feature, and seems to be welded quite solidly. When you install the scope, be sure to put some loktite blue threadlocker on the threads...this gun recoils (even though a nitro piston) and will shake your scope out of alignment if it isn't locked down tight. Trigger is not good at all...plan on spending $30 for a GRT-3 trigger. You will hate the stock trigger and won't be able to group worth anything. (look at grt-3 trigger stuff on youtube if you aren't familiar). In short, you get a lot for $165 here. Nitro piston hits hard and is butter smooth. Quiet, no "cracking" or loud report...more a thunk-thud sound. Can shoot in your backyard without alarming any neighbors. Sound of pellet smacking target is louder than the sound of the gun firing. Gunstock is wood and is nice...not beautiful woodgrain, but still looks nice and is substantial. Nice looking gun! I have not regretted getting this rifle, once I swapped out the trigger, I was happy. I would recommend this purchase without a thought...I gave 4 stars instead of 5 due to the trigger issue.

Bought the rifle a while ago and have been very pleased with it. I wanted to put some rounds through it before I gave it a review. Must have put nearly 3,000 rounds through it without any issue. The rounds I use are the Crosman Premier .22 cal Hollow Point Pellets (500 Count). They are inexpensive and work good for my gun. I can pick up a tin for about $9 at Walmart. As mentioned in other reviews, the scope that comes with the gun is fair at best, but can be used and deliver a nice grouping at 25 yards. At 50 yards my eyes are getting old and its tough for me to hold it on target. I can group them, but not as tight. Id blame myself rather than the gun/scope. The scope is kind of fuzzy at max zoom, so I keep it backed off a little most of the time. While its fuzzy, you can still make out the target easily enough just not sharp and in focus. Too bad there are no iron sights the stock scope is fair at best but the rail system is solid. I was surprised at how quiet it is. I shoot in my back yard (its legal for me where I live), but it does not make much noise. During the day, with normal outside noise the sound does not get my neighbors attention unless they are specifically listening for it. At night its a different story, where background noise is much lower to start. Hitting a target often makes more noise than the shot itself. The trigger has a long pull, and while there is an adjustment for it, it is still not that great. You can buy after-market triggers, but Im happy plinking around the yard the way it is. Im not going into any competition so it is what it is. As the saying goes, a poor carpenter blames his tools. The stock has a nice rubber butt youd think by looking at it that the rifle has a might hefty kick. It has a kick, but if they didnt have the rubber butt, you could shoot for hours w/o getting sore. I like the safety on the rifle. Im a south-paw and it is very easy to set and release the safety (in front of the trigger). It may sound dangerous, but its pretty slick. After a shot, I automatically put it on safe before I reload. My son is a righty and its very easy for both of us to use it. I consider it a big plus. The end of the muzzle looks like a silencer, but its not, more of a decoration. Its nice to pick the rifle up by this or to use your palm to break open the muzzle. Im pleased with the Nitro Venom .22 cal, and would recommend it to anyone.

I am not a good shooter, I just bought it for fun to fill in my spare time. When I got it, I put the scope on and started to adjust it. My first impression was that the rifle had poor accuracy and the pellets were going all over. After some 40 shots things started to improve (I guess I started to improve). I put myself in a comfortable position with my body against a chair, the muzzle on top of a support, pulling the trigger half way then releasing it, adjusting my position, and then going for the shot with a shorter trigger pull. (I have not adjusted the trigger second stage yet). As said, I pull it half way first (Sorry my English is not good enough, I think you may say half cocked), this way I feel improves my accuracy. I have now almost completed the scope adjustment and break in period after some 80 shots. Other users said that the scope wasn't good enough, but I find it adequate. If you leave the rifle steady and move up/down or sideways your eye, the cross-hair moves away from the point the rifle is aiming, but no more than 1/2 of an inch at 20 yards. Surely there are better scopes, but so far, for me its OK. Right now, at 20 yards all shots are on target or at 3/4 of an inch at the most. Power seems pretty good. I shoot a hard paraffin candle and the pellet was 0.54 in. and pointing perfectly forward, no sideways deviation at all. Recoil and noise are as expected. I have not used it in low light conditions. I guess that the scope will become useless at late afternoon. I plan to add a laser within a month. Just for fun. I am more than satisfied with this performance, and hopefully expect some improvement as I hone my shooting ability. In short, I like this rifle very much, and I would recommend it to anyone starting with air guns. Price/performance is a winner.

The last pellet rifle I bought was in 1989, it is a Daisy break barrel 177, it still works and still has the cheesy scope it came with. It has been fired literally thousands of times. So you can see I have no current experience with modern air rifles.I wanted something with more accuracy and power and a good price. I chose the Nitro Venom in 22 caliber. I was very happy with the rifle when I received it and was mounting the scope, to me it was more than I expected. The stock finish is not what you wouls call good looking but I intend to camo it so the point is moot there. I thoroughly cleaned the barrel and took it out to shoot, I would shoot a couple shots and clean the barrel shoot a few rounds and clea . I did this for the first 50 or so rounds, a habit from my rifle shooting days. During tis time I rough sighted the gun and just had fun offhand shooting at random objects on my property and was quite happy with the hits I was making and impressed with the power of this gun. At first it was louder than expected but has really quieted down now. I set up targets and started shooting a variety of different pellets and found the Crosman to shoot the most consistent, the Gamo seemed to have random fliers with most 5 shot groups. Accuracy has been pretty dang good with most 5 shot groups having all pellet hole touching and pretty much making one ragged odd shaped hole covered by a penny. Killing power was shocking with gun no matter what pellet though to date all I have shot is birds. I cannot wait to zot some squirrels and rabbits with this. I have made some amazing shots out to 30-35 yards with this gun. YOU MUST use the artillery type hold to acheive the best accuracy with this gun. I really like tis rifle and would highly reccomend it.After shooting it and adjusting the trigger I have found it to be very acceptable.