Shockwave | American Airgunner

[@BoggWeasel]

Not too shabby for straight out of the box without cleaning the barrel most new guns require cleaning and maybe 50 or so pellets before they settle down

[@rickatkins1789]

The experience I have had with my break barrels is that they are extremely sensitive to hold. For a while I thought my relatively expensive sights were defective. I would get them sighted in getting 1/2 to 1 inch groups at 20 to 30 yards. Next time I would use them they would be off. I discovered if I held the gun exactly the same as I had the previous time shooting they would magically be correctly sighted. Why? Due to the pellets being in the barrel while the two directional recoil is taking place makes them much more sensitive hold, balance and harmonics. Yes, airguns have a break in period, just like powder burners and usually perform better after break in. Your review showed the Crosman Shockwave to be decent break barrel. It would be helpful if manufacturers would list the weight of the pellets used to get their alleged pellet speeds. Anyhow, good job!

[@autorizeduser9876]

What a beauty and the airgun aint bad either

[@americanairgunner]

Crosman Shockwave! Heck yeah

[@justinfraziet6843]

It will get more dialed in the more you break it in. Mine was pretty bad when i got it. After about probably 500 shots, its VERY accurate

[@americanairgunner]

Funny how some Airguns need that break in before everything settles down. Did you clean your barrel?

[@davidharris8444]

Thank you. I just got this one for Christmas (early). I took it out today and put about 20 or so pellets through it. Had to make some adjustments to the Iron sights. I'm not quite done yet. Need to put about 30 more pellets through it, before I put the scope on.

[@photobyTaps]

Great presentation

[@americanairgunner]

Glad you liked it

[@donoliver96]

I have 5 different crosmans folks need to learn to clean shoot and load I am very satisfied with mine just change the scopes I shoot mine at 75 yards very accurate u must break them in first wish I could afford the pcps though

[@americanairgunner]

Right on the money!

[@eriabanda7840]

Thanks guys

[@americanairgunner]

Thanks Eria for commenting.

[@frankdavis1139]

Powerful 👍 good for me for the pines lakes 22 good hit 🎯. I love iron sights I'm good at 40 50 yards all you need... Great content on your test

[@americanairgunner]

Nice!

[@deltasmeltya6837]

I used some neon orange nail polish on the front sight, made a big difference

[@adamreisman9187]

Well done!

[@texasroots]

I have the same air rifle. Working to get it zero'd in drove me nuts. I am using the included site and I had to go up about 80clicks and right about 30clicks. I also bought the crosman hollow points which I have found are the least accurate(2-3" groups). I tried ruger super point pellets and instantly went to 1" groups(15yrds).

[@americanairgunner]

Pellets selection and testing is a huge part of finding accuracy.

[@1219magnum]

Nice job young lady! Left to right= windage Up and down= elevation. I wanna get one of these Shockwaves for varmint control. Your excellent vid sold me on getting one. Thank u!

[@bruceallen6016]

Hah! You got a better group with iron sights? Sounds like the reticle in the scope is stuck. Sometimes lightly tapping the scope on a table can free it up. Thumb up.

[@springpistonriflefeverlone9611]

You have to make bigger adjustments with the scope. Think in terms of half a turn or full turn. You get the idea 💡.😉👍

[@LowkeyAirgunner]

16 clicks being 4MOA should translate to 4inch @100yards...the thing this is 20yards or less so divide this number by 5...wich means less than 1inch adjustment for the ~15 ish click she tried at the end Those scope are easy to max out tho (wich will make them loose zero)...for some reason they rarely lign up for me

[@springpistonriflefeverlone9611]

@@LowkeyAirgunner Yes, not a good scope, but she was treating it like she had already shot the best pellet and didn't need to take any more shots for a group, because she made an adjustment after every shot, not a good idea especially for a new break barrel air rifle.

[@LowkeyAirgunner]

@@springpistonriflefeverlone9611 I loved the smoke in the barrel part! [The only thing shooting hot is that seal haha]

[@americanairgunner]

Also some shimming of the scope may be warranted.

