crosman ratcatcher review

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Accuracy	9/10
Handling	8.9/10
Value for Money	8.7/10
Reviewer Rating	9/10
Overall Rating	9.1/10

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By Robert M on 1st Aug 2006

Robert M's Ratings

Accuracy	4/10
Handling	4/10
Value for money	3/10
Overall value	4/10
Robert M's recommendation

Good Points

Light weight
Good quality brass trigger and bolt

Bad Points

Infrequent accuracy
Poor quality synthetic stock
C02 may leak with usage
Scope provided is near to useless
Fragile open sights
Poor value for money
Rifle "woobles" with usuage!

General Comments

I bought this rifle about Feburary 2005 with haste without looking into any reviews or information and the Crosman Ratcatcher was the worst mistake I ever made.
To start, the Ratcatchers value for money was very poor considering its price. The majority of 8ft pound rifles are usually provided with a good quality wooden stock. However, the ratcatcher is built with poor quality, skeleton synthetic stock which, although is lightweight and may be a plus to the younger shooter, is not particulary attractive to a more frequent shooter.

Furthermore, the Ratcatcher requires small C02 capsules in order to shoot. Although they may seem inexpensive, in the long run will be nuisance piece of equipment which will frequently make a hole in your wallet. What makes it worse, C02 may leak with usage, increasing money expenditure and less shooting time, which indeed may be very annoying to air shooters.

In addition, the ratcatchers accuracy is particularly inconsistent. My mate and I used to shoot in his garden which is approximately 25 yards in length. We usually tried to shoot large targets such as cans and bottles and usually failed to dispatch these items. Once we attempted to shoot a target using a bipod to steady the rifle. The rifle missed leaving a small hole at least 4 inches left from the target! We attempted this again and missed again leaving a small hole 3 inches to the right of the target! Before you think I have a dodgy scope or something, I recently bought a new Leapers 3-9x40 which I use now with my webley raider and is in full working order and is very accurate. It took 4 attempts to dispatch this can which was definitely very frustrating! Considering how large the can target is, you must see how poor the accuracy really is.

Another difficulty I found using the Ratcatcher was that the barrel which literally wobbled whilst I was shooting. I tightened all the screws to their maximum with no success in solving the problem. Although it may not seem too bad, it does indeed reflect the Ratcatchers poor quality and value for money, especially after you have paid 100 pounds for it. My friend was shocked to find that the rifle once blew back C02 into his shooting eye which was painful for a couple of hours, again reflecting the poor quality of the air rifle. The scope provided was near to useless (especially when it wobbled when using the pro-blox provided in the package) and the front open sights seemed to be fragile to the eye, and with the Ratcatchers poor accuracy was near to useless anyway.
However the Ratchatcher is provided with a smooth bolt back system which may be attractive to some shooters. It requires little effort to cock and I was able to shoot with ease(if i had any C02 left). Furthermore, the brass trigger was a very comfortable fit and looked pretty good quality.
Overall however, I would definitely stay away from Ratcatcher. Although you may think my particular rifle was a dud, there have been many other owners who have encountered the same problems as myself. In my opinion, you might be more well of using a water pistol then using this rifle which has given me nothing but trouble.

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