Page 2 - Crosman 2100B Reviews

I am very pleased with the 2100. The 2100 is very accurate for a rifle in this price range. I put a Winchester (Daisy) 4x and this gun will do 1" groups at 20 yards all day long. It was not pellet picky except wadcutters (see below).

Sometimes when shooting wadcutters, they will get lodged in the barrel. They had to be pushed back out through the breech.

Powerful, accurate, reliable. Very tight groups at 15 yards, pellets will blow the backs out of any can/bottle, squirrel, pigeon in the yard.

Hard to load single pellet in chamber. Not as accurate with bb's as with pellets.

Dad bought me my 2100 back around 1994 and I still shoot it (essentially same rifle with updated sights on the 2100B). Great gun to learn how to shoot. Very accurate with premier hollow points, can easily take pigeons atop powerpoles. Replacement parts still available from crosman, new air valve and pump cap run $12/shipped (wouldnt hold air after 24 years) and it shoots like a new gun again

Build quality seems very good and the trigger is surprisingly decent.

Pumping effort past 5 pumps is way too hard and especially so considering the power output.

In some ways this might look like an acceptable alternative to the Daisy 880. It isn't. I have both the Crosman 2100 and the Daisy 880 and the 880 is better on most every count except trigger weight and it has a plastic receiver.

I have an original 2100 sn N95611206 for over 20 years. Itstill works great and still accurate enough to take a sparrow at 10 yds. At 10 pumps will drive a BB through both sides of a steel spray can.

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One of the best air guns made. Accurate, well made, will last for many years.

This is my second 2100 purchase and overall I am pleased with it. (The other unit now resides in my barn so I needed one for the garage.) It was accurate right out of the box. I cannot verify speeds yet as the barrel was rusted. After I shoot a few hundred more BBs and pellets through it I will check it.and report results.

The build date code for my gun is 316, meaning production in March 2016. I received it 5 months later in August. Unfortunately the barrel was rusty. I shot about 30 precision BBs through it and about an equal number of pellets. Every 20 or so shots I'd put in an oil soaked cleaning pellet and shoot it to see if the rust was clearing out. Sadly it is taking a while to clean it out. The rust was a disappointing find. I have no doubt PA would take the gun back but Crosman needs to do something about this. Did they change the barrel alloy? Did they forget to lube it before shipping?. If it rusts when new does that mean the seals will suffer from rust as well? My confidence is shaken. The gun sounds cheap when cocked so I added a rubber bumper to the foregrip to quiet it down when closed. .

Make sure to check the barrel for rust before you shoot it. If it is rusted like mine and you don't want to spend time and effort cleaning it, return it to PA. If enough people complain maybe Crosman will step up and fix this issue.

Nothing, very cheap, had an air leak right out of the box. I sent it back and still have not heard from or got a refund from Pyramyd Air.

Do not buy this rifle. Very cheep stalk, no quality control from the plant.

Price,ease of use, and price

The bb resovoir is noisy

The Crosman 2100b is currently my favorite pump gun in my collection. It is solid and hefty, with a nice metal receiver that sets it aside from the other pump ups in this price range. The 2100b produces a lot of power, and is overall just a nice entry level airgun that is sure to please adults and youth alike. This is a well built and nicely functioning air rifle for sure. The rifled barrel makes for nice accuracy from 15 to about 45 feet.

When compared to the 760 pumpmaster and the Daisy 880 this rifle leads the pack with one exception: Loading pellets. The 760 comes with a nice 5 shot pellet clip that is a game changer, the 2100 and 880 do not- That is the only lag with this gun, although it is better built and more powerful then the other 2 in the same price range, it is easier to load the the 880. A pellet pen solves this issue across the board.

Make sure to keep the pump cup oiled, especially when shooting in the hot sun. In my opinion, this is the superior option in this price range. Even though it can shoot bb's, I just wouldnt- keep the 2100 as a strict pellet gun to preserve the rifling and get the crosman pumpmaster if you want a decent bb shooter. The Crosman 2100 is a worthwhile purchase that is sure to last a long time.

This is the third one of this series of Crosman guns I own. I have a 766 (which I got as a Christmas present when I was a kid back in the 80's), Remington Am77 and now the 2100 Classic. They all shoot perfectly. This one I just bought is for my son. He loves shooting my 766. I figured this would be a good first gun for him as I really loved mine when I got it as a kid.

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This is a great gun for children to start with and teach them the fundamentals of gun safety and have fun plinking around the backyard/basement with.

