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Average Ratings

Accuracy	6.5/10
Handling	7.9/10
Value for Money	7.9/10
Reviewer Rating	7.6/10
Overall Rating	7.5/10

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By Da Boy on 19th Oct 2003

Da Boy's Ratings

Accuracy	8/10
Handling	10/10
Value for money	10/10
Overall value	9/10
Da Boy's recommendation

Good Points

Cheap, easy to maintain, fair power, accurate after some modifications

Bad Points

Heavy trigger,

General Comments

I purchased the Crosman 795 when I was first starting in airgunning. This gun is a great gun to learn on because it isn't a 1000fps gun but it still has enough power to rid the yard of a few pests. Without modification the gun released a wild shot or two every once and a while but I found that cleaning the barrel often and applying pellet lube to a pellet every 100 shots solved that problem. The stock sights are acceptable but mounting a scope makes the gun way better.

Plinking: is able to punch holes through a soup can at a range of 10 yards or less.

Hunting: Can easily dispatch birds at ranges up to 20 yards. I have also taken rabbits and squirrels with this gun

Overall this is a good all around gun. It can trash a can and take a pest in a pinch

8 Comments on Review by Da Boy for Crosman 795

1. real hunter on 4th Nov 2003

   I own this air rifle, and let me tell you something:
   1) Not accurate at all past 20 feet.
   2) Don't even try to shoot animals (even birds) with this rifle. I once shot a starling from about 20 yards, hit him right in the eye, it went down, but when I got close to it i noticed that it's still very much alive. NOT A POWERFUL RIFLE AT ALL
   3) The trigger, sights and stock is made of extremely cheap plastic. Not good.

2. shed hunter at large on 18th Jan 2004

   This gun is good I've had mine for 5 years now and it's shooting just as great as the day I got it. I've shot everything from rats to squirels, rabbits and crows and it works marvelesly. This gun is super accurate never once failing me so try it out you won't be dissapointed.

3. shooter346 on 31st Dec 2004

   How many air rifles have you owned? Compared to other rifles this one is horrible. I have taken squirrels and hundreds of birds at close range with this gun but it still isn't a high quality rifle. Now I only use this gun for soft targets and my shadow 1000 for the larger game such as rabbits and ducks.

4. damnyousquirrels on 10th Apr 2006

   I love this gun. You have to spend time and get used to the recoil and get to know your gun. I would recommend a scope for it, makes it loads better. As for hunting this is powerful. Great gun in my opinion.

5. gyates93 on 7th May 2006

   I kind of agree with all of you. I like the gun, but it does throw out a wild shot every now and then. I'm not too sure about hunting though. It isn't all that powerful. Maybe mice and such would be okay (if you could hit them) but i wouldn't shoot at anything much larger, that would be cruel. I also DO NOT like all of the plastic used on this gun.

6. damnyousquirrels on 10th May 2006

   Hard synthetic material not flimsy plastic.

7. gyates93 on 12th May 2006

   Look at the sights, trigger guard and trigger.

8. oldpink on 5th Aug 2007

   Listen, folks,
   
   This air rifle is NOT a full adult power airgun.
   It was intended to be a youth sized airgun for smaller people or young people wanting an introduction to shooting with something that both fits their smaller stature and is easy to cock.
   There is a very good reason that this rifle achieves only about 600fps, and that is the lighter spring needed to make it easier for youngsters to cock it.
   However, there are some mistakes being made when it comes to evaluating this airgun that can be explained.
   
   1) Accuracy - I don't have this particular air rifle, but keep in mind that break barrel spring piston airguns are very hold sensitive. That means that holding the rifle tightly the way you would do with a pneumatic airgun or firearm (tightly gripping the forend and pistol grip) will almost always result in scattered shots. This is caused by the whiplash recoil characteristic of spring guns. Springers need to be allowed to recoil freely to produce consistent firing behavior. The best way to fire a springer is to use what is now called the "artillery hold." That means you need to hold it with the forend resting on your palm instead of grasping it. This is not something specific to the Crosman 795, as even the exceptional quality $500+ Beeman R1 must be held this way to show its true accuracy potential.
   
   2) Since when is a synthetic stock a bad thing? If you want wood for its beauty, then that's just fine, but firearms have been available with synthetic stocks for some time now, and most of Crosman's and Daisy's pump and BB airguns have been available with plastic stocks for decades. Also, synthetics have one virtue not shared with wood stocks, and that is lack of warpage due to moisture and humidity.
   
   3) Regarding that 4x32 Crosman scope not being usable on this airgun. That scope would not be usable on ANY spring piston airgun because it was not designed to withstand the extremely damaging whiplash characteristic of a spring piston slamming forward. That particular Crosman scope is cheap for a very good reason: Its lenses are only braced for conventional rear recoiling guns, which means that it is only usable in pneumatic/CO2 or conventional firearms. However, Crosman and scores of other manufacturers make scopes suitable for the unique recoil of a spring piston airgun. Crosman's own Centerpoint line of scopes is designed for spring airgun recoil, and all the big three American scope companies of Leupold, Burris, and Redfield scopes can handle spring gun recoil.
   
   4) Hunting. While this airgun should never be used for the likes of groundhogs, raccoons, or even squirrels, it IS suitable for birds, including the starling mentioned as being inadequately dispatched. You just need to keep your shots close and NOT shoot for the head, but instead go for the body, preferably where the neck joins the breast. That is a much larger target, plus it is going to produce a much better chance for a cleaner kill, as the heart and lungs are there, and the larger bones are there. If you just clip a bird in the eye, you may not necessarily strike the brain, and the pellet doesn't have opportunity to expand at all. Striking the body will assure more organ destruction, plus allow the pellet to expand enough to knock the bird off the limb. I know this because I used my similarly powered Crosman 2100 for years to dispatch starlings, and they all dropped to body shots. The ones I occasionally brained swung upside down and hung from the limb sometimes for as long as 20 minutes.
   
   Again, this airgun is not a true full powered gun and never was intended to be one.
   It was built with youth shooters in mind, and that is why it is a 600fps shooter.
   If you want something truly powerful, look for an airgun that generates something in the 800-900fps range.
   And if you want to take squirrels, groundhogs, or raccoons humanely, get a .22 airgun that can do at least 700fps, and DO go for the brain, as there is enough tissue in these animals to allow expansion, and the brain is larger than with any bird.

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