Page 3 - Crosman Doomsday Bug Reviews

This is just a fun little kit for getting away. The free targets made it even better. Good word, Pyramyd Air. Thank you.

Saw this gun. Saw the less than $100 price for the "kit". Had to have it to try it! Wow, was I way pleasantly surprised! With 13 pumps it chronographs at 525 fps and is one hole accurate! Saw a squirrel chewing my bird feeder in the back yard. Dead squirrel! One shot with iron sights and did not even use the shoulder stock! Four more bird feeder chewers bit the dust in the next two days with one shot each! WOW, this is one heck of a deal! Deadly accurate and powerful enough to put pellets right through squirrel heads! Great "Bug out kit"!

Not one thing! This is absolutely a great deal! In emergency situations it would kill small game all day long with ease! Perfect for what it is meant for. Small, compact, self contained and very accurate!

Perfect for a backpack gun for hiking where you want to put some meat in the pot. Perfect for a "bug out" gun, though you need a better backpack for that! This one is ok for short day trips, but not long term survival. Not suitable for target work. You will wear your self out pumping it! Unless you want the exercise, that is! Over all, though, JUST BUY IT!! Glad I did!

This really bites they are out of this item and so is "Wally" which leads me to believe it's gone forever so sad and stinks to me! The great part of all this is I have one and modified it to the point that only the main tube exists unchanged with this item's name carved in. Oh, I left the valve hammer stock just de-burred cleaned and polished it. Also stock is thicker pump arm. Besides those items the rest is aftermarket stuff. The 1322 is seeming the next choice if wanting the over compensate the thing with highly function upgrades.

The rear sight was beyond crazy to get right never did actually made me switch to something else. There is too much play in the un-screwed stock, meaning the spring holder is not making it solid. Dream list puts an actual steel breech on this rather fine item. Not only is it potentially longer its stronger and it's more aligned.

Even with heavier hammer spring and lighter trigger and flow-thru longer bolt the final mods with FT valve/piston added 30% more power and I was already getting 8 lbs energy shots before the FT valve/piston now its 30% above that so nice and sweet.

Very accurate with a cheap dot sight installed on a steel breech. Variable power and relatively low report makes it perfect for shooting indoors.

Plastic breech and wiggling stock. With the plastic breech the barrel moves up and down quite a bit. This can be fixed somewhat by tightening the barrel band screw, but a much better solution is installing a steel breech. The stock wiggles a lot due to the pin not holding it tight enough. Crosman should include the stock with the holes in the grips for the screws. The metal grip has the threaded posts for the screws, so there is no reason to include the stock without the holes.

Excellent value for the money. Put on a steel breech and a scope of your choice and you'll have lots of plinking fun. Make sure to put a drop or two of pellgun oil right behind the pump piston cap. Out of the box pumping can be quite stiff. Once lubricated properly, pumping is very easy.

I wanted to add a Crosman Classic 1322 to my collection. I wanted a stock and a super pumper forearm stock. I spent some time researching prices, and found prices for the pistol, stock and super pumper that ranged from $97.00 up to $124.00. Then I saw the ad for Pyramyd Air for $75.00. I got all the above plus a back pack, a tin of pellets and a great first aid kit (that went straight into my golf bag!) Great buy. Thanks Pyramyd Air

Bought this package for the gun only. However, the first aid kit was nice. The gun is the same platform as the 13xx and great to mod and build from.

Would like to see the gun offered by itself.

I installed the steel breech, 18" crowned and polished barrel, flat top valve and piston, as well as a few other mods. Shooting 13.4 jsb's @600fps. There is alot of potential with this platform but in stpck form it is still a good plinker and short range sparrow gun.

