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[Smaug]

So with the weedeater line, you still push it instead of pull it through the bore?

It is strange, with the steel not being hardened. One can buy a Marlin 22 powderburner rifle for $160 or so, brand new. Hardened steel barrel with their Micro-Groove rifling. Yet when I pay $200 for an airgun, they use the cheapest steel they can find? (and this is OK with airgun guys?)  This is a big, fat rip-off, IMO...

Nevertheless, I'm grateful to have been told this before I worked on it with a brass cleaning rod made for 17 HMR powderburners.

[Bullit]

They don't use the "Cheapest steel they can find".
They don't need high pressure holding capability, as in a centerfire.
Good A/Gs generally have good barrels.  $200.00 doesn't buy much airgun, or .22 for that matter.  Hardened steel doesn't denote the grade/quality of the steel.

[tcgoetz]

These targets are backed by cardboard. The targets are on a Crosman pellet trap.

The NPSS shot better after I cleaned it, but its erratic again. I have a couple hundred pellets through it now. I'm attaching a 4-up target I just shot at 20 yards. The upper left target is my Storm XT and the other three are the NPSS. It's still louder and has more kick then the Storm XT. I'm getting frustrated with this gun, should I keep at it or is this a lemon?

[ezman604]

Get PA to exchange it. If not, get Crosman to under warranty.

[tcgoetz]

Thanks for all of the advice.

I'm going to talk to PA tomorrow about returning it as defective. I'm debating about just returning it and not exchanging it and getting a Marauder when they have them back in stock. It would cost a lot more, but then I'd get a .22 that's quiet and accurate.

Do Marauder's have the same quality issues as the Crosman springers?

[z28rod]

If that rifle dosnt shoot one hole groups at 20 feet after a few hundred more rounds I would call Pyramid asap and get it replaced... My titan shoots 5 in a dime at 20 yrds. after 250 cphp pellets out of the box with just a bore cleaning and using loctite on all screws/scope mount.