For me this goes back a long way, I had a very similar version of this airgun when it had the wood look grips and mine was the 8 inch barrel if I remember correctly but it was along time ago... The best part is nearly 30 years later the Crosman 357 has really stayed almost exactly the same with only a few cosmetic changes. I guess when you get something right , why go and change it! The Crosman 357 has excellent all around performance from it's 400+ fps to it's extremely tight groups and good usage of CO2 for a n airgun with decent power.