CrosmanM4-177 Tactical Style Variable Pump .177-Caliber Pellet/BB Air Rifle

Crosman M417 bb/pellet pneumatic pump rifle Great price, I have seen many airsoft versions of this rifle for more money, and this one is much more accurate than any airsoft is gonna be!With all the weaver rails you can add many accessories.. Some people think the front two weaver rails are un-usable because of having to pump the foregrip.Just get youself an offset mount for a taclight to mount to the underside of the front sight, and to mount a vertical foregrip to the bottom of the pump's weaver rail, just put a quick release on it so you can take it on and off quckly and easily to pump up the air. OR a better option is to buy a vertical foregrip that is like one of those 5 position foregrips that you can swing down/collapse such that it sits flat up against the foregrip.. then you can pump it without it getting in the way... but you will have to push the button on the vertical foregrip and move it to position one each time you wish to pump.... then move it back to position three to use as a normal foregrip, or to put it back into the "vertical" position.Overall a very good gun, especially for the price.. My only complaints is there are two places made of plastic that should have been made of metal. The point where the buttstock attaches to the receiever is very very weak and you must be careful or you may break off the rear buttstock mount completely.Also, the screw that holds the front plastic piece in place at the pivot point of the pump should be metal, mine has already cracked and I have tried everything to get it back together, superglue, cement, etc..But it just keep on cracking back in the same place, making the gun terrible for accuracy at long ranges, because the barrel moves slightly out of alignment with each pump.Just be careful with both of these places and the gun will last a long time and you can make it look very cool with all the weaver rail options available on the gun. It looks very cool and feels great in the hand. Perfect for training for the real thing... it is made from the mold of a real AR15 and every detail is exact and looks perfect. Just be easy with the plastic buttstock mount and the plastic pivot point of the pump, and this gun will give you many years of fun and nice accurate shooting. Without the crack in the front part, I was getting tight pellet groups the size of a nickel at 15 meters with a 4x scope.I have a video of the gun and some of the possible configurations and mods you make to it on my youtube channel, just goto Perryinjax channel on YouTube and you will see a video entitled"Beowulf Mod for Crosman M4-177 with homemade suppressor"Or you can just goto youtube and enter the following phrase into the search que box.Enter these words into any page on YouTube in the search box at the top;"Perryinjax Mod for Crosman M4-177"A nice gun for the money, should cost twice as much, but I wish there were two areas where the gun was reinforced a bit better because of the plastic failing under normal operating conditions, the buttstock attachment point and the pivot point of the pump. Other than that it is perfect and I love it. I have owned three and loved them all.

Critics of this gun point out that it's plastic and has several weak points - and I can't dispute that. It can and has for some people broken at the extendable stock, at the plastic Picatinny/Weaver rails, or at the cocking lever. So, just treat it gently.Reputedly, this is an upgrade to the venerable Crosman 760, and to some extent it is, but I first got a Crosman 760 PowerMaster four decades ago, and it had a walnut stock with all steel construction. You could definitely abuse it, but you can't do that to this gun. So, don't expect to. I'm sure Crosman could build it that way, but then it would be much heavier and cost twice as much.Assorted comments:- Noise: This gun is the quietest one I own with a sound about the same as snapping your fingers. Since I like to fire mine in the middle of the night, that's great since I won't annoy the neighbors.- Weight: Some consider this to be a flaw, but I love the fact that it's light in weight. My Crosman Vantage and Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk are heavy air guns, and that makes them harder to control.- The Picatinny/Weaver mount on the cocking lever is useless - just cosmetic, and the mounts on the barrel are limited in usefulness. However, I did mount an NcStar red dot laser sight on the top mount and a UTG tactical bipod on the lower one. The laser sight is a bit pointless since I really just use the scope, but it's below the level of the scope, and it takes a bit of finesse to cock the gun with the bipod attached, but it's not much of a problem.- The trigger pull/action is outstanding. It's very smooth - better for accuracy than the stock triggers on any of my other guns. [The triggers on my Vantage and Nitro Venom will be replaced by GRT-III triggers from Charlie Da Tuna.]- Attachments: I put on a Center Point 4X32 scope (which I took off of my Vantage), a $15 NcStar red dot laser sight on the rail above the barrel, and a UTG tactical bipod (which I also took off of my Vantage since the "artillery hold" works better). A compact 4X30 scope from NcStar is only $19, it's well-reviewed, and I'd recommend getting one. I did not install or try out the "iron sights" since I have "old eyes", but they might work fine for you.- Extra magazines: I bought four extra magazines, and after cutting the "fingers" off of the foam in the fake/hollow magazine, all five of them fit in there just perfectly.- Cocking the gun: Because of the reputed fragility of the extendable/adjustable stock, I place the index finger of my left hand on the "T" that is right behind my scope with my thumb approximately next to the BB fill hole. It's a comfortable position and places no strain on the weaker part of the gun. Because of the bipod, I rotate my right hand downward as I pump it. It's mildly inconvenient but not a big deal.- Following a tip from another reviewer, I put a few self-stick felt pads (the kind used for cabinet doors) on the "U" of the cocking lever, and it quiets down the "slap" of the lever against the barrel.- Accuracy: Here is where this gun absolutely shines (and where I was quite pleasantly suprised!). On my "short range" of 25 feet (with a scope, a bipod, and five pumps), I can often place five [Crosman Field Hunting] pellets into a single hole 1/4" in diameter - and I'm not even all that good! I have other guns for power or semi-auto can plinking, but this is a great target shooter. The gun is more accurate than I am.Don't expect this gun to be something it's not or more than it is, but if you want a cool-looking, very accurate target shooter that is quiet and cheap to fire, I highly recommend it.-TJ