Crosman 362 Multi-Pump Pellet Rifle

This is exactly what I expect from Crosman products. (Full disclosure, the plant in East Bloomfield, NY is about 57 miles east of my location on the same road.) It's solidly designed, very usable and does what it is supposed to do. A few drops of Pellgunoil in strategic locations and it smooths up out of the box. When I do my part, the rifle delivers accuracy at 5 pumps at 15 M. The trigger is not match grade, but easy enough to master. It is short, with good weight balance. It's also a good-looking gun, even with the synthetic stock. All in all, great value for the $$$$$$. A worthy .22 companion to my .177 Webley Vulcan springer.

The sights! The sights do not do this rifle justice. I needed all the left adjustment to bring the windage in line and am having problems keeping the peep elevated enough to stay on target at 15 M. I know it's the same rear sight as my 1377 pump pistol, jeez, Crosman, put a decent rear (even if made from engineered materials) on this rifle! Accuracy and versatility demand a set of usable sights. A much more minor quibble is the cocking force required. I was surprised at how stiff the bolt was. Other than that, this is one excellent all-around air rifle that's a great value.

As in other airguns I own, Pellgunoil is your friend. This one seems to respond to a bit of lubrication quite well. The rifle is more like a carbine in length. It is very solid, yet is light enough to carry all day long. You won't be disappointed (other than the sights) if you spend a few nickels on one.

It is very lightweight and short. That was the chief reason why I gave it a try...

It is very roughly made and wildly inaccurate. It would not print a group of better than one inch at 20 yards with a wide variety of German, American, and Czech-made pellets. Crosman claims that this rifle is appropriate for hunting "wabbits" at distances of up to 33 yards. Not with this level of accuracy! By contrast my unmodified Daisy 901 can put 5 into three-quarters of an inch at 20 yards with iron sights with several different types of pellets. Maybe I got a lemon but I didn't like it well enough to send it back and try a replacement. This would be an awesome little small game rifle if it was accurate enough. Sadly, it's not.

I tried using both the peep sight that comes on the rifle and a scope that I mounted after installing the steel breech as I tested pellets for accuracy. Neither gave acceptable results.

Nice weight, easy to handle and pump, looks good. And it's accurate, too - when it works.

1. The sights are a bit primitive but after a bit of trial and error, they work, sort of. 2. Make a working bolt, see below.

I was looking forward to getting this airgun - it checked a lot of my boxes. For a couple of days, things went well, tho I noticed the bolt was always very difficult to cycle and required a lot of strength to open.Well, today I can no longer open the bolt. There is a thick, rounded pin in the bolt channel that pops up behind the bolt and blocks pulling the bolt back. After carefully checking the user manual I found no mention of this pin, so it's a bit of a mystery to me (not having a parts schematic doesn't help; it's not yet available). So hopefully I can send it back, but I need to think about what to get - a replacement or a refund? Very irritating!