Great value on an accurate rifle with allot of extras right out of the box accuracy is exception and there are a wide range of upgrade parts available for this model, as always pyramyd air customer support is exceptional and friendly and it arrived at my house two days after my order was placed

Raise the price and include the steel breech kit and a scope and this would be a great package

Got a better price from pyramyd air than anywhere else I've found, and for $150 extra I was able to install a steel breech, scope, power hammer spring, flat top valve and piston, high flow transfer port, extended bolt probe, and power adjuster, raising it to 680 fps and making it a formidable small game hunter

Accuracy, power, removable stock

Make the pump handle like the 1322. This model's pump handle looks cool, but give me blisters on my thumb that I don't get with the 1322's narrower, simpler design. Also, the barrel seems a little loose as others have mentioned, but it has not affected the use of the gun or its accuracy.

Having a "rifle" that breaks down to fit in a small backpack is great. I bring this with me in a hydration pack out to the AZ desert on my mountain bike or hiking and have a lot of fun. I have been able to fairly consistently hit empty shotgun shells 50 to 60 feet away with this gun scoped, and still do pretty well with the iron sights too. I can also hit soda cans out to 150 feet fairly well holding the sights a little over the target. This gun is fun and seems to be a bit more powerful than my 1322.

With the stock on the gun it fits to your shoulder like it was custom made for you.

Raise the price and include a steel breech so you can use a scope or red dot sight.

I bought this as a lark just to try it. I now prefer to shoot it instead of my nitro venom. The power is surprising. I shot a treated 4 x 4 at 50 feet and buried a pellet flush with just 7 pumps. Big fun, try one and you will love it too! Never hesitate to buy from Pyramyd Air, they are the best around.

This gun has a great potential for higher power for internal mod, which I did by installing AirgunSmith's flat-top valve and flat-top piston, it shoot as good as RWS M-48 at 18 pumps, but no recoil. the trigger and the fore-arm support has been improved and better than the old 2289s I did not make any external changes, except the steel breech and the rear sight. So it can be put into the back -pack as usual. At last Crosman make the stock fit with the gun good.

Only things I switched: are the steel breech, the rear sight, the valve and the piston.

When you want to mod this gun, make sure you know what you are doing. and is only $150.00 more. It may out shoot Talon SS.

Extremely accurate, easy to pump, not too loud. I wanted a .22 pumper that I could shoot indoors. I thought about the benji 392 but the finish and stock sights/scope setup left a lot to be desired and it seemed to take MUCH more effort to pump, granted its more powerful on fewer pumps but it seemed like pumping would get tiresome with the long stroke on the benji, not so on this carbine. It feels good and handles very well, likes pretty much any pellet you put in it. I have been shooting some horribly inconsistent gamo masterpoints and it really doesn't affect the accuracy, the gun just eats them up. Definitely feels powerful enough to put down a squirrel/rabbit/bird @ 50 ft. Much more fun to plink cans with the .22 cal vs. .177. I would only get the .177 version if I was shooting exclusively at paper targets.

Steel Breech should be standard. Out of the box my rear sight was so far off, even fully adjusted that the gun shot 6'' off target. I think it was because the plastic breech was crooked or mounted slightly off. I had to unscrew the entire rear sight and move it over so that it was hanging off the left side of the gun but once it was sighted in with the peep sight it was extremely accurate. I added the steel breech and a cheap scope after a few weeks with the stock sights and its even more accurate now. There is a little wobble in the pump arm but the design is solid and proven. I had to add some electrical tape inside the stock grooves to keep it from wobbling while pumping and now its totally tight without having to put a screw through the stock. At $75 I would much rather have a steel breech than the backpack and other accessories. Adding the almost mandatory steel breech increases the cost by $35 and makes this just an ok value instead of a great one.

This is a classic and just plain fun to shoot. I always want to take "just one more" shot. I shot through the included tin of 175 pellets in less than 48 hours.

Nice pellet gun.

The back sight is not easily adjusted.

nothing

breaks down into two pieces,fits into bag nicely.Range is accurate to 50 feet,

add a scope feature

not for kids,asit has power

This is a great little kit. The Gun a Crosman 2289g Backpacker is an excellent little .22 cal pumper, and I would recommend it to any one. It is extremely accurate, easy to maintain, and likes inexpensive pellets. And of course it is a Crosman. For its price it is probably the best gun you can get.

