QUALITY CONTROL ?

[arkmaker †]

And not to put this off on employee's, but the corporate world has very much used the current world financial troubles to their advantage. Where I work, people have turned I to yes-men and run around at 100 mph doing the work of 2 & 3 people. They are afraid to lose their jobs if they stir the pot  That is what I was seeing for the past few years and it has only steadily gotten worse. Like I said in the bone stock thread, CEO yahoo's making a quick buck at the expense of a companies reputation.

[Flex]

To be fair, you shouldn't keep co2 carts in for extended periods of time.  If you want to shoot your pistol only a few times a day, just use a pumper or springer pistol. Then you don't have to worry about time constraints on your powerplant due to leakage.

This is pretty much the situation that is keeping me from getting a 2240. It's pretty rare for me to set things up and shoot 30 or 40 pellets at one session. I have a Daisy CO2 pellet pistol that's notorious for not holding it's charge for very long at all. Needless to say, it doesn't come out to play very often. RE: quality control issues, I have 4 Crosman air guns purchased between NOV '12 & FEB '13 and I've yet to have any QC issues with them. I even have one of the Amazon $40 1377s that some folks said were 2nds that Crosman sold cheap just to get rid of them. Mine is a tack driver! Of course this doesn't mean that Crosman isn't experiencing some issues. American manufacturing companies have a difficult time competing with Asian manufacturing companies. I know that Crosman does sell products made overseas but I believe that most of the air guns that we discuss on this forum are made here in the U.S.A.! Bravo Crosman for that at least. As the "baby boomers" reach retirement age and leave the workforce, the replacements may not have the work ethic of the recently retired. Who knows? Hopefully, we're nearing the end of the steep section of the learning curve for the "new folks" on the production line and Crosman will be back to high quality control standards very soon. Keep your fingers crossed. Flex

[agninja]

Yes, I hope our children grow up to be efficient assembly line workers at Crosman too!

Btw, I wonder if it's like when you work at McDonalds and you end up hating big macs. Do you think Crosman employees hate airguns?

[arkmaker †]

This is pretty much the situation that is keeping me from getting a 2240. It's pretty rare for me to set things up and shoot 30 or 40 pellets at one session. I have a Daisy CO2 pellet pistol that's notorious for not holding it's charge for very long at all. Needless to say, it doesn't come out to play very often. RE: quality control issues, I have 4 Crosman air guns purchased between NOV '12 & FEB '13 and I've yet to have any QC issues with them. I even have one of the Amazon $40 1377s that some folks said were 2nds that Crosman sold cheap just to get rid of them. Mine is a tack driver! Of course this doesn't mean that Crosman isn't experiencing some issues. American manufacturing companies have a difficult time competing with Asian manufacturing companies. I know that Crosman does sell products made overseas but I believe that most of the air guns that we discuss on this forum are made here in the U.S.A.! Bravo Crosman for that at least. As the "baby boomers" reach retirement age and leave the workforce, the replacements may not have the work ethic of the recently retired. Who knows? Hopefully, we're nearing the end of the steep section of the learning curve for the "new folks" on the production line and Crosman will be back to high quality control standards very soon. Keep your fingers crossed. Flex

I believe the new stance of not leaving co2 in a gun is more of a legal deal dreamt up by the Crosman lawyers. The only thing it will hurt on your gun from a mechanical view it the front seal on the valve. Easily replaced if ever needed. Here is a scan from my 1955 Model 114 rifle manual, You be the judge, but I would not worry about it unless there are kids in the house (and then you should lock them up anyway). Granted this is for a bulk fill gun, but I still maintain that the front seal is the only thing that will suffer.
Note #4 on the pic.
Rich

[Brent]

Thanks for scanning and posting that Rich!

Didn't know about the cocking the gun part in #4 Kinda figured the storing with pressure was kinda like storing with a pump in a pneumatic gun, but that answers it.

[Tater]

This is pretty much the situation that is keeping me from getting a 2240. It's pretty rare for me to set things up and shoot 30 or 40 pellets at one session. I have a Daisy CO2 pellet pistol that's notorious for not holding it's charge for very long at all. Needless to say, it doesn't come out to play very often. RE: quality control issues, I have 4 Crosman air guns purchased between NOV '12 & FEB '13 and I've yet to have any QC issues with them. I even have one of the Amazon $40 1377s that some folks said were 2nds that Crosman sold cheap just to get rid of them. Mine is a tack driver! Of course this doesn't mean that Crosman isn't experiencing some issues. American manufacturing companies have a difficult time competing with Asian manufacturing companies. I know that Crosman does sell products made overseas but I believe that most of the air guns that we discuss on this forum are made here in the U.S.A.! Bravo Crosman for that at least. As the "baby boomers" reach retirement age and leave the workforce, the replacements may not have the work ethic of the recently retired. Who knows? Hopefully, we're nearing the end of the steep section of the learning curve for the "new folks" on the production line and Crosman will be back to high quality control standards very soon. Keep your fingers crossed. Flex

good post Flex. And that's a cool scan Rich. Thanks for posting it.