RS2 was my first gun, and Crossman Titan my second. I loved the smoothness of the Titan after the harshness and vibration of the RS2. Funny thing though, I swore same as you that the RS2 was more powerful. The recoil and vibration gave the feel of more power, but the chrono doesnt lie, and my Titan shoots 25-50 fps faster than the RS2 depending on pellet. Your right, trigger is the weakness. I have CDT trigger waiting to go in, think that will be a real winner.
Trigger need work. I do like the RS2 trigger better. I had polished it and it has a much better 2 stage feel.The Titans' trigger is plastic and you can tell.Crosman needs to make the RS2 with the nitro piston and it would be a winner. Imo
I have not had time or equipment for a spring compressor.
No. Did not need to remove trigger group. Only the parts that need polished. On the RS2 I followed the directions here:http://webpages.charter.net/guru1/documents/RSE%20Airguns%20-%20Beeman%20RS2%20trigger%20guide.pdfIt was fairly easy to do took about an hour. I used my dremel tool with the grey rubber polishing wheel It made the rough stamped surfaces mirror smooth.