hi
i got a chance to shoot some cardboard today , it is not all that loud , i think those reviewers are used to whisper quite air guns , or lousy firecrackers :^) , i used a string to pull dry patches through the bore till they came out clean , cocked it , and then 110 pumps brought it up from empty to 2000 PSI , just shot some three shot groups , off hand from about twenty feet with the iron sights and it is a great little shooter , looking the rifle over very carefully today , i can say i am still happy as a clam , the workmanship is very clean , and i think Crossman has a great little rifle , thanks , dana :^)