I just got this 1077 three days ago. I wasn't expecting much from this rifle, being a crosman, but the second I started shoooting, I was impressed. The accuracy was a lot more than I anticipated. Pellets rarely deviated more than half an inch left/right over 30 yards. Trajectory wasn't exactly consistent, but since I'm using the 12-gram cartriges, that can be expected. Even with open sights, demolishing beer cans at 100 feet was no problem. Yeah, the power is nothing near break-barrels, but that doesn't matter so much when you can get off 11 follow-up shots within seconds. So I headed out to a wooded area with some offroad trails. I took my jeep around, looking for game. Not after 1/4 mile, I see a red squirrel, and stop. He scampers up the tree, stops on the lowest branch, and looks right at me. The distance is MAYBE 10 yards. He's just staring at me. The window's down, so I pick up my 1077 out of the passenger seat. I wasn't even going to bother getting out, the shot was so perfect. I'm a fairly good shot. I've been shooting since I was really young and can do a lot even with open sights. And this was only 10 yards. It could have been 3 times as far and the little furry bastard would have been toast on the first shot. I take aim, both eyes open. I have the fiberoptic dot right on top of the little guy's face. He's still just staring straight at me. One... Two... Three... click... And nothing happens. WTF? I try again, and he's still just staring. click click... I tighten the C02 cap, thinking maybe the tip hadn't been punctured. FFFFWWWIIISSSHHHHHH... C02 starts escaping like mad. The squirrel scampers down the tree and away. I am pissed. Okay, now Crosman lives up to my expectations. The stupid thing won't hold C02 anymore.. it just leaks and nothing actually enters the gas reservoir. At least it's under warranty. Thankfully.

I always try to persuade forum members to NOT hunt with the 1077. Maybe it was a sign? Sorry to hear that with you gun. Take it back where you purchased it from and get another. Really, this is not the humane way to hunt small game with an air gun. Get something that's going to put out more fpe. 1077 is great for plinking and very small critters; like mice, sparrows, and starlings.

Just my 2 cents,

Jerry (Jay) Marsh

I never thought it would be okay either, but after examining the power mine was putting out, I concluded it was OVER 600 fps on the first few shots of each C02 cartridge. It was going through pellet tins at 20 yards. I loaded up some magnum pellets and decided that as long as it was the first shot out of the C02 cartridge and it was a close-range headshot, it would at least be humane. If the shot had been more than 10 yards or so, I wouldn't have taken it because it probably would have just wounded the squirrel. But a face shot from a full cylinder at 15 feet would have been more than enough to ensure a quick kill. I might come back to the 1077 at a later date. But for now I'm going to stick to break-barrels. I've got a Gamo Shadow 1000 on the way.

That is the same thing that happened to me with my brand new 1077 - after 3 or 4 days of fun shooting the CO2 failed to seal for 5 or 6 powerlets in a row. I got a new one from Pyramyd under their 30-day replacement policy.

On the new one, I put all the "lessons learned" from this forum to good use: 1) Understood that it was okay for a few mechanical jams while everything was breaking in, 2) Expected the power to be a little low for the first 100 shots, and 3)Used a drop of oil on the tip of the powerlet if a little bit of hissing could be heard. And most importantly, didn't expect more than 36 decent shots out of each powerlet. The new gun has been working great for weeks now, and I am no longer cursing Crosman.