I’ve had great service from Daisy in information and gun and pellet orders. In fact they normally won’t ship to a P O Box but they did for me. I’m actually only about 15 miles from them. Charles
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Daisy bought out Crosman
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Lets just say my friend he have a NEGATIVE thing for German Simens that bought up the company he was in, and then fired him even if he was the best damn painter in the place.
On the flips side before that the company made a huge part of the conveyor system for a major airport, and then had to throw it out as a engineer put holes in the wrong places, not aware they did that after Simens took over, but hey i also dont have eyes and ears at the place anymore.
But they did keep the most inept and slow painters, so chance of a contract breech must be large, or maybe Simens just bought up IP and transferred it to the motherland.
I do know quality is a subjective thing even if you have all kind of skills and ISO ratings and what not.
Most of the jobs i ever had i had to quit sooner or later due to stupid in one form or another.
On the flips side before that the company made a huge part of the conveyor system for a major airport, and then had to throw it out as a engineer put holes in the wrong places, not aware they did that after Simens took over, but hey i also dont have eyes and ears at the place anymore.
But they did keep the most inept and slow painters, so chance of a contract breech must be large, or maybe Simens just bought up IP and transferred it to the motherland.
I do know quality is a subjective thing even if you have all kind of skills and ISO ratings and what not.
Most of the jobs i ever had i had to quit sooner or later due to stupid in one form or another.
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So have I, and I also use a PO box.
I don’t own a Crosman or Benjamin, but I do have an old Sheridan. For which any service will have to be obtained from individual aficionados, or from myself if necessary.
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I have had good experience and rifles from both daisy and crosman, it's the gamo name in the mix that has me more skeptical than anything. It may be unfounded...gamo just hits me as a gimmick co. Inflated fps values. Multi shot rifles that are just as good in their single shot original design etc. I keep waiting for them to pioneer something like .30 cal. Lightweight alloy hyper velocity slug ammo...
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I'm not a huge fan of Crosman, (too much of an airgun snob), but they do put out an immense amount of new and varied products in addition to a huge selection of legacy products. There's everything from Marauders to 13xx's to Premiers to Bulldogs and the list goes on and on and they keep expanding it. There's an entire industry built around aftermarket products for Crosmans.
When it comes to Daisy, well I occasionally like to break out my Red Ryder and practice snap shooting and I've been coveting a 499 for awhile, but that's about it. I'd be sad to see them go, but I'm sure someone would pick up the rights to their more popular products and production would mostly continue.
As far as Gamo goes, to me it's that company that makes "adequate" products. If a non-airgunner wanted a cheap springer for pest control I'd likely recommend them, but myself, I've already got one Gamo product and I find that to be enough.
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Crosman is shutting down sometime around the end of the year. It is doubtful whether we will be able to order Crosman parts after that.
I'm putting an order together for bits and pieces now.
On a hopeful note Gamo/Daisy customer service has been OK.
I'm putting an order together for bits and pieces now.
On a hopeful note Gamo/Daisy customer service has been OK.
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Get your order in before the end of the year when Crosman shuts down. It is doubtful that Gamo will continue parts sale.
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I have a call into Crosman right now about my replacement (Akela) . They have had it for months 
, something is going on. I'll ask if they are shutting down and will relate back if they call me back.
I would think that Airgun Revisions would know he has a big sale going on now (the bargain block) makes you wonder.
, something is going on. I'll ask if they are shutting down and will relate back if they call me back.I would think that Airgun Revisions would know he has a big sale going on now (the bargain block) makes you wonder.
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Private equities are known for "asset stripping" selling of the Crosman property after they close it will be the first step.
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I have a call into Crosman right now about my replacement (Akela) . They have had it for months
I would think that Airgun Revisions would know he has a big sale going on now (the bargain block) makes you wonder.
I got a call back about my gun, still coming but late. I enquired about the closing and was told they don't have all the details and did not want to give out false or misleading info. but they are probably keeping some products so time will tell. When I get my replacement back (middle of July) I'll let everyone know if I find out anything different at that time.
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This is The Reader Digest version of a long story: I was waiting on a part that Crosman promised me. It was about 4 months and then I heard about the sale and thought I'll never get the part. I received the part last week via UPS. Is that something a company closing down would do nowadays?
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As someone who has been an employee of several companies that got bought out what I have found is that they all start out by saying how much they value the corporate culture and way of doing business of Company X and that nobody has anything to worry about and thee don’t intend on making any changes.
Of course this is complete nonsense. They all have their own vision of the direction the company should go in and it nearly always includes consolidation, changes of management and different business priorities.
What I have never experienced however is a new company taking over and just wanting to shut everything down. Generally they want to integrate you and your products into their own system.
Gamo wants to make money and it doesn’t make any sense for them to buy out Crosman and then simply discontinue everything Crosman makes. I’m sure there are pertain Crosman products like the Nitro Piston line that might be in Gamo’s crosshairs, but they would foolish to be considering eliminating the Marauder, 13xx, 22xx, etc…
Of course this is complete nonsense. They all have their own vision of the direction the company should go in and it nearly always includes consolidation, changes of management and different business priorities.
What I have never experienced however is a new company taking over and just wanting to shut everything down. Generally they want to integrate you and your products into their own system.
Gamo wants to make money and it doesn’t make any sense for them to buy out Crosman and then simply discontinue everything Crosman makes. I’m sure there are pertain Crosman products like the Nitro Piston line that might be in Gamo’s crosshairs, but they would foolish to be considering eliminating the Marauder, 13xx, 22xx, etc…
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SawneyBean, I've never experienced what you stated however my wife has many times and she had the exact experience as you. So you speak with knowledge and experience .
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Gamo bought Daisy out nearly a decade ago and so far as I know they didn't gut the company or discontinue it's products, so hopefully that bodes well for Crosman.
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Please understand Crosman is NOT in any way closing, shutting down, however you word it.
The plant in Bloomfield was deemed to large of a facility to keep operational. That is a fact. I’ve walked through it myself recently and can understand totally. This was known for a number of years not just currently. Crosman is only moving from its location in NY.
When I got the word that afternoon as did all the employees that the plant was moving ,I was truly heartbroken. Not for Crosman itself but for all the employees and close friends I have come to grow with through the years. They are all family to me. Knowing there life’s are turning upside down sucks just thinking about it.
Crosman will keep on what they are doing, just not in NY is all.
The plant in Bloomfield was deemed to large of a facility to keep operational. That is a fact. I’ve walked through it myself recently and can understand totally. This was known for a number of years not just currently. Crosman is only moving from its location in NY.
When I got the word that afternoon as did all the employees that the plant was moving ,I was truly heartbroken. Not for Crosman itself but for all the employees and close friends I have come to grow with through the years. They are all family to me. Knowing there life’s are turning upside down sucks just thinking about it.
Crosman will keep on what they are doing, just not in NY is all.
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I would guess the majority of jobs there don’t pay enough to make moving with the company a real option.
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I guess I am an airgun snob. I don't care for Gamo on any of my guns. They looked like junk in the distant past. I never got past that opinion. But I am "game" to learn new tricks. Be Well Brothers, Bandito.
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