Crosman Diamondback SBD Air Rifle, NP Elite

Very accurate and powerful if you use a heavier pellet. (10.5gr or better work great.) I use it primarily to drop birds that steal the food from my peacocks. Out to 50 yards, a pigeon is a 1 shot kill and at 25 yards even the tiny sparrows can be hit consistently. "Paper punching" groups in an inch at 25 yards off hand and narrows to all holes touching from a bench rest.

The scope that comes with it is garbage (or at least mine was) I had one left over from my old Stoeger spring gun that wore out that works great on the Crosman and allows accurate zeros and consistent shot placements. (Scope that came with it wouldn't hold a zero!!! Factory defect on mine?) People have complained about the noise and weight. I agree that when new, it was very loud, but as they said, it quieted down after some shooting. I've probably put several thousand pellets through it since new and no one in the convenience store parking lot (several hundred feet away from my yard) seems to hear it any more. The weight is substantial and I use the sling (that I added) any time except when getting ready for a shot. From a bench, or even off hand, the extra weight makes it quite stable for aiming. I do not recommend the lighter weight pellets. Under 10 grain wouldn't fly straight. I think there might have be too much power behind them and they tumble.

I highly recommend this pellet gun in .177 for smaller "critters"or "paper punching" and if the .22 version is as accurate and dependable, it should be a really decent "bunny buster". Make sure to keep your arm in shape as that single pump of the barrel can take some effort if you can't get the right angle, or if rapid firing at the range. (if you can call a single shot break barrel rifle rapid firing) I wouldn't call this a serious competition gun, but is accurate enough for the casual shooter and at a very affordable price for its quality.

It's accurate and it is quiet

Some how reconfigure the leverage required to cock it. It is a booger!

Again, it's REALLY tough to cock. That being said, it seems to be more than adequately accurate. It's really quiet!

Looks and quietness

Trigger and a softer rear stock pad.

If possible shoot before you buy.

First i loved the synthetic material that it's made of, it's not too heavy and it's easy to cock. What really surprised me was that it was easy to dial in with the manual sights right out of the box. At 15 yards I'm getting about 1 inch groups with no problem using Crosman 22 cal. hollow points.

Because I don't consider this a hunting rifle I would loose the sling mount.

This rifle is back yard friendly and it hits as hard as my Hatsan 95.

first of all i love the price, i also like the all weather material that the rifle is composed of. The rifle is easy to dial in out of the box and its powerful enough to take down any back yard pest. It's not to heavy and it's not hard to cock and load. I'm pleased with the speed and power of a rifle at this price. So far i'm only firing it with the mechanical sights.

The mechanical sights are not very good. I have painted mine with orange and green sight paint and that makes the sights easy to see. If Crosman would improve the front and rear sights on this rifle i would give it 5 stars.

This rifle is very back yard friendly.

first of all i love the price, i also like the all weather material that the rifle is composed of. The rifle is easy to dial in out of the box and its powerful enough to take down any back yard pest. It's not to heavy and it's not hard to cock and load. I'm pleased with the speed and power of a rifle at this price. So far i'm only firing it with the mechanical sights.

The mechanical sights are not very good. I have painted mine with orange and green sight paint and that makes the sights easy to see. If Crosman would improve the front and rear sights on this rifle i would give it 5 stars.

This rifle is very back yard friendly.

I ordered the 22cal. Crosman Diamondback rifle with no scope from PA on Jan. 14, 2023, I received it on Jan. 18, 2023. The rifle arrived in good shape, no damage. PA has been great to deal with. So far I have been shooting it off hand with the open sights on the rifle. I am shooting 22cal H&N Rabbit Magnum II 25.62gr. pellets. It it has plenty of power and has been slinging these heavy pellets with ease at a target that I have put out at 35 yards. I would say this rifle is reasonably accurate, especially for its price point. Power wise, it falls somewhere between my 22cal Hatsan 125 and my 22cal Crosman Summit Ranger NP2. The trigger is a little stiff but it breaks cleanly and at the same point. The trigger should ease up some once this rifle breaks in. I am still tweeting in the open sights, it shoots just a little to the right. The weight of the rifle is around 8 1/2 pounds. It is about the same as my Hatsan Striker and Edge and a little more than my Umarex Surge Max Elit

I had to tip the open sight on the barrel with some of my wife's fingernail polish to give the black on black sights some contrast. The false magazine is only useful as a place to balance the rifle while shooting, I may remove it at a later date.

It is too soon to tell how well this rifle will shoot.
Once it is broken in I'll have abetter idea as to accuracy.
A few years ago, I bought a Crosman Summit Ranger NP2 rifle from PA and it is now very accurate out to 35 yards.
I have a felling that this Diamondback will wind up being pretty good as well.


22cal Crosman Diamond Back - 6 shots at 35 yards- Off Hand - Open Sights- 22cal H&N Rabbit Magnum II 25.62gr.Pellets.

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Nice heavy well built rifle. Everything was great. Extremely accurate right out of the box. I have about 30 rounds through it now and the accuracy has increased. The rifle is not loud at all, easy to cock and packs a punch. I bought the .22 caliber without a scope since I already had one. Small open sight and trigger pull adjustment and am popping a quarter at 20 yards. Installed a Barska 4x32 IR scope (great for air guns or .22). I'll zero that another day. Love it! For a bit over $100 it can't be beat.

Not a thing.

This is right up there with way more expensive guns.

Accutacy,looks,value for the noney,solid rifle

Trigger is very sensative,border line dangerous

Make sure you get a good scope for this rifle.

the power to price ratio still holds even after almost 2 years of shooting this airgun. it knocks em dead everytime. I shoot a lot of smaller varmints, namely squirrels (they get big around here), chipmunks, and some invasive birds. never has one ever shrugged off a shot from this. if you hit one, it goes down. every. time.

first of all this airgun is quite heavy. after about a dozen shots without a bench or rest and you're going to be tired. the sights are usable but kinda lame. better sights probably would have made me forget about the weight honestly. the ones it comes with are just black plastic that doesn't contrast very well against anything that isn't paper white.

all in all this gun is more than worth a buy. quirks and flaws aside, this gun WILL reliably remove pests. you'd have to have some REALLY good arms to shoot this with any kind of glass on it. I personally just got used to the iron sights and never looked back. this gun doesn't care what pellets you shoot, although it likes heaver pellets. buy a sling if for some reason you want to torture yourself by carrying it any distance