Page 5 - Crosman Vigilante Reviews

Lots of fun and one of my favorites. Bought extra cartridges and run through quite a few before the CO2 drops. Some plastic parts are a concern as they may break in time, but overall the gun has a good feel. Accurate to about 20 yards with laser. PROPS to Pyramyd on customer service. My first one arrived with broken rear sight and bent frame (looks like it was dropped). Pyramyd immediately sent me a new one after one email and some pics. I'm a customer for life.

Less plastic in high-wear areas such as barrel latch and grips.

Sights are relatively accurate, but plastic and the rear sight is susceptible to damage.

I like the rifled barrel and the ability to use BBs or pellets but I have not used this revolver because sometimes I have trouble getting Crosman Co2 cartridges and my Daisy Co2 cartridges won't fit.

I don't like that Crosman states "You must use only Crosman powerlet Co2 cartridges". So I did some research and yes, other people who have purchased this model say that Umarex, Daisy and other Co2 cartridges do not fit. Because of this I would like to exchange it for a non-Crosman revolver. Problem is I cut the plastic packaging on one end to get at the owner's manual and Pyramid will charge me shipping and restocking fee if the package was cut. I also do not like the way the rotary clip fits so loosely in the revolver and can be accidentally turned (indexed) quite easily without cocking the hammer or pulling the trigger.

This is a 30+ year old design. Crosman needs to use a softer end seal and make it compatible with Umarex and Daisy Co2 cartridges. Shame on you Crosman. Do yourself a favor and get a quality Umarex revolver. They are accurate, the end seals don't leak and the rotary clip fits in nice and tight and only rotates when you cock the hammer or pull the trigger.

This has become my take a break fun gun! I equipped it with a red dot scope and an under-barrel 200 lumen flashlight . . . I have and unsanitary raccoon who has started leaving Gifts on my deck during the night. It brings great comments and smiles every time I am with my son and grandsons. It’s an amazing value!

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Decent Trigger Ease of reloading

Barrel retention design is weak and broke. There is only one clip retaining the barrel and it's at the front right under the sight and also what holds the top strap and assembly in place. Part of this broke within 20 dry fire shots and the front sight with barrel started riding up and out of the frame and the barrel slid back.It is not a durable design. The top strap lock up isn't super-tight and would affect accuracy. Grip a bit too smooth. Hand won't stay put and wants to ride up.

I bought this for both dry and live fire trigger practice in conjunction with my Mantis X. Primarily dry fire as it sits next to my WFH workstation and I pick it up and several times a day and practice short sessions.

I was dry firing without CO2 and also without the rotary clip in place. I always do this whenever possible with any air gun as it's easy to view that the gun is unloaded.

This seems to have replaced the similarly priced Umarex Colt Python Colt Python .357 Pellet/BB Revolver... which was my ordering goal to have another one (left one to stay at fish camp) for home. That was accurate and durable and good trigger too. I bought this as it seemed the replacement and with similar expectations. But it's just not a durable design. I have returned it as it broke and given the weakness requested it be replaced with the ASG DW 715 from Pyramydair

The feel of this handgun is great on my hands.

I wouldn't change a thing.

This Crosman Vigilante is Awesome. Its accurate, has a realistic look and feel to it. The break barrel round mag is easy to load. Just overall Amazing for the price point.

Dotted sights would have been nice. So I dotted the rear sights with white out, & dotted the front sight with orange neon nail polish.

Make sure you line up your mag when you insert it. This will insure mag will rotate freely & properly, with no jams. Don't hesitate to buy this revolver.

Got a lemon. Returned on 8/13 (same day it arrived). Could not fire a single shot. Most likely a valve issue. Wasted a CO2 cartridge. Still waiting for replacement from PA. Hopefully the replacement will fire. I'll update later

It fires pellets, has 2 magazines, seems to hold pressure very well

The sights are easy to zero and this pistol has good power and accuracy. The trigger pull gets smoother with use and the grip is well-designed for stability. A lot of fun for the price!