This a really a great rifle. First it is inexpensive. Shoots as well a my more expensive springers. You can shoot it indoors. You can vary the amount of power you need to shoot it. Has fully adjustable sights. I like the fiber optic front sight. Works very well in low light situations.

Maybe have it come with a decent scope other than that don't change a thing.

This is the second Crossman Multi-pump I've owned. The first one lasted 20 years.... I shoot pellets for the best accuracy. I prefer Crossman and RWS. Scoped this with a 4x scope and easily takes care of those pesky Starlings 10-15 yds without annoying the neighbors. Great value and easy to handle.

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The 2100 Classic is a very accurate .177 caliber pump rifle. I have used it for Squirrel hunting many times.

Trigger Adjustment

The add says it's a 2100b, with an adjustable trigger pull or travel. Not so!!! It is listed wrong, this ended up being a 2100 Classic like I've had before !!! Their listing info is Incorrect...................

nice fiber optic sight

the older 2100 gun I had, felt like a real rifle not a light weight toy!

don't expect quality anymore its 2015 and every company has thrown quality out the door for $$$.

The gun is a tack driver when using pellets. The sights are connected to the barrel so every shot is repeatable. 8 pumps will give me about 700 fps with a 10.5 grain pellet. The stock holds 200 BBs for shooting in the field.

While I am sure the mechanics are solid, the plastic stock and foregrip look and sound cheap. If you fill the stock with BBs they rattle around inside warning everything in the forest that you are coming. The plastic foregrip is noisy when it snaps closed while pumping. I went to the hardware store and bought some stick-on weather striping which I added to the foregrip and the metal housing so the gun does not make as much noise when pumping. I also added a rubber bumper at the hinged end of the foregrip since the plastic hit the metal housing when fully opened. I highly recommend you (and Crosman) do the same.

This gun is great for pellets but not so good for BBs. I was using precision BBs but they still occasionally rolled out of the gun or double fed. If you want variable power and accuracy with pellets this is a great choice.

Size of the gun, lots of metal in the gun. I really can not say enough good things about this rifle. I do not think there is a better value in an air rifle out there. At well under $100 you can get an adult sized rifle with lots of metal, a few tins of pellets and you have everything you need for days and days of plinking.

A little more easy to pump would be nice, not sure how. Go back to the good old sight...fiber optic is not that great. Somehow an easy way to get the pellets into the rifle.

I had a 766 back in the late 70's, and I don't know how many BB's went down the gun. I currently have two of these and they get a great deal of use. I also just picked up a 2200 the old 22 version of this gun I wish crosman would bring this back, I think it would sell. Can't be that much more to make and most parts fit. I have both of my guns scoped and they do take a scope well you will however have to alter your pumping I find that if you have a hand at the "pivot" and pump it is about the best you can do...just watch your fingers. I shoot both rifles a great deal and find they are very accurate, feed these guns good pellets and they will shoot with my hammerli. I will never be without one of these guns in my stable. I have found them to not be pellet picky everything I have shot is pop can accurate at 30 or so yards. Great guns, great first gun if your young ones have the strength to pump the gun.

Receiver is made of metal aswell as the trigger, trigger guard and safety. The dual ammo capability is nice but I only shoot pellets and you should aswell to protect and take advantage of the rifling. The gun is very accurate out of the box. The weighs around 5lbs and is adult sized gun with a good length of pull.

Make the front sight post a little thinner so you can shoot more accurately with open sights. I would also like to see an all black color scheme as it would make this gun look like a .22 LR

Keep your gun well maintained. As long as the pump mechanism is well oiled and Protected from banging around your gun should last a long time.

Review based on the predecessor, model 766. Pretty much the same gun. Great air rifle, variable power is handy when shooting indoors. Good weight, easy to pump, much easier to pump than a Benjamin 392. Good accuracy, power, can mount a scope or red dot.

sights are bad on the older models, wont stay in place well enought to be consistent. Loading pellets is not easy but you get better as you practice.

This basic model has been around since the early 70's. One of the better pneumatic guns. (springers are easier to cock and faster to load / shoot than this, but usually cost more as well).

the power of the gun

the loader does not always work, I have to practically stand on the slide to get it stay open enough to load it.

It feels like a "real" rifle.

Amazingly accurate when combined with a red dot sight.

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Must try not to be bored by perfection. Good therapy for the occasional frustration caused by my tempermental break barrels.