[@FreedomAirguns]

Cheap pellets always have considerable variations in weight, giving you a hard time both shooting and zeroing. I level gun and scope and also divide pellets by weight with a balance scale. After that, you can't miss a shot guys.

[@americanairgunner]

Don't forget the barrel polish and clean.

[@FreedomAirguns]

@@americanairgunner I gave it for granted, my fault.

[@gopikm9532]

Abilavile in india?

[@HillbillyonaYZ]

My first recent (as in the last 45 years) pellet rifle is a Crosman Legacy 1000. 10 pumps for each shot got old, so on to a Gamo Whisper Fusio0n .22 break barrel and then a Beeman R9 .177 break barrel. Crosman has to be right there with Daisy when it comes to getting people into (or back into) air guns. Have to admit, I'm seriously looking at getting into PCP with a Air Venturi Avenger .22. Big $$ move, so maybe after I pay off the Beeman and Hawke scope that I went with it. Meantime, the local shooting range here opens at 11:00 AM tomorrow, so I'll be there at 10:45 AM to get a good spot. Have dialed the Beeman to 25yds, going to move out to 50yds. Good times..

[@americanairgunner]

Sounds like the bug has bitten you again! So correct when you say Crosman and Daisy get people into the hobby. Often they are the gateway to airguns and shooting in general for many of us. Hope your time at the range was productive.

[@truevalkyriecat]

Thank you it helps for you to put on the scope

[@americanairgunner]

Scopes always help to shrink those groups. Thanks for watching.

[@dustinh4175]

The gun is way more accurate than the crappy scope it comes with. If you get a good mill dot scope and do the rc bearing trigger mod you can hit shotgun shells at 50 yards all day. I was hitting a 12" metal sign at 120 yards with a 20" holdover 8 out of 10 shots no bs.

[@myprivatewar]

bright green nail polish on the front sight 👍🏻

[@braddenty503]

Not shooting a break barrel at this point BUT I am shooting the Crosman Premier Hollow Points in 22cal. Today alone I hit a playing card at 30...40...50...and 85yds. Ok 4 different cards. But seriously, the ammo is spot on if u take the time to wash, lube, measure head diameter and weigh. Haha I know too much right. But for $9 I can have 500 pellets that just need a little love OR you can spend $20-30 for a tin...ur choice

[@americanairgunner]

Show those pellets some love. What is your lube of choice?

[@braddenty503]

Havent decided on one in particular, you have a favorite? I always forget to mention the 85yd shot obviously took a few shoots to get. I believe 30yd was first shot then 40 was like 3 and 50 was 5.

[@kit38801]

Please recommend a better scope for a break barrel...

[@americanairgunner]

How about a Hawke Airmax? Then if you upgrade your airgun you will have a great scope to match.

[@vander082]

Very good!

[@djb903]

Would've been nice to see actual data collected on velo and dB

[@americanairgunner]

Thanks for the suggestion.

[@TheBaronAirGunReviews]

I am very interested in the barrel.

[@troyclear4219]

Interesting. Nice price.

[@FangOfTruth]

Are they any scope height adjustable scope mounts? To get more range of adjustments for instances like this. Referring to height wasn’t changing much with this scope.

[@shane011471]

Yes, plenty of them out there .

[@americanairgunner]

Hawke makes a set.

[@heithwatkins]

I was surprised how quiet it was 👍

[@americanairgunner]

Not too bad really! Louder than a PCP though.

[@ItCity-p3s]

Try to under stand the gun what kind of pellet better for this rifle

[@liljimitwofeatherz9735]

I have a Benjamin quest tactical air rifle 177 Is it the same gun

[@liljimitwofeatherz9735]

So do I can't find much information on it

[@mexican_yankee9749]

Nice review. Can anyone put a decibel read on how loud this rifle is

[@donpeer4477]

I'd put my Hatsan AirTact ($98 at Cabela's) up against your Crosman any time!

