I had a most disappointing moment yesterday. A package arrived from Crosman, presumably holding my 18" barrel, but it was EMPTY! And there was a barrel-sized hole punched in the end of the box, punched from the inside out. Somehow in some piece of equipment, enough centrifugal force was applied to cause the barrel to liberate itself and who knows where it ended up. Crosman's already dispatching a replacement and I sent them a picture of the box for review.