crosman 2260

[bantam5s]

I just saw one on a site for 89.99$ I've never seen one in person but they seem like a sweet little rifle, are they any good?

[avator]

I bought myself a  Heritage 2260 and steel breech for my birthday last year. I got the Christmas discount. It compares to the 2240 with long barrel and a wooden stock. Crosman did a fair job with this one. IMO. It's by no means a power house but I'm sure it could be bumped up a bit. I'm gonna just shoot mine the way it is with a compact scope. It very accurate within it's limits.

[bantam5s]

Is that herritage a chineese version of the crosman?

[maraudinglizard]

The Heritage 2260 is made by crosman.

http://www.crosman.com/airguns/air-rifles/heritage-2260

[bantam5s]

so why does the heritage cost more than the normal 2260 is it because its because they're a limited run?

[birdmove]

i think the normal 2260 had a plastic breech?? Also, it was dropped a few years back.

[avator]

The Heritage does not come with a steel breech. The 2260MB that PA sells does and it's around $169. The Heritage comes with the hardwood stock and if mine is not walnut, I can't tell. This is a limited addition and they did drop them awhile back. And as I said, I really like this gun but if you are looking for power it's not there but, I'm sure it could be because it will take all the mods a 2240 will.

[bantam5s]

I have seen a generic Chinese gun that looks a lot like it before but I'm not sure if its any good have you ever seen one? its a qb78 ,also do you know long the 2260 is no length is listed anywhere.



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[birdmove]

  Actually, the QB series CO2 shooters are pretty good air rifles, from what I have read and watched in videos. They do use, two CO2 cartridges, while the 2260 uses one. Rick, at airgunweb.com does a test on one. They also make some really nice looking competition level QB's.

[pneuby]

What reason/s would there be to purchase this Crosman over the QB? I like the QB (Deluxe) F/O sights better, but these will mostly see use with scopes. I do like that traditional safety placement at the rear of the trigger guard on this Crosman, but perhaps the trigger is not as good as the Qb.

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[bantam5s]

It turns out that the qb78 is actually a copy of the old crosman 160 , I guess that everyone was po'd when they stopped making it so some guy had a copy custom built and took it to China to be used as a reference to produce what we know as the qb78.

[Can-o-cide]

The qb78 runs on powerlets, the qb79 runs off of a paintball tank. I personally like being able to use the paintball tank, because it's cheaper and a 9oz tank gives hundreds of shots. When I had a qb79, I filled my tanks at my second job. This matters, since I find that many sporting good store employees cannot get a good fill on co2 tanks because they don't know that they must cool the tank off first (I exhaust co2 until the tank is frosty, then I'm guaranteed a good fill).

if you're looking for a co2 rifle to hunt with, and want a 12fpe gun, you can order a QB repeater from AA. The repeaters are tuned for more power than the non repeaters.

[Tweeter]

I have a Sheridan 2260MB (its just a crosman 2260 that came with a steel breech and a higher price tag) that I bought from another GTA member for a great deal and I love it,  very fun to shoot and accurate.  I have a Leapers 4x32 AO scope on mine and it will shoot 1/2 inch groups at 20 yds all day long.  They aren't the most powerful rifles by any means but I did read an article by Tom Gaylord who said you can take rabbits out to 25 yards with good shot placement.  I just target and plink with mine.  There are a ton of mods you can DYI or buy to make make it more powerful as well.

[HYspd]

I have a qb78 converted to bulk HPA that will put out 30+ fpe and has an 8 shot magazine...