I mainly got this weapon for use around the house to run off pests and other various critters; however, upon shooting this weapon I've come to fall in love with it , and will use it for something else. Due to its size, weight, and feeling of being a real rifle, now I'll start training my 5yr old on firearm safety. This weapon is a perfect beginners weapon to use and grow accustomed to before moving on to a higher caliber. The scope isn't the best but it works for what the air rifle should be used for and I really have no complaints. A lot of people have griped about the trigger mechanism but also, once again, I have no complaints with the trigger and feel that it is just fine. Overall, this weapon is a good investment and I would recommend that anyone buy this if they're looking into buying a pellet gun.

My opinion for the money this is a great gun. At 20 yards was blasting thru a piece of 3/4 in pine. At 30 yards 1/2 inch wafer board. As far as sighting it in no problem 6 shots at 20 yards had 11/2 inch group at 30 yards it shoot about inch high and still had 11/2 groups. I dont think you can ask much more from a pellet gun.

Purchase Price- $140.00. Todays price $203.00 from Crosman
I bought the NV .22 because I shoot a RWS 350 mag clone and it's the most hold sensitive of all my air rifles, has crazy recoil & it's a beast to cock, even after tuning. Not a good plinker but w/ a mv @753 fps w / a14.5 gr pellet. it's great for dispatching undesireables. So my positive things about the NV is: the replacement of the spring with a sealed piston unit to smooth alot of things out made sense. & I also like the Weaver style scope base. I hope other manufactures catch on to that & I like the ambidextoris roll over cheek piece.( my shootin buddy is a lefty).. The bluing is nice and the reciever to stock inletting is nice and snug. It's easier & smoother to cock as is the shot cycle. Alot smoother!! After about 700 rounds I'm getting a mv@ 746 fps w the 14.5 gr pellets , about the same as my 350 mag. & alot smoother too. I'm hitting my 1.5" disc at 25yrds pretty regularly. So the gun does pretty much what I wanted it to do except the trigger and asthetics and they should keep the scope. (SEE BELOW). For a $140.00 bucks I think it's a good value but for $200.00 I'll pass.
My negative things are: the scope.they're charging you around $60.00 for . No parallax adj. and hard to focus at 15 yrds.for 20 bucks more you can get a full feature quality air gun scope , I think the recoil pad is a bit much and not neccessary unless it's part of a vibration system maybe, I don't know. I'm not crazy about the stamped checkering on the stock either.(looks cheap) but I don't like anything that has stamped checkering. I'm gonna stipple over it. .Then there's the trigger, although predictable let off, the stages could be better defined. I shoot better with it adjusted without the second stage until I upgrade it..

I've had my Nitro Venom for nearly 4 months now, and have only just considered posting my opinions of it. Thats for no reason other than lazyness on my part!
Others have commented on the 'sloppy' trigger so I won't go there again - apart from saying that after I decided to change the trigger for an aftermarket version purchased from a guy here in Wales called "Welsh Willy" (I believe Charlie da Tuna also has a similar device available), the mod took less than 15minutes, and really changed the feel of the gun and made it much more "shootable". In my opinion the Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk is an excellent gun, quieter than most, the sight is capable, the artillery hold needs to mastered to get the best out of it... but Its still an excellent gun.
Croesgadwr (meaning "Crusader" in the Welsh language)
Buckley, Flintshire,
North Wales, UK.

This gun has a nice hardwood stock with a rubber butt pad. the beaver tail is perfectly suited to the artillery hold which is essential for consistent accuracy, also the scope has an adjustable zoom and microdots ideal for longer kill shots. the Nitro` system ensures even power output, this rifle really packs a punch and a follow up shot is very rarely needed even at 40 yards or over. The only part that was disappointing was the length of travel on the second stage of the trigger, however this is adjustable and after several nice clean kills is easily forgiven. All in all a quiet, smooth, powerful, good value for money rifle.

Just got my new .22 Nitro Venom about 3-weeks ago and it is actually more gun than I had hoped for! I've run about 200 Crosman domed and/or hollow point pellets through it and it hits 1" groups at 25 yards almost every time. Before purchasing the Nitro Venom, I had squirrels constantly running through the yard and over my roof; now that I have the rifle, the squirrels have disappeared!

There are certainly more expensive pellet rifles but dollar-for-dollar this is a great weapon!

This gun has the best stock on it that i have seen in a pellet gun. I love the artiliry hold. Not only is it nice and fun to shoot it is very accurate. I took it right out of the box and started sighting it in. It took about ten shots before it was dead on. I hit a nickle bulls eye every shot up to about 45 yards. That is great for small game hunting pesting and target shooting. I am in love with this gun. Get it while it is still around $100. The retail is about $230.

Acabo de adquirir uno después de hacer unos 100 disparos aproximadamente los resultados son bastantes buenos, agrupa bastante bien con cualquier tipo de munición. Su estética en general es excelente, con algunos detalles en la madera de algún toque o raspón quizás ocasionados por el vendedor. El rifle se siente todo firme, el gatillo muy bueno un poco largo el recorrido pero se ajustó correctamente con el tornillo de regulación. La mira center point 3a9 x 32 buena pero quizás mejor seria una con control de paralelo.

Fit and finish are great. Others suggested putting 100 pellets through before attempting to zero scope. But why, there are no sights. I put about 30 through it and mounted the scope. After 10 rounds it was zeroed in about 25 yrds. So far so good, goodby pests. I suggest cleaning the barrel first as the barrels are filthy after there made. Run wads through till clean. Overall Impressed.

Things I liked: Well made - excellent fit and finish, good scope and excellent scope mounting system, quiet, hard hitting, accurate
Things I would change: an adjustable objective would be great, add sling swivels like the Benjamin Trail, a smoother, crisper trigger
Comments: As I expected, the first shot was loud due to dieseling. After that it was quiet. My son's 1971 Benjamin 342 is MUCH louder. I fired around 100 pellets before I even thought of adjusting the scope and then had no problem zeroing it in. I hit bottle caps at 35 feet no problem. So far I've only fired a couple of shots at about 75' at a 2" square target and hit both times. (But that's a long shot for my shaky old hands.) Don't let my comment about the trigger dissuade you - yes it could be better, but as it is it is perfectly fine for plinking, hunting small game, target shooting, and pest control. I'm just saying that with a better trigger this rifle would be better than any $400 break barrel rifle on the market.
Tip: Learn and use the artillery hold. It doesn't matter if you've been shooting other types of guns for 40 years - break barrel rifles behave differently.
I am very pleased with my purchase. This rifle offers quality and accuracy and FUN for a good price.