I consider the Phantom 1000 the best 0.177 rifle on the market for the money. It easily puts Crossman 7.4g pointed pellets through 1/2" pine boards at 10 yards. I use it without a scope and I like the fiber optic sights. The gun comes up nice and feels nice. I also like the stock material. I have had the gun for almost 4 years and it has been problem free. When first fired, it is loud, but it quiets down after 20-50 shots. I use one sight setting for three pellet types. At 20-30 yards, I sighted Crosman Destroyer's 7.9g to be right on. AT that range, the Crossman 7.4g pointed pellets will hit a little high and the Beeman Kodiak 10.65g will hit a little low. I just change my aim point depending on what pellet and distance I am shooting.

I did a simple experiment using a 1000 FPS Crossman Phantom 1000. I filled three dog food cans, same brand, with water and placed them on a boulder. I then paced-off about 10 yards and fired a single pellet into each can. One was a Crossman Pointed 7.4g, the next was a Crossman Destroyer 7.9g and the last was the Beeman Kodiak Heavy 10.65g.
The exit holes on each were:
Pointed 7.4g 7/16x5/16 in
Destroyer 7.9g 7/16x6/16 in
Beeman 10.65g 9/16x8/16 in
The Beeman made the biggest exit hole. I use these three pellet, mainly for range. Pointed for 50 yard shots, destroyer for 20-30 yard shots and Beeman for under 20 yard shots. I was thinking that the Destroyer may make the biggest exit hole, but it didn't. The Beeman Kodiak Heavy won there. I have not tried the Crosman Premier Brown Box 10.5g yet. In short, this gun is so powerful, the heavier the pellet, the better.

I bought the Phantom to handle gray squirrels that were chewing on my house. No problems with the other red squirrels or chipmunks. From last October through this April, I had 31 kills and 4 wounded using mostly Crosman 7.9g Destroyers at 20 - 25 yards using the fiber optic sights.

In summary - the Phantom 1000 0.177 break barrel rifle is a best buy for the price, feel, power and accuracy.

This gun is awesome. It hits really hard at 1000 fps, and using the crosman destroyer pellets, it can easily take small game. I put a scope on this and that has made it the most accurate gun I've ever owned. It's a great price for what you get. The sights are really nice too, the rear are two red fiber optic, and the front is green fiber optic. With a two stage adjustable trigger, you can make the trigger pull as long or short as you want, this is great for accuracy. If you are looking for a great gun at an affordable price, get this.

Got my new airgun. Phantom .177 cal. Took a look at the clam shell package and saw a nice looking rifle. Time to break the package and see what we have! There's plastic in it too. Thed front sight looks great with the green fiber optic. The rear looks good with the two red fiber optics on it, but it is plastic. I feel i might break it. It looks preety delicate for a rifle like this. The first shot was LOUD. Like a TWANG!!!! on your cheek and ear drum. This is the first shot. Will rewrite review if neccesary after 50 or so shots.It should get better by then. Tomorrow is time to sight it in and start shooting some crosman pointed hunting pellets at 30 yrds. See how many you can get on the bullseye after is thighted in and how hard it really hits with different pellets shape and weight. It is a heavy duty made rifle , but the rear sight needs some replecment or upgrade. But for the mone is an excelent buy. Add a CENTER POINT tgo it and pigeons beware!

I like the way SMOKE comes out after a pellets is shot. And when I heard the sound barrier break! This is going over 1100 FPS easy with Crossman .177 Hunting pointed pellets.
I think it deserves a SERIAL NUMBER to go with it. Its really a life size air gun.Weights a little for a tired arm. You have to BREAK BARREL to cock so in time it will get tired or stronger! I like the way it gets on your hands. I like the SOFT rubber material of the butt. Easy to clean and it will stand a hard rain. I went thru one a coup[le of days ago and it was easy to clean. Three nuts and off with the stock and can oil and clean accordingly. Offcourse is better to kkep it dry but this is a gun for hunting. Can take rabits at 25 YRDS with a proper shot. It is a great PEST CONTROL rifle. Aiming is easy in bright light due to the optic fiber inserts. So far , so good. Now offer us a WOOD STOCK to make our Phantom look great! We can get the other goodies as long as they are 3/8" base.Scope, laser, red sight, and a lot of pellets to chosse from. Go with Crosman, Can't loose! Another keeper guys. Thanks!

Had a pesky bear family digging in my garbage and one shot to their butts will make thwm never come back-i kind of feel bad though because one started squeeling really loudly.
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BEST GUN EVER!!!

just purchased it today ...out of the box fun!!!!!!........got the destroyer xr pellets to use wow this thing went through wood at 20 yards with no problem! great rifle for the money!

