Crosman SNR357 Snub Nose .177-Caliber Pellet/ BB CO2-Powered Revolver

Can't believe the feel and the weight of the BB gun . Looks so real and feels so realistic. Good value for the money functional is good for a BB gun

Crossman is quality and performance is excellant!

I was looking for an at-home trainer for my 4” Ruger Security Six. This is a bit shorter in the barrel, but fits the holster. Works well for working out how to get it clear and on point. If you screw up and shoot yourself, it will be a lesson but not a life lesson. The SNR357 has very similar dimensions and grip size to several real steel magnum pistols. It is about half a pound lighter than the real steel magnum, but then it’s not a firearm. The pellet cartridges are interchangeable with the Crosman Remington single action revolver. The BB cartridges are front loading like the Dan Wesson pistols. Again the Crosman Remington BB cartridges are compatible and rear loading. Not a big deal with the 7.5 inch barrel on the Remington, but when you have a 2.5 inch smooth bore barrel, the extra two inches in the cartridges can help just a little bit. The grips are plastic and the rear part that slides open runs in two tracks with small tabs top and bottom. I recommend taking a little extra time and feeling out how it works. If you man-handle it you will break it. It’s a little fragile and fiddly but once you get it it’s easy and they feel nice. Start by pulling back gently right behind the cylinder latch about half an inch (12.5 mm). Then gently pull the bottom out and the whole thing will slide backwards. It will then pivot upward out of the way when you insert the co2 bulb and are turning the piercing key. Note where the bottom track is and line the bottom tabs up with the track. When both top and bottom are lined up with the tracks, gently squeeze the back part of the grip forward and closed. I painted the front sight red and put white dots on either side of the rear notch. This is easy to pick up with my old eyes in lower light settings. Accuracy is about what you might expect with a 2.5” smooth bore barrel. Pellets are slightly more accurate. They fit the 4.5 mm tube closely. Steel BBs are more like 4.4 mm and rattle around a bit. All in all, I am happy with the purchase, and recommend it for point and shoot training. I find the technique takes quite a bit of practice to train your brain to judge the angle of your wrist. Your grip must be absolutely consistent. Using an airgun is about a tenth of the cost of shooting powder and BBs are about ten dollars a million. Once I got it worked out, about 10,000 rounds for good consistency and muscle control, I practiced at the range with my real steel piece to prove it to myself. I wasn’t surprised by the added recoil and noise, by the time that happens you are done shooting. You have done all the good or harm you are able to do. The air gun is, in my opinion and experience valuable trigger time whenever I get 30 minutes to go to the garage and shoot 100 rounds. Three or four times a week adds up. Just like learning a musical instrument.

Easy to reload and cool gun

Love the look and feel. Easy to load but kinda disappointed u can only load 1 in each cartridge and only shoot one lil ole bb at a time. I had hoped u could like fill up those cartridges full of bbs and not just one at a time. Dang.

Nice size heavy gun , definitely will purchase more products for this company 5star

My grandson is 13 and this was the perfect gift. He is familiar with guns and it’s heavy and shoots spot on.

Defective cut in the frame. Causes cylinder to not spin. Please expand the image to see the red, green, and blue lines. The green circle is where a circular hole should be cut, allowing the pin to slide into the green circle from the right to the left. You can see where the pin from the cylinder is scraping off the paint as it is spring loaded to put out pressure. The cylinder engages the pin, but can slide out of alignment along the red arrow. This makes it so that the cylinder cannot be engaged by the hook left of the yellow lines. It can only function if the cylinder pin stays in the green circle. The yellow box is where the metal is cut where it should not be cut at all. There should have been a drill to punch in a hole. Instead a router cut out the area leaving a significant gap allowing the cylinder pin to slide out of alignment causing the cylinder to not be able to spin when the trigger is pulled. It worked for about a week with light use. It ceased to work after enough metal was scraped away on the pins. The defect became gradually worse until it ceased completely. Bonus: The safety defect was also an issue. It took a lot of force to get it to unstick from the defective bur. Crosman reps if you're reading this it's a damn shame. The thing was pretty cool and fun to work with. Longer barrel versions would be nice to consider too. The handle also needs a magnet or some kind of latching mechanism. It slides off with barely any force and can start sliding off the moment you grab the handle.