First look at new Crosman PCP Sporter Air Rifle

[airguneditor]

I recently got to play with one of these briefly and wrote about it in my blog.

Here's the link: http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/blog/20 ... enger.html

[Jason]

Can you load it in prone without breaking position?

Jason

[airguneditor]

pull the T-bolt straight back, load a pellet, and push the bolt straight forward.

[Jason]

pull the T-bolt straight back, load a pellet, and push the bolt straight forward.

And can you do that without breaking position, such as removing the rifle from your shoulder? How far back does the T-bolt move? Is it similar to an AR-15 (which I'm assuming was the inspiration)?

Jason

[Pat McCoy]

The bolt only moves about 2", so you don't have very far to open it. Breaking position is not a real problem at the level of shooters who would use there for 3P, as a matter of fact I use this as a teaching point to help the new shooter get used to how the position should feel by rebuilding it each shot. New shooters have little sense of the inner position, so when they do not "rebuild" they often have un-noticed changes in the position.

[2650 Plus]

Mostly for Pat. I teach as a fundamental , minimum disturbance of the position from shot to shot. I would be concerened about a rifle that required dismounting the rifle to reload after each shoot. So, to repeat the first question, Can this rifle be reloaded without the shooter coming out of position to reload ? Good Shooting Bill Horton

[TWP]

What type of accuracy does it have?

And when will they be available?