This review is in addition to my earlier review. I decided to really see how the Phantom 1000 worked with five different pellet types. The setup was a standard 25 ft air pistol paper target placed onto a Champion .22 rimfire LR rated bullet trap at a distance measured at 20 yards. The firing position was seated in a chair, using a normal forearm hold (fingers on the stock screws) resting my elbow on my knee taking 6-10 shot groups. I had been using the Crosman 7.9g Destroyer anyway, so I started with those and sighted-in the Phantom. Here are the results using the Crosman Destroyer sight settings (i.e. not resighting for the different pellets):
- Crosman Destroyer 7.9g: 5 of 6 shots in the black, 3 dead center, One outlier and the rest in a tight 1 inch group.
- Crosman Pointed 7.4g: 2 of 6 in the black, the rest scattered around in a 4" group.
- Beeman Kodiak Heavy 10.2g: A 1.5 inch 10 shot group located 2.5 inches at 10 o'clock.
- RWS Superdome 8.3g: A 6 shot group 1" left of center 1.3 inches in diameter.
- RWS Meisterkuglen 8.2g: A 10 shot group 2.5 inches from the center at 10 o'clock 1.5 inches wide.
My conclusions: The Phantom 1000 really likes the Crosman 7.9g Destroyers - tight groups and very accurate. If you were to pick one pellet to use, use this one.
The Crosman Pointed 7.4 g had a wide spread - not that accurate in the Phantom.
The Beeman Kodiak had a wider grouping that the Destroyers, but most of the shots would have need in the black if I had resighted the gun for these pellets.
The RWS Superdomes would have hit 4 of 6 into the black if I had decided to resight the gun for these pellets.
Most of the RWS Meisterkuglen 8.2g pellets would have been in the black if I had decided to resight the gun with these pellets.
In summary - you can't go wrong with the Crosman Destroyers with the Phantom - very, very accurate and tight groups, however, if one decides to use other pellets like the Beeman Kodiak Heavies, one just needs to resight the gun for these pellets and the groups will be a little wider or change your sighting to compensate..
Note: The 7g-8g pellets made a metal spalt sound when hitting the Champion bullet trap. The 10.2g Bemans actually hit so hard that they started to make the trap's metal ring like a bell.

well after reading hundreds of reviews and watching videos i decided to get the phantom. my first gun was the 760 pump master,then got the american classic pump pistol (awsome also)...then the sheridan 8 pump rifle, next the sheridan pump pistol......now this was all back in the 80s when i was a teen..im 40 now...got a 8 yr old son and im taken him hunting this year.....anyway....i just got the phantom today,october 9 2011..local walmart, no scope, it was 94 bucks total..great buy for a 1000 fps gun,.....the phantom rite out of the box with the fixed sites at 30 yards ,with destroyer pellets, took me 10 shots to get it sited in on a bulls eye the size of a half dollar....now i know it will get way better in time cause this beauty is nowhere close to being broken in yet....gun seems to have great power...its not really loud with the lead either, cause my neighbors didnt call the cops lol...by christmas time i will have the 150 dollar scope on it though..for those long shots !!!....i love that the gun is super sturdy and made very well, and feels great,,, CROSMAN NEEDS TO GET RID OF THE HORRIBLE REAR PLASTIC SITE THOUGH!!!!!!!.....cant wait to go small game hunting with this gun on friday!

After my first shot was surprised on the power and the smoke off the barrel , so I checked my target set up witch is 3/4 inc pine ply wood and it was not enough to stop it from going all the way through so had to double it up. What a great gun! Vary vary accurate and comfortable . Have a squirrel problem in my back yard and they eat every bulb of any flower, fruit,pepper it don't matter seams like i was in a losin battle until I got the phantom. Took my first squirrel out at about 60 feet call it luck if you want one shot one kill. Now I feel I can take my yard back ! thanks crossman for making a great gun so affordable , I recommend this gun to anyone the best bang for your buck.

This gun is great! I had heard that the sights were useless but I beg to differ, they work fine. I am buying some scope mounts to mount a scope on this gun, it is far more than capable of what you can do with open sights. If you are interested in buying a break barrel rifle and don't want to spend much, look no further.

I just started the Pellet Gun collecting hobby and d*mn, this is a good rifle. This thing will last at least 20 years if not more. This rifle is amazing, and It's a steal for the price. A little more at my store, about 40$ more, but still, absolutely amazing. Buying a scope soon and I am so set. Keeping this baby for a long time. Solid 10 out of 10.

i got this gun a few years ago and i have killed many grey squirrels with it. i use the pda pellets and the gun shoots 1200fps i can snipe birds and squirrels from 35- 50 yards .

I got this gun when i wanted something with a kick...and it was a really good price for the quality of the gun!

The first shot was LOUD it blow my ear drum out! but after about hundred shots it got a lot quiter. I hate the front site because it popes out of place and you loss a lot of accuracy. I got a bird and there was a 1" exit hole with guts on the ground!

gun accurate sturdy, and very hansome. Loads of power love it! This gun really has a good feel to it and doesnt break your wallet.

best gun ever put nice scope and u have a real gun. best ammo to use is the crosman pointed pellets. Best gun ever. I used to have that 760 pumpmaster. this is awesome

1-This gun is flat out AWESOME!!! With quality pellets such as the crosman premier hollowpints I can get 1-2'' groups up to 90 yards. Add some accessories and this gun cant be beaten.

This air rifle is a very good and very powerful air rifle, but the only downside to it is the trigger. I don't really like two stage triggers, but on the back of the trigger there is an adjustment, which I still didn't really like even after it was adjusted. I ended up buying a new cbr trigger off of charliedatuna.com, and it works great, although the spring that comes with it is too light and I just put the new trigger on and put the old spring back on. Works great now!!!!!!!!!!!

It's accurate, powerful, and looks good. It's everything you'll need in a gun. Just know that the first hundred shots or so won't be as accurate as it should. After that, it's dead on.

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I bought this gun when i wanted something with more of a kick, and this one really is a great gun for it's money. Also the destroyer pellets are awesome with this gun! I really like it and have even took it to the rage a couple of times and people were surprised at how powerful and accurate it is for a pellet gun that only cost about 100 bucks!

Good gun. Heavy, loud, accurate, everything a teenager wants. I can peg anything from cans t rabbit sculls up to 75 feet, still accurate, and kills in one shot. Perfect starting rifle, and good once you get more advanced to.