Three clips for each ammo instead of one, though additional clips are available and relatively inexpensive, and more than the 6 bb capacity for bb clips.

For some reason, the co2 seems to last longer with pellets than with bb's.

The Crosman Vigilante has a good feel in my medium sized hand. It's very easy to load and fun to shoot. I prefer to shoot the 10 round rotary pellet clips so I purchased the extra 3 pack. I feel the Vigilante is a great value for the price.

The one thing I would like to see on the Crosman Vigilante is a lighter trigger pull. The trigger definitely has resistance.

I achieved very good accuracy shooting H&N Silver Point .177 Pellets. I'm convinced seating the pellets in the clips helped. I use a plastic stylus from an old long gone Palm Pilot to easily seat the pellets in the rotary clips.

Accurate and fun

Hold its gas better

Great value

I like the full-size combat grip it fills my hand up nicely. Double and single action. The rifled barrel makes this pistol very accurate. Good shot count and good use of CO2. Fun plinker.

Nothing this is a great co2 pistol.

The fully adjustable rear sight helps you zero in on target. Buy some extra clips because 10 rounds goes fast.

This 10 pellet shot revolver brings several positive aspects to the table considering the reasonable price. The pellet losing system is very simple and appears to be very problem resistant. The fact this is a pellet shooter with a rifled barrel and above average power makes for a more accurate shot than would be expected for the price. Mix in the adjustable rear sight for both height and windage and we are talking about a top line pistol....for shot. It has rails for accessories as well. Top and bottom of the barrel.

It is almost all plastic, and not the good kind of plastic that feels like it is some high tech army class polymer. Just regular plastic with a big old plastic grip that comes in half and makes cheap plastic sounds to get at the co2. It is too big. The grip relative to trigger location can make for a tough pull. I think a small hand would really struggle with this gun. There is too much plastic.

It is easy to see where the money went producing this gun. If you want a cheap revolver that will push lead down range accurately and looks and feel are irrelevant, this gun is for you.

I like my purchase

The time it took to get it shipped out

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Very affordable gun for target practice. Seems to do well. Good power.

Not sure I have any better ideas.

Purchasing from Pyramid was easy, shipping fast, and a great purchase at a fair price.

Light weight accurate

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Definitely worth the money decently powerful for what it is

Easy to load, easy to aim, easy to fire, ACCURATE. Easy to mount an optic. Zeroed at 20 feet and it appeared that I could put one pellet on top of another if I could hold it that still. 20 feet is all the room I have in the basement, so that is good enough for me.

The barrel drops open to reload. If you use an optic the release button is on top of the revolver just over the cylinder, which places it just under the optic at least the UTG that I have. Not such a big deal as my UTG has a quick release and I pop it off, change the pellet clip, and pop the UTG back on. A little inconvenient, but it stays accurate. If the button could be located else where it would be great, but I don't see how they would do it. Only real issue I had was one of the pellet clips jams every time in the same spot, have not been able to figure out a fix for it, but I have marked it and do not load that spot. The other three clips all work flawlessly.

The folks at PyramydAir recommended the UTG SCP;RG40SDQ red/green dot sight to pair with this. I found that I was able to quickly sight this in and from a supported position I was able to tear out the center of the target with 10 rounds of H&N Field Target Trophy Green, also recommended by PyramydAir.. I did this from a measured distance of 20 feet in my basement. After sighting in, I took it outside and had great results with the revolver and optic outside in the wind and bright sunshine. With over sixty years on these eyes the optic makes a big difference in lining up a target and engaging it accurately. Felt like I could not miss with this combination of revolver, optic and pellet.

Great piece. Accurate, durable, and reliable.

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Must have in any collection.

the size and feel

Well made and works very well. I am very satisfied with this product!

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Buy the extra refill cylinders!