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We got my son a Crosman Nitro Venom Dusk for Christmas a couple of years ago. At the time it appeared to be a pretty good rifle but it only lasted less than a year. It lost a lot of velocity and started to grouping around 2 ft at 30 yards. I tore it completely down and replaced most of the seals and did what I could to repair it. It still doesn't work. All that being said I think we are going to look at getting another rifle that is of better quality. The main thing that I wanted to add though, was to keep in mind that a light pellet combined with a high velocity rifle will produce a sonic crack (sonic boom). However, this greatly reduces accuracy. My fathers rifle sounds as loud as a .22. I forget what he has, but it's a cheap one bought at Walmart. I thought he was exaggerating when he told me how loud it was, then I shot it. My son's rifle would also do this with a very light pellet.

Scott