I underestimated just how bad the non-magpul stock is, and just how much a good stock adds to your gun.
It is the most intimate part of a gun - touching your face, very close to the eye, and I have never given it much thought because I've never had a problematic stock, but this stock is almost as if Crosman attached a giant middle finger to this rifle as if to say "F you for not shelling out for the Magpul edition."
The stock is plastic, and absolutely flat. It feels exactly like I have this level pressed against my shoulder. I took this picture to show it is as flat and wide as a level. No contours or curves, at all.
It also wobbles, a lot, and all the little bumps and knocks transfer directly into my face, again like having a level on your face while someone thumps it.
I don't get it. MY cheapo Gamo has a much better stock. Even my childhood BB gun, and my son's BENJAMIN Red Rider has a better stock.
A company like Crosman / Benjamin ought to know better than to do this. I would sooner have my son's Red Rider stock on it.
It is the most intimate part of a gun - touching your face, very close to the eye, and I have never given it much thought because I've never had a problematic stock, but this stock is almost as if Crosman attached a giant middle finger to this rifle as if to say "F you for not shelling out for the Magpul edition."
The stock is plastic, and absolutely flat. It feels exactly like I have this level pressed against my shoulder. I took this picture to show it is as flat and wide as a level. No contours or curves, at all.
It also wobbles, a lot, and all the little bumps and knocks transfer directly into my face, again like having a level on your face while someone thumps it.
I don't get it. MY cheapo Gamo has a much better stock. Even my childhood BB gun, and my son's BENJAMIN Red Rider has a better stock.
A company like Crosman / Benjamin ought to know better than to do this. I would sooner have my son's Red Rider stock on it.