[@mikhaildmitriev2602]

Приобрёл данную винтовку. По началу она показалась недоступной в плане точности и стабильности. Сдал обратно из-за выявившегося дефекта ствола. Дефект исправили... Осваиваю, привыкаю, пристреливаю. Подобрал пульки 0.8гр. всё летит куда захочу, со штатным прицелом на 25-30м, дальше пока не позволяет стрельбище. Винтовкой доволен. ..."Нет плохого оружия, есть плохие стрелки." Ворошилов.

[@americanairgunner]

Great comment

[@cameronm.5138]

Will this crosman air rifle .22 caliber pellet rifle will kill a snake

[@americanairgunner]

yep

[@cameronm.5138]

@@americanairgunner I hope so

[@moneymatters2223]

How accurate was your first shot, with the scope?

[@americanairgunner]

Never accurate as you need to dial the scope in.

[@NocoYeti]

Hi could you tell me if the trigger is metal or poylmer?

[@getpoked2498]

Funny enough mine is like that, can't get it to be dead accurate and it shoots a bit too the right, managed to get used to it though and I've hit plenty of shots

[@chrisbarrier6839]

I have the same gun I can hit a 4-in Target at 75 yards I believed I aimed 3 ft up and 1ft left.

[@maryolee8303]

Darling you should always be working in front of the camera . You could make a pile of junk look good. You should be on the cover of Elle magazine. Phenomenal!

[@americanairgunner]

Abby does a wonderful job.

[@Spartan-Of-Truth]

This is about pellet rifles.

[@ricksgt2012]

Had to shim the scope to get it to hit the target.

[@LovelyBaseball-ex1zn]

I am going to get me one . Walmart has it right now for 128.00i will be getting me one

[@carryharris4204]

A good job little Lady

[@rogergoodwin5533]

Is it spring or gas?

[@americanairgunner]

Gas

[@johnnybbgunner2136]

The only negative on these is that safety near the trigger.

[@ItCity-p3s]

Set scope to get better resault

[@19731755]

I bought mine from Walmart 6 years ago for $80. It’s a nice brake barrel rifle. Pretty accurate, I just didn’t like the scope. It seems to like to shoot the hollow point and the domed pellets from Crosman.

[@americanairgunner]

Not bad for the price point.

[@19731755]

I forgot to mention that mine came with the glow front sight

[@dubon6372]

This woman should be in magazine covers. Nice rifle by the way.

[@philipmartin2622]

I have noticed that most of the people doing reviews are shooting a relatively small number of shots. I would suspect that a new rifle would have some degree of dieseling during the first shots which would have an adverse affect on accuracy.

[@christophernb1963]

I got mine from Walmart for 100.00 And the one I bought is 1,000 to 1200 PSI

[@americanairgunner]

How is the accuracy?

[@christophernb1963]

@@americanairgunner I haven't put it to the test yet or adjust the scope, but I do hit what I'm aiming at.

[@eddiecahall3824]

Elevation and windage sweetie! Not vertical and horizontal lol hey get a good Hawke scope on er and try some Air Arms 16 gr or JSB 15.89. I think you'll be super stoked! Ed da snippin backyard man pro💥💪😱

[@americanairgunner]

Right on with the Hawke scope recommendation.

[@peterconant5249]

Try not holding the stock hard against your shoulder break barrels need to recoil and it should help. Try shooting in hand instead of on bench. My break barrel is more accurate in hand. Throw away the scope😝

[@americanairgunner]

Good tip

[@j.verfaillie5742]

Well done girl. With the right pellet you will definitely shoot closer groups, even at further distances. One thing is certain. You will not make it with the supplied scope. Here in Europe most people are of the opinion that the optics are rubbish. A consolation. When you take the scope apart, you get two different magnifying glasses to read the fine print on some inserts or on packaging and plastic bottles.

[@NorthFloridaAirGunner]

I still use the included scope on mine just fine. Matter fact I use the included scopes on all 6 of my rifles. Hunt with them regularly. Never had an included scope go bad either. The one on my f4 is over 10years old now and still holds zero.

