Well...that's how the bottom tube is marked (2300). Neat thing about that is that the markings aren't stamped into the metal. One of the basic Crosman custom shop guns. 14" barrel, long steel breech, muzzle brake, trigger show, and shoulder stock. Being without any crosman parts, figured buying a stock gun and then replacing various parts and adding custom parts would be fun....but not cost effective and it was intended as a gift.
Original intent was to give this one as a gift...but Crosman takes awhile to put them together (ordered 12/3...arrived 12/27) and I ended up ordering a QB...recieving it...cleaning it...adjusting a few things...mounting a scope..sighting it in...and giving that as the gift, leaving me with the Crosman.
This is a simple gun...intend to spend my time and effort in internal modifications (if it needs any...have to get a base line test first). Out of the box the gun checked out fine. BTW: they seem to choose a random 2250 box, bubble wrap the rifle, fold ithe box together INSIDE OUT (so plain brown cardboard shows on the outside, the slick advertizing part is on the inside), add some stickers, and ship it inside a larger shipping box.
Breech is straight and level on the bottom tube...screws tight...seals good...no shipping dents/dings/or buggers. Crosman steel breach is very well machined..crisp edges, nicely done grooving...is as nice as many of the custom breeches (bolt does have a little wobble, but locks up tight and seals just fine.
As it is my gun now, decided to use a red-dot. Rough sighted it in just beore sun-down, will get some chronograph readings and better accuracy testing done this week. Trigger was good out of the box...a little creep, but liveable as issued. Might get ino taht a few thousnad cycles down the road; belive in letting the trigger wear a bit before deciding to "fix" it. Not sure what the muzzle brake does besides look good.
So far, it's a good $86....the QB was only $66 (Archer had a sale this season..and I didn't cheap-out on the gift, he got much more expensive scope than originally planned)...got to say, the QB is a devil of a lot of gun for the $ and certainly made the new owner happy...hoping this one tests well and does the same for me.