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Showing posts with label Crosman airsoft. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 20, 2019

Crosman Stinger R34 Spring Piston 6mm M4 Replica Airsoft Gun











I bought my Crosman Stinger R34 Spring Piston Airsoft Gun fom pyramydair dot com in 2012. It was the clear model and it was less than $50 CDN.
The Stinger R34 comes with a thin nylon 2 point shoulder sling, a faux reflex dot sight that is actually a clear plastic window with cross hairs printed in the middle of the window. It is adjustable for horizonal settings but not vertical.
I would definitely toss the faux optic.
The non-adjustable iron sights replicate the look of the A2 front sight and the rear sight has two apurtures, both with the same sized peep hole, but one is taller than the other, which is a clever workaround for not having adjustability, at least you can switch peeps to raise or lower your shot.
The functioning charging handle cocks the action and compresses the mainspring

I  shoot paper targets in my living room with paper targets & acardboard box stuffed with old jeans as a BB trap with lower powered softair BB guns and pistols.
My Stinger R34 is the fastest shooting of all my spring airsoft pistols and long guns.
My other "long gun" is a Umarex Trophy Hunter Pump Action BB Shotgun that shoots .12 gram BB's around 200 fps.
The M4/XM177 replica Stinger R34 can shoot .20 gram BB's harder than the Trophy Hunter, and it has a metal barrel, so I would consider it to be the superior airsoft long gun.

I have upgraded my R34 with a few coats of Krylon Fusion "for plastic" black paint, minimalist tactical butt stock and a picatinny/Weaver rail mounted on the top of the carry handle so I can attach a variety of reflex dot sights or scopes.