[@j.verfaillie5742]

@@NorthFloridaAirGunner I"m get this from hearing in the corridors and devouring national and international reviews on all possible platforms. I myself have just the Crosman Vital shot .177 to plink and mess to within 21 yards (20 m). From onward I use scopes. For about $120 it was certainly not a bad buy.

[@americanairgunner]

Good to start with, but an upgraded scope will take this rifle even further.

[@svee1350]

If you learn how to adjust the scope to POI you will be fine. Your iron sights shooting is good,

[@skipcalvert4310]

Wow, a new pellet shot gun, 4-0 one pellet at a time

[@lectro88]

Some may not agree with what I'm saying. some scopes don't respond well, some scopes drift back after zeroing. But What I was starting to say and drifted myself. A break barrel is a terrible design(for accuracy). you break the plane or bridge from stock to the alignment of the barrel each time you reload/break. and slam it back shut., I don't care how good the machining is or was, that barrel is not perfectly re-aligned each time, and with wear... it gets worse, not terrible wear I know. but you know how a little doddle here makes inches off down range. Just give all that some thought... and a little fog or haze may clear. You might as well be putting the scope on "Anew" each time you break. They are great for kids, plinking and simple. But Precision... Hole in hole shooting,. they are not., but then again $128.00 Also... that slamming of the spring vrs true air is murder on some scopes. I ruined a Nikon 3x9x50 BDC on a Rugar "Springer" $300. learning mistake. Why was this guy running a high dollar scope on pellet especially bdc... optics, vision. clear viewing is why. I'm old... and I hate unresponsive cheap scopes(for me) My 1st pellet was a break barrel, And I'm 50+ playing with PCP's now. oh how times have changed..... Cheers

[@americanairgunner]

We all have to start somewhere. Although I agree with the logic, I have seen break barrels that perform pellet on pellet time and time again. They can be pretty impressive in the right shooter’s hands.

[@xodarap37]

@@americanairgunner Since the front AND rear sights are on the barrel, there should be virtually no chance of them going out of alignment in this fashion...

[@johnnybbgunner2136]

Red dot will do the trick.

[@MountainSportAirguns]

Looks just awful, that's a shame that Crosman has gone so cheap on the quality these days. Im surprised Abby didn't wrap that thing around a tree afterwards 🤣

[@joshuagibson2520]

I agree.

[@NorthFloridaAirGunner]

It's actually a very good rifle. I've taken rabbit with mine one shot at 45-50yards easily. Had mine for about 3 years now and it still works fine. Stock is solid and comfortable in the hand, has a steel breach block, it's accurate, consistent, and the moderator actually has baffles, so it's quiet after the initial dieseling stops. Hers only shot like that because it hasn't broken in yet.

[@americanairgunner]

At this price point we would disagree.

[@joshuagibson2520]

This is why we love Dana. The dollar doesn't get in the way of the facts.

[@mobilefreedom741]

Try the gamo swarm .22 10x...😊no reloads just cock and shoot 10 rounds $139.99

[@gmanneod8085]

@Mobile Freedom Crosman makes the Mag-fire too. FIRST STATE AIRGUN has a review. Looks like it was a good one.

[@americanairgunner]

What about the Crosman multi shot break barrel?

[@gmanneod8085]

@@americanairgunner yes the Crosman multi shot break barrel rifles are called Crosman Magfire rifles.

[@markzimmerman7279]

Haha chickens don't have arms, is that a nitro piston 2 ?

[@markzimmerman7279]

I couldn't find any evidence of a 25 cal version of this rifle.

[@americanairgunner]

Only available in .177 and .22 The shockwave is a nitro piston airgun

[@johndoee3850]

You forgot the FPS, chrony.

[@Relaxbadkneeadventures]

😉👍🇳🇱

[@lamchangchang2041]

Nice I'm from india

[@FlyingV344]

2.58😆

[@americanairgunner]

lol

[@Wandering_Trainer]

Can this kill a caiman o alligator if you hit it in the head?

[@americanairgunner]

Probably needs to be more powerful.

[@fiascostew5001]

Sights def better than scopes especially those crosman scopes

[@brayramey4956]

Those premiere pellets are not very good in that gun

[@americanairgunner]

Crazy how different each pellet reacts differently to each airgun.