Perhaps make the Steel Breach standard.

I would recommend adding the Steel Breech and a cheep Scope or Dot Sight, both available from Pyramyd Air. Also spend the 10 dollars on the 10 for 10 test, I have seen one gun that had a couple of issues. Though most come with out issue.

All around Great gun. Very accurate w/variable power. These things last forever. I've already modified w/steel breech and 18" barrel. Even more accurate and more power. I can't put it down, too much fun!

Nothing.

When you do a mod,the gun feels more personal. It's worth the effort.

I bought 2 of these for my boys for Christmas. Of course the surprise was worth the effort, but the product lived up to its reviews and reputation. Although the backpack water bottle and firs aid kit are "take it or leave it," the gun and the stock are well worth the investment. The fact that it comes with a starter pack of pellets pushes the total value over the top. By noon we had set up a small target range and the boys were shooting with HUGE smiles on their faces. It was a great afternoon of learning safety, technique and by the end of the session, hitting targets with fairly consistent results from 20 yards out. Right out of the box, the accuracy is impressive. The ease of use made it fun for my brother and I as well as the 7 and 9 year olds. The small-ish stock is a good stater platform for the smaller ones as well.

So far, not much. I do see the usefulness of several of the modifications that are popular on this gun and would hope that Crosman would incorporate several of them in subsequent offerings.

Airgunners beware, this is definitely a gateway into a deep (probably $$$) black hole. I already have plans to dial these in and make them better for the monkeys, but I highly recommend this kit.

The concept is nice, but the quality of the other components could be better (first aid kit, water bottle and pack). But I didn't buy it for that. The accuracy was surprising, so much so that I'm second guessing installing the steel breach I bought at the same time with the intention of putting either a red dot or scope on it. Compared to the only other MSP I have, this is a piece of cake.

Make the 2289 available without all the extras. The targets are one of the better extras, but the tin of pellets were a chore to get open.

Great starting point, or could be the end. So happy with the accuracy I may have to get a 1322 just to use that steel breech on.

I bought this pellet gun because of the compactness, versatility, and customization. It is pretty accurate, pretty powerful out of the box (but can be made more powerful) and I like the rifle to handgun option. The included backpack is child sized and the water bottle is so small it's pretty useless. Decent little first aid kit, free pellets, The targets are very nice! The stock is great and adds very little weight to the gun. Rifled barrel makes the accuracy quite good even with just the stock iron sights. All in all it is a good little package for $75 and I would not hesitate to buy this item again or recommend it. Crosman quality could be better, but they are o.k. Better than a Daisy for the same money.

Less plastic parts.

You can tighten up the barrel band to almost remove barrel twist. All screws should be tightened down on the rear sight, inside breach and barrel band. They are kinda loose from the factory.

Nice carbine, accurate, cool factor. Bought a couple for my sons, we had a blast in the basement range when it was too cold to go outside.

Bandaids? Water bottle? Really? How bout more ammo instead?

Great platform for modding.

This gun is FUN, the .22 pellet wallops the target, very accurate right out of the box I bought the backpacker set up because I wanted the nice pump handle and the rifle stock, this alone makes this package a great deal + the pellets, the first aid kit, targets, back pack & water bottle make it that much better. Even if you don't use the extras you can't go wrong with this set up. This gun far exceeded my expectations, it pumps easy, very light easy to carry and hold on target, has a great feel and a decent trigger... best of all it is accurate.

Sights are a little hard to see with my bad eyes so I'm going to put a cheap Tasco 3x9x20 scope on it to help me reach out to 30 yards.

This gun is highly customizable and upgrade parts are availble everywhere. check out the upgrades people have done on youtube. Also the crosman 1377 1322 & 2289 many parts are interchangeable.