Crosman Optimus Breakbarrel Air Rifle Combo

Surprisingly accurate and powerful for a break-barrel air rifle.

Considering the price .. nothing

I did perform a simple trigger modification using a ball bearing. Well described on YouTube.

As I wanted spring, and not gas, piston. Durable. "Accurate" once the sights are sorted out Weight.

Much better "iron sights". The fiber optic sights that are installed are wayyy off on proper mounting. Almost past the point of correction. Hence 4-stars. Don't waste money on a scope. Longer barrel. Sling mounts.

Rifle has good weight. But not light. Cocking force is usual for this power, but some may find it difficult.
I have a similar rifle in .177 that is about 30-years old and still works well. Hopefully this one will be the same.

I wanted a springer twin to my recently purchased Vantage nitro that I fell in love with. And I got it. Simple, streamlined looks and excellent shootability with power and accuracy. At a heckuva good price.

I shoot open sights and cannot see why Crosman doesn't just improve these and forget packaging the cheap scopes. Use real sights that don't look like they came from my granddaughter's Lite Brite set. They aren't even compatible with a peep

I put 400 rounds thru this gun before it even saw paper. Just keeps getting better. And like the Vantage, it likes heavy pellets, and so do I for taking game. I was prepared to give it a tune in a tube, but it shooting so smooth it simply does not need it

looks very good, economical, its powerful enough (.22 packs quite a punch), its accurate enough for pest control, easy to main, readily available parts, iron sight is great for 10-15 yards and scope from 20-30 yards.

The Trigger is functional, but it takes time to get used to it, it has a very long first and second stage, first stage can be fix with the online "Bearing" fix, but it still that 2nd stage feels long and hard to predict. The trigger is the main factor that affect the accuracy of this rifle. It took me a while to get the "muscle memory" for how long to pull before it shoots.

It does everything I need, am extremely satisfied with its performance.
I did the initial break-in with the Crosman ultra magnum pellets used around 250, it wasn't very accurate, but it improved over time.
After couple hundred rounds i was getting decent groups at 15 yards with iron sights.
After 300 shots i did the first maintenance, cleaned the barrel with balistol, apply 1 drop of crosman chamber oil, and apply "tune in a tube" on the spring.
It helped a lot to smooth things out, i even saw an improvement on accuracy.
After the rifle felt stable and consistent, i changed to H&N FTT and saw a considerable improvement on accuracy, at this point i install the scope and zero it in at 20 to 30 yards and was able to make groups inside a 2-inch diameter target.
I try the H&N Terminator pellets and i got even tighter groups at 20-30 yards, they became my standard pest control pellets.
Now i use the H&N FTT for plinking and the H&N Terminator for pest control.
Kills Pigeons, iguanas. rats

Everything,especially the price!

Nothing.

As a life long air gunner I can very honestly say the Crosman Optimus I bought in .22 cal is probably the very best bargain break barrel air rifle you will ever find so get one and enjoy.Been looking at this rifle for some time now and I am very happy I finally bought one for myself...very satisfied.

price was right for a scope included pellet rifle but turned out to be in plain words a piece of junk ,the scope that is, rifle more accurate with open sights

better scope in combo package

good shooting pellet rifle

stopping power. Accuracy

scope could be better

At first I couldnt hit anything. After dumping 500 pelllets through it my accuracy improved. Dropping squirrels out of trees @ 100 yards. Bagged at least 20 of the varmints in my back yard

Price, but then you get what you pay for!!!! Looks, well made....

Consistent shooting pattern. Shots good in a 12" diameter circle. Scope replace or do without and take the savings off the gun price otherwise increase price and include a good scope.

It's a good cheap gun that has a lot of power. Like I said earlier you get what you pay for. It's a Hundred dollar gun not a Five Hundred dollar gun, so with that said as long as you know what you are buying it's a good deal!! If you are shooting yard varmints they are done if you hit them!!!

Would I buy this gun again? Yes, I think I would for the price and what I'm shooting, but if you want high end accuracy then buy a more expensive gun!

Stock

Sights

Excellent product