[@CEPHALEXIN323]

What brand do u recommend?

[@michaelrachels722]

it's not the scope, bought 1 for my son and it was literally all over a 8" target at 10yds and to me that is completely unacceptable.

[@joshuagibson2520]

Just me, but I'd spend the extra money and get a Gamo.

[@americanairgunner]

Everyone has their own preferences.

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@americanairgunner indeed. I'd certainly say the same thing if Crosman was paying me as well.

[@NorthFloridaAirGunner]

Crosman don't make that. Some Chinese company does. Crosman USE to make some great rifles. Back when they were still made in the usa.

[@joedouche3818]

Why do I think she can field dress a deer in 2.5 minutes?

[@blueplasma5589]

You are sooo beautiful! Can you grow your nails a bit longer! Oh the gun is cool.🙃

[@americanairgunner]

She is a chainsaw artist. Doubt longer nails would be beneficial.

[@luckyc3926]

That is a club at best.

[@americanairgunner]

You might just be surprised. With the right ammo and a good barrel polish you could be hitting quarters at 30 yards.

[@Wold_Research_Tv]

Please help me order mathas please

[@americanairgunner]

Google is your friend

[@satchguitar84]

7 inch groups at 15 yards is about right for a $120 walmart break barrel. Even the magic off camera group isn't anything to brag about at that distance, might as well throw darts. When you can tell they are trying to tiptoe around not saying anything bad about the sponsor, it doesn't reflect well on the validity of your other reviews.

[@johnfrancis5673]

Lets not be too harsh, the girl is only trying (it may be a slightly heavy gun for her as she only slim/thin) I'm sure for $130 its quite good fun & being honest she was adjusting the dials after each shot (when it could have been her that pulled the shot up/down left/right) best way to zero in is to take 5 shots aiming at same point every time assess the group then make a slight adjustment then repeat.

[@americanairgunner]

Out of the box accuracy is one thing. It always takes a little more to getting the most out of any air rifle. Not bad for $120!

[@marcegrecco53]

I wouldn’t waste my money..

[@americanairgunner]

Honestly, there are a lot of little things that would make these group better. Pellet selection, barrel cleaning, barrel polish, lubrication, etc... i wouldn't discount the Shockwave that quickly.

[@brentolsenthanksformaking2528]

Thank you time is so short Romans 10:9-13

[@springpistonriflefeverlone9611]

True that.

[@americanairgunner]

We agree that time is short. Thanks Abby for taking the time to do this and you did a nice job on this review.

[@garyritterstrings]

Break barrels are a total waste of money. Not accurate at all. Shot gun pattern.

[@james1795]

You obviously have a lot to learn.

[@americanairgunner]

Much to learn. Time and patience could make this into a gem.

[@goosee7776]

Did you just smell a pellet gun' lol' Ok i can work with that', they get 615 fps after break in' a 14 g, crossman pellet, I have three of them one in 17, thats factory oil smokeing it go away few shots, you lock the single bolt mount at end of dovetail where it splits and tork it' the other mount has two bolts put in front...thats how ya do that without pictany rails., Braze the rings ya and scope, cut lines into them' with razor where the set on the scope so all four ya'...super reliable and duribiity, gives the 10/22 survival rifle a run for its money, five years or longer they last little maintenance...no shells no primers no gun powder, just add lead... most medium game the .22 never gave me any problems, better' for larger cridders than .17 in my opinion even tho .17 is faster- defend yourself with one yes, vary well can'...once I set a scope on one its good to go stays on target don't move at all' little extra work nothing major takes 20 min... In mountains nay go with stsge two gas nitro piston 2,,, in 29 fpe" for wolf or something .25 or .22, they don't make a shockwave in 25 .cal

[@svernwarunos546]

Dude were you scratching your butt?

[@fiascostew5001]

It's .22 not 22

[@stanmax]

nice)

[@macho-ko3pn]

I hate my crosman it's crap. My game is way better

[@americanairgunner]

Have you tried a light barrel polish?