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The Crosman P10 Phantom has a removable magazine that holds 20 BBs. To load BBs, pull the spring follower all the way down and lock it in position. Load BBs through the loading port located just above the tip of the follower. Be sure to release the follower when you are finished loading BBs by pressing forward on the button located at the bottom of the magazine. If the magazine is removed before all the BBs have been shot, one or two BBs will fall out of the grip. The CO2 cartridge compartment is accessed by sliding the grip panel back. If you pull the grip panel back with too much force, it comes completely off the gun. The Phantom is very conservative in its use of CO2 and gets over 100 good shots from a cylinder. Many users have reported a variety of mechanical problems with the P10. Considering its very low price, this is not an airgun that you should expect to last for a long time.

Performance: Measurements were made on 12/21/2010 at a temperature of 70 ºF and 5000' elevation. A ten shot string was fired from a bench rest at 15' using Daisy Avanti BBs (5.5 gr). The highest velocity measured was 463 fps, the lowest was 392 fps (average of the 10-shot string was 417 fps, s = 20). The average velocity was lower than the advertised value of 480 fps and the shot-to-shot variability was very large. A five-shot string fired with open sights grouped at 0.46". Click the thumbnail below to see a larger image. Click here for a description of the measurement methods.

Four different brands of BBs were tested with the Crosman P10. The targets below show the results for firing five-shot groups from 15' using a bench and open sights with Daisy Avanti BBs (0.46"), Daisy Precision Max BBs (1.04"), Crosman Copperhead BBs (0.79"), and RWS Match Grade BBs (0.64"). Daisy Avanti BBs produced the best results. All measurements are center-to-center.