Just got my M3 today. It's got a crack in the front of the receiver... But it doesnt seem to be much of an issue, i tried flexing the pump/barrel and there was no movement in the crack, might've just been bumped around too much in the packaging.
The thing doesnt come in vacuum wrap like most crosman guns, its actually fitted inside a nice box and a foam cut out. Comes with a pair of manuals, The gun itself, two shells, a crappy sling, Crappy .12s (Shot them at a wall... they literally 'splattered' against the surface, very soft) and a cleaning rod.
As soon as I got it, myself and a few buddies took it outside to fire it... The first few times i've noticed that the gun will load up to five shots at a time rather than the three. I'm assuming that the gun takes too much out of the magazine per pump. The gun shoots relitively well. I might've gotten a lemon, but i'm not getting some good groupings with it that people've been preaching about. Sometimes it'll shoot pretty low, then decent, then all over the place. and i'm using good bb's for this. But, it shoots where you generally want things to land. and i'd be using it for nothing more than CQB stuff.
The pump is pretty hard to work, it 'will' tire you out unless you slick it up, which I still have yet to do. As for the sights? Don't really bother using them, just line up along the barrel instead. The rear sight is really low, and it would be too much of a hassle to line up properly while shooting. Kills a lot of your feild of vision.
I'm gonna do more testing tommorow, and i'll reveiw with a video for you guys.
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