which pellet gun is best- remington airmaster 77 or crosman powermaster 66?
Hey this is my first airgun and i really want to keep the price low. also please let me know where the best place to buy either of these guns are. THANKS SO MUCH.
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There is a HUGE difference between the two, rifled barrel in the Airmaster and smooth bore in the Powermaster. With the rifled barrel, the other improvements in sights, etc, you get a far superior gun for very little difference in price. Both come with lousy scopes but the 4×20 on the Airmaster is slightly better.
Both are at WalMart. The Airmaster is $74. The Powermaster is about $55.
The Powermaster box makes no mention of rifled barrel @ Wal-Mart or my local gun shops (Davis Sport Shop, Sloatsburg, NY http://www.davissport.com/ & Davis Shooting Sports Goshen, NY http://www.davisshootingsports.com/) however it is mentioned on the Crosman 2100 Boxes. Why would Crosman not mention such an important specification on the package? The Powermaster and the Recruit are basically the same powerplant are they not?
The 77 is years ahead of the 66, I have both. My first gun was also a 77, just DON’T use the bbs, only pellets in the 77. walmart has the 77 for 70$. Dicks* has the 2100 (same as the 77, but different color) for $60.
The Remington Airmaster 77 (AKA Crosman 2100) is the better option. With roughly 9 ft-lbs of muzzle energy, its got a larger margin of safety for small game hunting.(1) Accuracy is going to be good, say 1-1.5 inch groups at 25 yards or so. Crosman pump pneumatics tend to be very durable. All told its a good option for a hunting pump pneumatic gun on the cheap.
The Crosman 664 (Powermaster 66) is also a good gun, but it would take second place if you are even remotely considering hunting with it in my opinion.(2) The Crosman 664 has roughly 6.5 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. That’s enough for small game, but you don’t have much of a safety margin for things like rabbits, so pellet placement must be perfect.(1) Accuracy is comparable to the Crosman 2100. Durability is very good. About the only reason I can see choosing the Crosman 664 over the Crosman 2100 is that you can’t scrape together the money for the Crosman 2100 and the Crosman 664 is substantially cheaper. (In the US its about $15-$25 cheaper depending on which version of the Crosman 2100 you’re comparing it to.
As for airgun_target’s comment about the Crosman 664 not being rifled… He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The Crosman 664 specs from Crosman, Pyramid Air, and pretty much every other site that bothers to list that information say it has a rifled barrel. And I’m pretty sure I remember looking down the barrel and seeing the rifling before mine finally wore out on me. Maybe he’s confusing it with the base model of the Crosman 760 or Crosman Recruit which aren’t rifled?