Cometa Fusion Premier Star Air Rifle

Glen,,,,,,It sounds to me that "Domingo" must of gotten a "Lemon"(It DOES happen occasionaly), I have 3 Cometas 2 Fusion Premiers(One w/ a Full "Performence" tune, the other not as much , w/ the difference being the MainSpring used, My "Performence" tuned Fusion has a Crosman Quest 1000 m/s, while the other has a "Mendoza "Medium Velocity" m/s in it which gives it a "Decent" muzzle velocity of around 850fps(depending on the weight of the ammo I'm using),,My other Cometa is a .22 Fenix 400 Premier that has the Crosman m/s in it, and puts out just under 1000fps(And that's with "LEAD"!). It's a Great shooter, but I prefer the Fusions, especially for "Long-Range" shooting. Now that I've gotten into PCP's, The Cometas don't get as much time in the field now(Except for the Winter months, Where I usually don't bring my PCP's out into the field for obvious reasons. I hope this answers all your questions, but don't be "shy" in asking if there's something else you'd like to know. Cheer's Andy.

Richard,,,,,,At this time(I usually switch my Scopes around periodically), I've got my "Hawke 4-16X50 A/O I.R. Mil-Dot", on this Shooter now, and I've got No Complaints w/ it's Performence so far. I'll usually put on a "Fitco 4-16X44 A/O I.R. Mil-Dot", or one of my UTG R/G Dot's on(especially if I know I'll be doing "Short Range" Bush shooting for "Cotton Tail's), I usually save my Red Dot's for any "Short Range" (50 meters or less) shooting or for my Cross-Bows. I actually just received my UTG 4.2" 38mm ITA CQB in preparation for the Benjamin "Pioneer" Air-Bow I recently ordered,,,,Now, That's a Combo I can't wait to try out, Too bad I have to wait 'til P/A gets them in. Cheer's Andy.

32ft/lb springer you're making 150 yards shots with; 25 lb. jackrabbits ............ya right.

I bought this shooter in Canada, and "Out of the Box" it was nothing to right home about performance wise, very under-powered, but with minimal tuning it's a fantastic shooter, All I did was clean & polish the internals a little bit, and the best mod you can do w/ these guns is change the main-spring,,,I switched over to a Crosman Quest 1000 mainspring, and that was the kicker so to speak. The power level went up by almost 100%, putting out over 30ft/lbs, just a touch below my Hatsan AT-44 that puts out 32ft/lbs, As for the other question, I put some "Sports-Match" fully adjustable rings on it, and some good glass on top, and it's a "Tack-Driver", w/ this set-up, you can easily make 150yd shots hole on hole, its one of my favourite shooters now for Jack-Rabbit, making shots I never dreamed of before. Cheer's Andy.

Such divergent experiences with the same gun. What do you think this can be attributed to? Cometa seem to have a strong reputation, but Domingo's review below describes a very bad experience with his Cometa Fusion. Should I buy this gun?

What scope did you mount

Pyramyd has been trying to unload this 1 returned rifle for well over a year, nobody wants it. That speaks volumes.

Sounds like you had a very bad experience. I was considering buying this model until I read your review. What did Cometa say about your problems? Did they offer to fix the gun? There are plenty of flattering reviews about Cometa's Air Rifles, and conflicting reports on the same models, like this one. Thanks for sharing your experience. I'll avoid Cometa. I wouldn't want to be bummed out. Hope you are shooting a better rifle lately. Cheers.

I will note that the photos provided on this listing make the gun look slip-shod. The picture of the safety mechanism looks like it was slapped on and then sanded with 50 grit sandpaper. When even the sales photos of the gun look terrible it makes me worry. It definitely does not look like a $400 gun.